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1、LECTUREAUDIOSCRIPTSUNIT1What’sinaName?TEACHER:Goodmorning,everybody.Goodmorning,Felipe,Monica,Theo,andIcan'trememberyourname.STUDENT1:Patricia.TEACHER:Patricia,right,Patricia.Thoseareallbeautifulnames,andthat'sourtopictoday-names.Namesareacultureuniversal.Thismeanseve
2、ryoneusesnames.Aperson'snamecantellusabitaboutaperson'sfamily.Today,we’llbeginbylookingatfirstnamesandhowpeoplechoosenamesfortheirchildren.Andthenwe'lltalkaboutfamilynames,andlookatthedifferentcategoriesoffamilynames.AlthoughthescopeofthelecturetodayisEnglish-language
3、names,wecanusethesameapproach,youknow,tolookatnamesfromanyculture.Let'stakeabrieflookatfirst,orgivennames.Thereareseveralwaysparentschoosethefirstnamefortheirchild.Thefirstwayisbyfamilyhistory.Parentsmaychooseanamebecauseitispassedfromgenerationtogeneration;forexample
4、,thefirstbornsonmightbenamedafterhisfatherorgrandfather.Althoughfamilynamesarealsopassedtodaughters,itisusuallyasamiddlename.Adding"junior"or"thesecond"forexample,WilliamParkerthesecondsonlydonewithboys',notwithgirls’names.Thesecondwayparentschooseanameisafterafamilym
5、emberorfriendwhohasdiedrecently,oraftersomeone"theyadmire,likeawell-knownleaderorafamousmusician.AlthoughmostEnglishfirstnamesmeansomething,forexample,"Richard"meanspowerfuland“Ann"meansgrace,nowadaysmeaningisnotthemainreasonpeopleselecttheirbaby'sname.Thethirdwayisto
6、providea"push"forthechild.Parentswanttochooseanamethatsoundsvery"successful."Astrongnamemighthelptheminthebusinessworld,forexample.Ortheymightchooseanamethatworksforeithergender,likeTaylororTerry.So,giventhesethreemethods,whatisthemostcommonwayparentschooseaname?Manyp
7、arentschooseanamesimplybecausetheylikeit,orbecauseit'sfashionableorclassic.Fashionsinnameschangejustastheydoinclothes.Onehundredyearsago,manynamescamefromtheBiblenamessuchasDaniel,andAnna,andHannahandMatthew.Thenfiftyyearsago,Biblicalnameswentoutoffashion.Nowadays,nam
8、esfromtheBiblearebecomingpopularagain.Similarly,parentsoftenchooseclassicnames,namesthatwerepopularin1900,1950,andarestillpo
