Unit 2 Lesson 6 Reading Plus（讲解课件）-【优翼·学练优】新教材2024-2025学年七年级英语上册同步备课（人教版2024）

Unit 2 We’re Family! Family Ties in Names Learning Objectives In this lesson you will: 1. know the culture behind English names; 2. find culture differences between English names and Chinese names; 3. explain the meaning of your name. We are all familiar with English names. For example: Emma Davis Olivia Harris William Smith Michael Alexander Brown James Robert Smith Can you circle the first names and underline the family names? Think and Say Emma Davis Olivia Harris William Smith Michael Alexander Brown James Robert Smith What are these? Culture tip These are called middle names. Not everyone in English speaking countries has a middle name. Know more about middle name. English names Chinese names first name + family name family name + first name usually have two or three words don’t have middle names have two to four characters some have middle names Can you tell the differences between English names and Chinese names? Read the following names. What can we know from a person’s name? Elizabeth I Elizabeth II Thomas Brown Junior Thomas Brown Senior 楚今悦 林成贤 万明礼 万明哲 一世 二世 小托马斯·布朗 老托马斯·布朗 From the name, we can know: a person’s gender (woman / man) two people’s family relations e.g. mom & daughter father & son brothers / sisters parents’ hope (meaning of the name, e.g. 今悦，成贤，明礼，成贤) Read the title of the text. How do you understand Family Ties in Names? Read the text. What’s the main idea of each paragraph? Para. 1 Para. 2 Para. 3 Women change their family names after they get married. The custom（习俗） of naming in the UK. The writer’s father and grandfather have the same name. Names show family ties. Para. 4 Circle the correct words to complete the sentences. 1. Luke is Alan’s middle name / family name. 2. In the UK, most / all people have three names. 3. Alan’s father’s last name is Junior / Wood. 4. Alan’s mother’s family name is now Grant / Wood. 5. In the UK, women often / never change their family names when they marry. Read and answer the questions. 1. In English names, which is the surname, the first or the last name? How about Chinese names? In English names, the last name is the surname. In Chinese names, the first name is the surname. 2. Why do Alan’s father and grandfather have the same name? How do people call them? Because this name can show great respect to Alan’s grandfather. People call them George Charles Wood, Junior / Senior. How do you understand the following sentences: Sometimes, however, the woman’s last name and the man’s last name are joined together. This allows both family names to live on. Can you explain it with an example ? David Smith Mary Johson Mary Smith Mary Smith-Johson / Mary Johson Smith (choose to change her family name) (choose to keep her family name and join her husband’s family) Think Again After reading this text, how do you understand Family Ties in Names? Can you explain it to a partner? People from the same family have the same family names. Young people use the same name as their elders to show respect. Women change their family names after they get married. In Chinese culture, do families tie in names? Can you give an example? In Chinese culture, the family name is passed down generation by generation.（姓氏代代相传） In some families, people have generation names（字辈）. Think and Discuss How do Chinese parents come up with names for their children? What’s the meaning of your name? Reflecting How well can you do these things? Very well OK Needs work 1. I can tell the culture behind English names. 2. I can explain how family ties in names. 3. I can explain the meaning of my name. 本文件著作权为创作公司所有, 仅限于教师教学及其他非商业性和非盈利性用途。如发现盗用、转卖、网络传播等侵权行为, 本公司将依法追究其相应法律责任。 部分素材选自网络, 如有争议, 请联系删改。 声 明 $$