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Unit 2 We’re Family!
Lesson 6 *Reading Plus
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Unit 2
Family Ties in Names
通过阅读文章,了解英国名字的组成形式以及名字所体现的家庭纽带。
积累有关英语国家的文化背景知识,尝试进行跨文化对比,从而培养跨文化交际意识。
Read and spell the words.
tie
捆绑;打结;联系;关联;关系n.
系;捆;绑v. surname
姓,姓氏n.
respect
尊重;尊敬n. v. junior
资历较浅的;年少的adj. 晚辈;大三学生;年少者n.
senior
高级的;年长的;资深的adj.
上司;年长者;长辈;大四学生n. change
变化;零钱n.
改变v. however
然而;无论如何;adv.
不管怎样conj. allow
允许,准许v.
/taɪ /
/'sɜːneɪm /
/rɪ'spekt /
/'dʒuːnɪə /
/'siːniə /
/tʃeɪndʒ /
/haʊ'evə(r) /
/ə'laʊ /
Read the text and answer the questions.
1.What are the names in this passage?
2.What does the writer think of names?
Alan Luke Wood
George Charles Wood Junior
George Charles Wood Senior
Linda Grant
Linda Wood
Names show family ties.
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1.Read the text and 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 Grant / Wood.
(5) In the UK, women often / never change their family names when
they marry.
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 Grant /
Wood.
5. In the UK, women often / never change
their family names when they marry.
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Family Ties in Names
Hello! My name is Alan, and I'm from the UK. Here most people have a first, middle and last name. My full name is Alan Luke Wood. Alan is my first name, Luke is my middle name, and Wood is my last name. We also call the last name a “family name” or “surname”.
My grandfather also has three names. His full name is George Charles Wood. My father's name is the same as my grandfather's. Can you guess why? lt shows great respect to my grandfather. People call my father George Charles Wood Junior, and they call my grandfather George Charles Wood Senior.
全名
姓氏
和...一样
表示极大的尊重
名字中的家庭纽带
名
中间名
小乔治·查尔斯·伍德
老乔治·查尔斯·伍德
My mother's name was Linda Grant, but now her name is Linda Wood. Why is that? Because in the UK, a woman often changes her family name to her husband's family name. Sometimes, however, the woman's last name and the man's last name are joined together. This allows both family names to live on.
Names show family ties. What do you think?
change...to...把...变成...
allow sb to do sth 允许某人做某事
合在一起
然而
live on继续活着; 延续下去
一、重点短语汇总
1. 家庭纽带 2. 全名
3. 与......相同 4.对某人表示尊重
5. 把...改为... 6.允许...做...
7. 继续存在;延续下去 8.想出;提出(一个想法)
family tie
full name
the same as
show respect to sb
change... to...
allow...to do...
live on
come up with
surname
Junior
respect
husband’s
together
三、阅读教材P76 的Reading Plus,回答下列各题
1.Where is Alan from?
2.Why does Alan's father have the same name as his grandfather?
3.What does it allow when the woman's last name and the man's last name are joined together?
He is from the UK.
Because it shows great respect to his grandfather.
It allows both family names to live on.
Do you think names show
family ties in China?
In China, people from the same family
usually have the same family name.
In the countryside, people who have
the same family name may live in
the same village.
Names show family ties.
Talk about the writer’s idea about names in this text.
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2.Discuss the questions.
1.In English names, which is the surname, the first or the last
name? How about Chinese names?
2.How do Chinese parents come up with names for their
children?
3.What is the meaning of your name?
In English names, the last name is the surname.
In Chinese names, the first name is the surname.
They may choose one or two characters (汉字)to show their wishes for their children.
It means......
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