Unit 2 Lesson 6 Reading Plus(讲解课件)-【优翼·学练优】2026-2027学年七年级英语上册同步备课（人教版·新教材）

该初中英语课件围绕“Family Ties in Names”主题，从识别英文名（如Emma Davis）的名与姓入手，通过文化小贴士引入中间名，对比中英姓名结构差异，再结合具体名字分析性别、家庭关系及父母期望，构建从识别到理解的学习支架。 其亮点在于融合文化意识与思维品质，通过中英姓名对比（如英文名“名+姓”与中文名“姓+名”）培养跨文化认知，引导学生分析名字含义（如“今悦”体现父母期望）提升思维能力，反思表助力学习能力发展。学生能提升语言表达与跨文化沟通能力，教师可借助结构化活动高效教学。

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 $最近我看到一张图，图里是一颗糖，糖纸上写了一句话，tough is your middle name, 意思是坚强是你的中间名。那什么是中间名？这句话如何翻译才更符合中国人的说话习惯呢？咱们先来聊聊这个middle name中间名。其实老外的姓名跟中国人的姓名比较类似，就是顺序相反，中或者是姓在前名在后，对吧？老外是名在前姓在后，比如Albert estein阿尔伯特爱因斯坦，阿尔伯特是名，爱因斯坦是姓。但是有些老外的姓名当中，有一个特殊的成分是中国人没有的那就是middle name中间名。比如美国有一位前总统叫George w bush认识？中间的W其实是一个缩写，全称是George Walker bush乔治沃克布什。那为什么会搞一个中间名呢？原因挺复杂的，有可能是刚出生在受洗时被赋予的盛名，也可能是为了纪念家族历史上某位特殊的人物。但最实际的还是父母不想让自己的孩子的名字跟别人重名。举个例子，john smith, 这个名字在英文世界很普遍，类似我国的张伟。但如果有一个middle name，就会大大降低重名概率，比如john Peter smith简称为john p smith，中间甚至可以叠buff队多个名进去。例如john Peter luke smith简称john Peter smith，或者john Peter Charles smith简称join PC smith。不过这种中间名只在最正式的场合使用，生活当中很少使用的，有时甚至好朋友也不知道对方的中间名是啥。最后我们再回到一开始的那句话，tough is your middle name里边的tough代表坚强，而middle name比喻一个人独特的身份标，所以整句话可以翻译为坚强是你的标签，那么你会如何翻译呢？