Lesson2NameStoriesYezhaimiddleschoolzhudehongWhoishe?JackieChanWhatabouthisChinesename?成龙WhatabouthisoriginalChinesename?陈港生Whoishe?WhatabouthisChinesename?WhatabouthisoriginalChinesename?孙中山SunYet-sun孙文JackieChan成龙陈港生孙中山SunYet-sun孙文ComparedtheirChinesenames,doyouknowthehistoryoftheirname.Whydidtheychangetheirname?Dotheirnamehaveanyspecificmeanings？HisoriginalnamewasChenGangsh（陈港生）,whichtellshisbirthplace.Inhisactingcareer,hefirsthadastagename（艺名）ChenYuanlong（陈元龙）.Later,afilmdirectorgavehimanotherstagenameChenglong（成龙）,whichhastwoaspectsofmeanings:thefirstoneistoexpressthedirector’swishthatChengcouldbecomefamous,justlikeadragon-thesymbolofChina;theseconditishopedthatChengwouldfollowtheexampleofanotherwell-knownChinesemartialstar（功夫明星）,LiXiaolong（李小龙）.1.What’syourname?2.Whatdoesitmean?3.Andwhydidyourparentsgiveyouthename?PairworkListeningListentothethreestudentstalkingabouttheirnames.Whichofthemmatchesthefollowingdescriptions?1.Thisstudenthasparentswhowantedtheirchildtobea“pillarofsociety”.()2.ThisstudenthasagrandfatherwhomigratedfromnorthernWalestoManchester.()3.Thisstudentprobablyhasanancestorwhomadethingsfrommetal.()4.ThisstudenthasparentswhowereinspiredbyagreatviolinistItzhakPerlman.()5.Thisstudentisnamedapurpleflower.()6.Thisstudenthasparentswhowantedtheirdaughtertobeasstrongandcapableasanyboy.()WangJiannanIssacEvansHeatherSmithIssacEvansHeatherSmithWangJiannanLet’sreadanamestoryCompletethepassagewiththesephrasalverbs,exercise5ReadthepassageinExercise5andfillintheblankswiththephrasalverbs.comeacrossholdupgrowupstandforcountonfigureoutlooklikeendupputupwithCanyouguesstheirmeaningsnow?1.comeacross偶然OnedayIcameacrossaforeigneronthecampus.2.counton依靠，指望Don’tcountonyourpromotionthisyear.3.figureout找出，弄明白Ican’tfigureoutwhytheywenttotheforest.4.putupwith忍受Itisdifficulttoputupwithwhattheydid.与构成的短语有：putaside储蓄putaway放好putback推迟，阻碍putdown镇压putoff推迟putforward提出puton戴上putout熄灭putup建造5.tryout试验Hisbrotherlikestryingoutnewthings.6.pillarofsociety社会的栋梁Manyparentswanttheirchildrentobea“pillarofsociety.”7.nameafter以…的名字命名ThegirlwasnamedJuliaafterhermother.Usetherightformsofthegivenphrasestofillintheblanks:counton,putupwith,comeacross,figureout,tryout,nameafter1.Don’talways___________yourparents,youshouldlearntobeindependent.2.Thenursealmostcan’t__________thestrangeoldman.3.He_________oneofhisclassmatesthedaybeforeyesterday.countonputupwithcameacross1.她无法忍受丈夫的坏脾气。Shecouldn’t________________________herhusband’sbadtemper.2.当地的风俗是以孩子祖父母的名字给他们命名。Itisacustomthereto________thechildren________theirgrandfather.putupwithnameafter4.Theyhaven’t____________agoodwaytotestthenewmachine.5.Thisroadis____________anationalhero.6.Theboyisfondof____________newsidea.figuredouttryingoutnamedafter6.我在这本书上偶然发现一首美妙的诗。I’vejust_______________abeautifulpoetinthisbook.comeacross1—cameacross2—grewup3—standsfor4—counton5—putupwith6—figuredout7—lookslike8—endedup9—holdingupCultureLinkingWesternnamesApartfromtheirsurnameorlastnameorfamilynameinBritainortheUS,mostBritishandAmericanchildrenaregiventwopersonalnamesbytheirparents,afirstnameandamiddlename.ThesenamesaresometimescalledChristiannamesorgivennames.Somepeoplehaveonlyonegivenname,afewhavethreeormore.Parentsusuallydecideongivennamesfortheirchildrenbeforetheyareborn.Insomefamiliestheoldestboyisgiventhesamenameashisfather.IntheUSthewordjuniororsenior,oranumber,isaddedafterthenameandsurnametomakeitclearwhichpersonisbeingreferredto.ManypopularnamescomefromtheBible,e.g.Jacob,JoshuaandMatthew,Mary,RebeccaandSarah,thoughthisdoesnotimplythatthepeoplewhochoosethemarereligious.Otherpeoplegivetheirchildrenthenameofsomebodytheyadmire,suchasafamoussportspersonality,orafilmorpopstar.InBritainthenamesWilliamandHarryhavebecomecommonagainsincethesonsofPrinceCharlesweregiventhesenames.DiscussionWheredoChinesefamiliesgettheirnamesfrom?Whatkindsoftrendscanbeseeninthenamespeoplechoosefortheirchildren?
