Lesson 21 What’s in a Name
NEW WORDSNEW WORDS• Given name 名• Family name 姓• Formal adj
正式的;庄重的Think about it• How many names do you have
• How many names do Western people usually have
• If people in Western countries want to be formal, what do they say with their family names
Names in ChinaThe Chinese namesZhou Jielunthe family namethe first nameNames in Western countriesBrain James Smiththe family namethe two given namesthe first namethe middle namethree namesnotes• In western countries people don’t usually do not say another person’s whole name
For example: For Brain James Smith, We call him “Brain”, not “Brain James” and certainly not “Brain James Smith”
• To be formal, we say Mr
, Miss, Ms
Or Mrs
With the persons family name
• Call sb
That’s very formal in English
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