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What are the differences between English names

and Chinese names?

What is a middle name?

Can I call her Miss Mary?

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Topics for Discussion

I. English names

II. The titles

III. Differences between English and Chinese names

IV. How family names came into being

V. How families were named

First, …

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English names

first nameChristian name

given nameforename

Cecilia Smart Peter Johnson

last namesurname

family name

—— two parts

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English names

Cecilia Smart

initialHer

husband’s

Cecilia Johnson

Cecilia

S. Johnson

Cecilia Smart

Maiden name

—— after marriage

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English names —— way to address

Mr. Johnson teaches me

mathematics.

Will Peter come back for dinner?

Title indicates formality

Peter Johnson

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What is a title?

Can I call my teacher “Miss Mary”

?

Questions

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Topics for Discussion

I. English names

II. The titles

III. Differences between English and Chinese names

IV. How family names came into being

V. How families were named

Oh, no.

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The titles

Mr

Ms

Miss

Ms

—— for formality

—— to a man

—— to a married woman

—— to an unmarried woman

—— to a married or unmarried woman

Passage X 10Jack Smith Mary Brown

I don’t think you’ve met before. This is…

Hello, Miss , nice to

meet you !Nice to meetyou, too, Mr.

!

Brown

Smith

—— used with surnamesThe titles

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What are the differences between English names and Chinese names ?

Questions

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Topics for Discussion

I. English names

II. The titles

III. Differences between English and Chinese names

IV. How family names came into being

V. How families were named

There are some.

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The differences —— order

张 小 刚

Xiaogang Zhang

family name

given name

family name

given name

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The differences —— middle name

another first name

mother’s or father’s first name

mother’s maiden name

a relative’s name

middle name

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The differences —— female & male

Linda Wilson

Jack Wilson

A name for girls A name

for boys

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The differences —— Christian name

Christian name is given when one christened. In English speaking countries, Christian name is often used for first name.

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The differences —— nicknames

girls or boys pleasant unpleasant

Chinese

English

X

X

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The differences —— nicknames

臭蛋，听话…

…

Why 臭蛋？？

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How did family names come to

be ?

Questions

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Topics for Discussion

I. English names

II. The titles

III. Differences between English and Chinese names

IV. How family names came into being

V. How families were named

That’s an interesting story to

tell.

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How family names came to be

There was a time in England when there was no last names. Look at

WilliamMary

Fred

This family: the father, his wife and their son. What if another William moved into town?

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How family names came to be

WilliamMary

Fred

Another William moved to the town. He was a tailor. People got confused a bout the two Williams.

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Did you see William there ?

How family names came to be

Which William ?

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How family names came to be

To avoid confusion, the tailor was called William the tailor, later William Taylor. His family was named after him ——Taylor.

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How family names came to be

William the tailor

William Taylor’s family

William Taylor + wife: Lucy

Son : Mike + Mike’s wife: Susan

grandson : Tom / granddaughter : Jessica

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So, families were named for their

jobs ?

Questions

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Topics for Discussion

I. English names

II. The titles

III. Differences between English and Chinese names

IV. How family names came into being

V. How families were named

Not only that.

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How families were named —— jobs

Robin Smith

Theresa Cantor

David Turner

Alexander Ward

forest worker

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How families were named —— jobs

Robin Smith

Theresa Cantor

David Turner

Alexander Ward

blacksmith

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How families were named —— jobs

Robin Smith

Theresa Cantor

David Turner

Alexander Ward

watchman

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How families were named —— jobs

Robin Smith

Theresa Cantor

David Turner

Alexander Ward

singer

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How families were named —— places

Mr. Alan Villa

Mrs. Tina Churchill Miss Vera Booth

Mr. Jeff Steinberg

church hill

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How families were named —— places

Mr. Alan Villa

Mrs. Tina Churchill Miss Vera Booth

Mr. Jeff Steinberg

a hut

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How families were named —— places

Mr. Alan Villa

Mrs. Tina Churchill Miss Vera Booth

Mr. Jeff Steinberg

stone mountain

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How families were named —— places

Mr. Alan Villa

Mrs. Tina Churchill Miss Vera Booth

Mr. Jeff Steinberg

A luxurious house

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How families were named —— look

Polly Strong

Dean BrownDaniel Gross

Dick CameronDennis Campbell

Dark in coloring

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How families were named —— look

Polly Strong

Dean BrownDaniel Gross

Dick CameronDennis Campbell

too big or too fat

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How families were named —— look

Polly Strong

Dean BrownDaniel Gross

Dick CameronDennis Campbell

Twisted nose

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How families were named —— look

Polly Strong

Dean BrownDaniel Gross

Dick CameronDennis Campbell

Twisted mouth

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How families were named —— look

Polly Strong

Dean BrownDaniel Gross

Dick CameronDennis Campbell

very strong like him

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How families were named —beautiful things

For example: Professor Alfred Flower

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How families were named —people admired

Martin Luther King

e.g. Dale Knight

Their ancestors admired the king and the knight.

Their ancestors admired the king and the knight.

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Answer these questions

Let’s review now.

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作者单位：张则玫

西安交通大学