Unit 1 What’s your name?

Kobe Bryant Tracy McGrady

Nicole.Kidman William Bradley Pitt

Tom Cruise

David Beckham

George Bush Tony Blair

Thomas Alva EdisonAlbert Einstein

Harry Potter

Daniel Radcliffe

Ron Weasley

Rupert Grint

Hermione Granger

Emma Watson

Cedric Diggory

Robert Pattinson

• Kobe Bryant• Tracy McGrady Nicole KidmanWilliam Bradley Pitt Tom Cruise

• George Bush• Tony Blair• Thomas Alva Edison• Albert Einstein David Beckham

Harry Potter• Harry Potter• Ron Weasley• Hermione Granger• Cedric Diggory

• Daniel Radcliffe• Rupert Grint• Emma Watson• Robert Pattinson

English names• 1.A English name consists of three parts, they are fir

st name, middle name and last name.• 2. First name is called given name and last name is

called family name.• 3. People seldom use their middle name and they o

ften omit their middles names.• 4 In English,first name is put before last name

Given name Last name

First name Family name

Full name

Activity (full name)

Given name /first name

Middle name Family name/

Last name

Kobe Bryant

Thomas Alva Edison

Nicole Kidman

David Beckham

George Bush

西方名字的五个含义• 1. 来源：指出人名的最早出处和文化背景。有的

名字含有几种语言字根。• 2 含义：指出名字的表面意义。• 3 灵意：指人名在传统的意义之外所隐含的属灵

意义。• 4 人名故事简介：西名常有历史典故，且其演变

故事富有趣味。• 5 圣经经节；每一人均有在含义与灵义配合的圣

经经文，带着应许与鼓励的话，为此为取用此名着祝福。

Girls’ names

Catherine—truthful, honest lady and loved by all.

Lily—pretty and sweet like the lily.

Dorothy: gift .how happy you are when a gift comes your way.

Alice—kind

Beatrice: joy. Bring happiness to everyone who knows her.

Boys’ names

• Edward—protector. Help and take care of others who are weaker and younger than he.

• Richard—brave

• Victor—winner

• Charles—man of common people—a man who works on the land.

• John : 来源：希腊文• 含义；上帝是恩慈的• 灵义；上帝的力量• David 大卫：小英雄• Alice: 爱丽斯 ：真理（ truth)

• Mark : 马克 ：战神的后代• Mary : 玛丽（海上明星）

• 与动物有关• Fox 福克斯 fox 狐狸• Lamb 兰姆 lamb 羊羔• 与手艺和职业有关• Cook cook 厨师• Baker baker 面包师• Smith smith 铁匠• Tailer tailer 裁缝

• 与颜色有关• Black 黑色的• White 白色的• Green 绿色的• Grey 灰色的• Brown 棕色的

English names• 1.A full English name consists of three parts, they

are first name, middle name and last name. First name is also called given name and last name is also called family name. People seldom use their middle name and they often omit their middle names. In English, first name is put before last name. Take Jim Green as an example, Jim is the first name and Green is the family name. We can call him Jim, Jim Green or Mr. Green. Why do people have names? Because names are easy, quick and friendly for us to know who’s who. It’s also unchangeable. Above all, it has meanings. For example, girls’ names usually mean “pretty, happy, lovely and gentle. Boys’ names often mean “brave, victory, strong and lucky.

Family names/SurnamesFamily names/Surnames

　　 1. Think of the kind of work he did Tom Cook

Tom Kingscook

Tom Smith

Tom Goldsmith/Silversmith/

Gold/Silver

Margaret Thatcher

Carpenter, Tailor, Miller, Baker,

Farmer, Weaver, Smith ， Butcher

2. Took his last name from his father’s first name.2. Took his last name from his father’s first name.

：

Tom Johnson

3. Got his last name from the place where he lived.3. Got his last name from the place where he lived.

James Hill; James Lake

4. People who worked at these inns or shops were sometimes named for the place where they worked.

4. People who worked at these inns or shops were sometimes named for the place where they worked.

Tom Lion; Bill Fox; Robert Bell

5. Was sometimes called by a nickname. 5. Was sometimes called by a nickname.

Long Tom; Tom Long; Tom Longfellow ; Little John; (his son) Tom Littlejohn; William Drinkwater (thirsty)

6. Color6. Color

Tom Red (red hair) /Read/ReadeTom Green…

7. Think about:7. Think about:

If Tom had a strong arm, what name might he have? What if he had a big foot?

• Creative thinking: The lastnames of people all over

the world had similar beginnings. Can you guess how you might have gotten your lastname?

Chinese nameGiven name/First name Family name/Last name

Ming Yao

Xiang Liu

Long Cheng

Jielun Zhou

How to spell Chinese name in English

• 1 中国人的姓名一律用汉语拼音。姓和名分开，姓在前，名在后。

• 2 如果是单姓，名是单字，则姓和名的第一个字母要大写，其余字母要小写。 Li Lei

• 3 如果是单姓，名是双字，则第一个字母大写，其余字母小写，合在一起，不得分开。

• 4 如果是复姓，则把复姓字母连在一起，但第一个字母要大写，名字的拼法与上面一样。

• 5. 如果名字里有可能造成混淆的拼写时，要用连字符“ -” 或间隔号隔开。 Wang Xi’an