朗文英语听说教程二听力原文.docx

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朗文英语听说教程二听力原文

LECTURE AUDIOSCRIPTSUNIT 1 What’s in a Name?TEACHER: Good morning, everybody. Good morning, Felipe, Monica,Theo, and I cant remember your name.STUDENT 1: Patricia.TEACHER: Patricia, right, Patricia. Those are all beautiful names, and thatsour topic today-names. Names are a culture universal. This means everyoneuses names. A persons name can tell us a bit about a persons family. Today,we’ll begin by looking at first names and how people choose names for theirchildren. And then well talk about family names, and look at the differentcategories of family names. Although the scope of the lecture today isEnglish-language names, we can use the same approach, you know, to look atnames from any culture.Lets take a brief look at first, or given names. There are several ways parentschoose the first name for their child.The first way is by family history. Parents may choose a name because it ispassed from generation to generation; for example, the first born son might benamed after his father or grandfather. Although family names are also passedto daughters, it is usually as a middle name. Adding junior or the secondfor example, William Parker the seconds only done with boys, not with girls’names.The second way parents choose a name is after a family member or friend whohas died recently, or after someone they admire, like a well-known leader ora famous musician. Although most English first names mean something, forexample, Richard means powerful and “Ann means grace, nowadaysmeaning is not the main reason people select their babys name.The third way is to provide a push for the child. Parents want to choose aname that sounds very successful. A strong name might help them in thebusiness world, for example. Or they might choose a name that works foreither gender, like Taylor or Terry. So, given these three methods, what is themost common way parents choose a name? Many parents choose a namesimply because they like it, or because its fashionable or classic. Fashions innames chang

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