Lesson2 Name Stories 高二李娟制作

Who is he? Jackie Chan What about his Chinese name? 成龙 What about his original Chinese name? 陈港生

Who is he? What about his Chinese name? What about his original Chinese name? 孙中山 Sun Yet-sun 孙文

Jackie Chan 成龙陈港生 孙中山 Sun Yet-sun 孙文 Compared their Chinese names, do you know the history of their name. Why did they change their name? Do their name have any specific meanings ？

His original name was Chen Gangsh （陈 港生）,which tells his birthplace. In his acting career, he first had a stage name （艺 名） Chen Yuanlong （陈元龙）. Later, a film director gave him another stage name Chenglong （成龙）, which has two aspects of meanings: the first one is to express the director’s wish that Cheng could become famous, just like a dragon- the symbol of China; the second it is hoped that Cheng would follow the example of another well- known Chinese martial star （功夫明星）, Li Xiaolong （李小龙）.

1.What’s your name? 2.What does it mean? 3.And why did your parents give you the name? Pair work

Listening Listen to the three students talking about their names. Which of them matches the following descriptions?

1.This student has parents who wanted their child to be a “pillar of society”.( ) 2.This student has a grandfather who migrated from northern Wales to Manchester. ( ) 3. This student probably has an ancestor who made things from metal. ( ) 4. This student has parents who were inspired by a great violinist Itzhak Perlman. ( ) 5. This student is named a purple flower. ( ) 6. This student has parents who wanted their daughter to be as strong and capable as any boy. ( ) Wang Jiannan Issac Evans Heather Smith Issac Evans Heather Smith Wang Jiannan

Let’s read a name story Complete the passage with these phrasal verbs, exercise 5

Function file Listen to the extracts from the monologues and complete the Function File. Expressing guesses, assumptions, beliefs (1)___________you think that’s enough significance for one name but there’s more. (2) Well, there are very few blacksmiths these days and no one in my family can figure out which ancestor was a blacksmith, but ______________we must have had one sometime in the past. (3)____________when you dig deep enough every name has a story to it. I guess I suppose I believe

guess: to form a judgment or risk giving an opinion without knowing or considering all the facts suppose: to believe to be true without actually having proof that it is =assume believe: to consider to be true.

Culture Linking

Western names Apart from their surname or last name or family name in Britain or the US, most British and American children are given two personal names by their parents, a first name and a middle name. These names are sometimes called Christian names or given names. Some people have only one given name, a few have three or more.

Parents usually decide on given names for their children before they are born. In some families the oldest boy is given the same name as his father. In the US the word junior or senior, or a number, is added after the name and surname to make it clear which person is being referred to. Many popular names come from the Bible, e.g. Jacob, Joshua and Matthew, Mary, Rebecca and Sarah,

though this does not imply that the people who choose them are religious. Other people give their children the name of somebody they admire, such as a famous sports personality, or a film or pop star. In Britain the names William and Harry have become common again since the sons of Prince Charles were given these names.

Discussion Where do Chinese families get their names from? What kinds of trends can be seen in the names people choose for their children?