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问

美国著名科学家爱迪生叫 Thomas Alva Edison。他怎么有三个名字呢？

答

英美人的姓名通常由两部分组成,如 George Washington (乔治·华盛顿)。前面的是名,英文叫做 first name 或 given name(在美国),在基督教家庭中则叫做 Christian name(教名)。后面的是姓,英文叫做 family name 或 surname。

英美人的姓名有时由三个部分构成:名、中间名和姓。中间名英语叫做 middle name。例如：Alexander Graham Bell（亚历山大·格雷厄姆·贝尔）。

练习

English names are different from Chinese names. In England the last name is the ____ name.
1. A
  middle
2. B
  given
3. C
  first
4. D
  family(广西中考)
Bod is a new student and ____ name is Robert Brown.
1. A
  his given
2. B
  her given
3. C
  his full
4. D
  her full(滨州市中考)
—— ? —— James Allan Green.
1. A
  What's your full name
2. B
  What's your given name
3. C
  Is that your name
4. D
  Which is your name(甘肃省中考)
In China, people put their ____ first.
1. A
  given names
2. B
  full names
3. C
  family names
4. D
  English names(大连市中考)
—Are you Mr Thomas Green? —Yes, but you'd better call me Mr ____, or ____ for short.
1. A
  Thomas; Green
2. B
  Tom; Green
3. C
  Green; Tom
4. D
  Green; Thomas(青岛市中考)
His name is Jim Allan Green. We can him ____.
1. A
  Mr Jim
2. B
  Mr Green
3. C
  Mr Allan
4. D
  Mr Allan Green(北京市崇文区中考)