1、Lesson 2 Name Stories,1. What sort of names do you think is popular in China in 1960s, in 1970s, in 1980s? 2. Among some of the Chinese celebrities, whose names do you like? Why?,Brainstorm,3. Are you satisfied with your name? 4. If you had a choice to make a name for your children, what name would
2、you like to make? Why?,specific significance abnormal vivid hardship violinist nameafter come across,adj.详细的，特定的,n.重要性，意义,adj.反常的，不正常的,adj.生动的，逼真的,n.艰苦，困苦,n.小提琴家,以命名,偶然遇见,hold up count on origin figure out discourage end up put up with suffering,支撑起,依靠,n.起源，开端，出身,理解,vt.使泄气，使灰心,以结束，以告终,容忍，忍受,n.痛苦，困难,
3、musical musical instrument admirable tease suspension bridge videophone in particular,adj.音乐的,乐器,adj.令人钦佩的，极佳的,vt.嘲笑，取笑,吊桥,n.可视电话,特别，尤其,1. My parents want me to grow up to be a _someone who helps to build abetter future for society.,Guess the meanings of the under lined words or phrases:,“pillar of
4、society”,2. He is a very _ man,who can deal with all kindsof difficult situations .,capable,3. A blacksmith is somebody whomakes things from _, butnot wood or rubber.,metal,4. Do you think that monkeys are the _ of man? 5. When it turns cold, the birds will_ to the South.6. what is your _ goal in En
5、glish learning?,ancestors,migrate,specific,7. Doing some voluntary work forthe community is of great _ to ones growth. 8. a physically _ child 9. The students who have gone to America during summer,significance,abnormal,holiday give us a _ description of the skyscrapers in New York.,vivid,Some birds
6、 _ for winter or food with the change of seasons.,migrate,- Do you know anything about the job of _ ? - Yes, they make things from metal entirely by hand.,blacksmiths,The cute monkey is believed to be human _. In other words, humans developed from monkeys.,ancestor,_ play an important part in womens
7、 make-up.Almost every woman wants to _ some.,Jewels,possess,-Its natural to _ new words in reading. How do you deal with this situation? -Try to guess the meaning from the context.,come across,Pandas are rare animals living in the world. Their survival _our help and protection. However, children sho
8、uld learn to live independently from a young age.,counts on,Can you play any of these musical _ ?,instruments,- Look! These people are awarded prizes. They must have donewell in their working fields. - Right. They are _ of our country and society.So are university students.,pillars,The SARS vaccine(
9、疫苗)was _ on 18 monkeys, which died in the experiment _,tried out,eventually,Life of these _ women is not always full of smiles. They have to pay more than men to achieve success.,capable,Nowadays , love on line is popular. I cant _why so many people are interested in virtual reality.,figure out,Chil
10、dren in poor mountain areas suffered great _ in learning.,hardship,-You can _ anybody on April fools day. - But some tricks are hard to _ sometimes.,tease,put up with,Listen to the three students talking about their names. Do the matching in Exercise 3.1. Wang Jiannan 2. John Evans3. Heather Smith 4
11、. John Evans5. Heather Smith 6. Wang Jiannan,My name is Wang Jiannan and like many Chinese names, Jiannan means several things at once. When my parents were _ a name for me, they _ the character “Nan”. “N” is a type of wood that is used to,looking for,came across,_the roof in the construction of tra
12、ditional Chinese houses. Therefore my parents chose this character for me because they wanted me to _to be _ someone who helps to build a better,hold up,grow up,a pillar of society,future for society. But, as well as having meaning from the characters that are used for writing, Chinese names can als
13、o have _ according to their _. _,significance,sounds,In my case,Jiannan sounds like _, but I dont,good and capable boy,My name is Heather Smith. “Smith” is one of the most _ names in Britain. The _ of “Smith” is “black smith”. A blacksmith is somebody who makes things from _. I guess there were many
14、 of them in,common,origin,metal,Europe in the days when _ were the fastest form of land _and riders _ the service of blacksmiths for metal horse shoes. Well there are very few blacksmiths these days and no one in my family can,horses,counted on,transport,_ which _ was a blacksmith but I suppose we m
15、ust have had one sometime in the past. My first name is easier to explain. “Heather” is a _flower that grows a lot in certain parts of the country. My,ancestor,figure out,purple,mother comes from a place in northern England where heather turns whole hillsides purple every _. But when she had me, she
16、 was living in London ,July,My name is John Evans. It is a very common name that doesnt _anywhere and you wouldnt think it had a story to it, but I believe that when you _ deep enough every name has a story to it. “Evans” is a very,stand out,dig,common _name and I am not sure exactly what it means,
17、only that there are many “Evans” in Wales and all around Britain. My grandfather _from a farm in Northern Wales to look for work.,Welsh,migrated,He was seventeen and he _ in the industrial city of Manchester. He _ a lot of hardship all his life to provide a good future for his _and I am _ for that.
18、“John” is just about the most common boys name in England. You might think,ended up,put up with,descendents,grateful,come across hold upgrow up stand forcount on figure outlook like end upput up with,Can you guess their meanings now?,Read the passage in Exercise 5 and fill in the blanks with the phr
19、asal verbs. Read through the Function File and predict what the missing words are. Listen to the Function File and fill in the blanks.,I believe to express ones beliefs I suppose to express ones assumption I guess to express ones guesses,Exercise 1 on page 54 Exercise 2 on page 54,Think about storie
20、s attached to your parents names. Use the question cues to write notes. What characters are used to write their names? What do these characters mean? Were they named after anybody in particular?,If so, who and why? What do their names mean to you? If they could choose other names, what do you think they would be? Why would they choose them?,
