1、Lesson 3,Completeness 3/5,Q: What is the most popular given name in America ?,A: (New York City, United States-white babies-2010),Topic 1,eponyma name, esp a place name, derived from the name of a real or mythical person, as for example Constantinople from Constantine I. “Constantine I is the eponym
2、 for Constantinople“,Left: Suleymaniye mosque, Istanbul, Turkey Right: Constantine I (272 A.D. -337 A.D.),maverick,Samuel Maverick was a Texas lawyer, politician, land baron and signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence. an unbranded range animal (especially a stray calf); belongs to the first
3、 person who puts a brand on it vagrant, wanderer, tramp someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action,quisling,Vidkun Quisling was a Norwegian politician. On 9 April 1940, with the German invasion of Norway in progress, he seized power in a Nazi-backed coup. traitor, betrayer, rat a
4、traitor who aids an occupying enemy force; collaborator,chauvinistic,Nicolas Chauvin is a legendary, possibly apocryphal French soldier and patriot who is supposed to have served in the First Army of the French Republic and subsequently in La Grande Arme of Napoleon. His name is the eponym of chauvi
5、nism, originally a term for excessive nationalistic fervor, but later used to refer to any form of bigotry or bias (e.g., male chauvinism). national narrow-mindedness and chauvinistic arrogance jingoishJingo, superpatriotic,Daisy Luna Diana Yonlanda Daphne Stella BlancheAdolf Rudolf,Topic 2,onomatop
6、oeiausing words that imitate the sound they denote,Howl-Somewhere a dog suddenly howled, baying at the moon. -Hillary Clinton softens her do, and sets off a bizarre Howl of Angry Inches, as if she had betrayed some social compact.-He screamed as loud as he could, producing a sound between a howl and
7、 a battle cry.-The wind howled all night, but I slept a little. -His stories caused howls of laughter.,crush-Andrew crushed his empty can. -The military operation was the first step in a plan to crush the uprising. -Listen to criticism but dont be crushed by it. -I have a crush on her. 【laddish, first love】,Greek Mythology, Topic 3, Echo & Narcissus, Apollo & Daphne,To be continued See U next time20131106 English Fan Club,
