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18-6-13 【最简美式口语054】English Names 取个好听得体的英文名

微信公众号:【英语PK台】每日18点推送当日课堂音频及全文本参加课堂语音互动加京晶微信:goingforgold2018 验证注明添加理由联系主持人 新浪微博: @京晶am774 @英语PK台14点、22点直播互动区:http://t.cn/R648k8q  Dialogue : (课堂全文本于微信公众号【英语PK台】课后发送,参与直播互动中译英练习需加京晶微信goingforgold2018 拉入群 ,高级互动直播间,微信大课堂,马上加入:  Dialogue 1Jingjing:  Say, Mark, this is the----- bring yourcomputer.Mark:  Yeah, I don't usually schlep itaround with me. -----to tally students' grades.Jingjing:  Oh. ------ lists all set?Mark:  Yeah, pretty much.  Some of the studentsuse English names.  But that's just in class.Jingjing:  I've heard some funny English names. ---------Mark:  To say the least!  Often, -----words,not names.Jingjing:  You mean like Daisy, or Rose?Mark:  Well, those two are commonly used as names. ------Jingjing:  Who's to say what is a nameand what isn't?Mark:  Hmm, I'd like to keep my mind open--------,but when I hear “names” like Pervert and Super Eggie, umm...Jingjing:  Someone actually goes by Pervert?Mark:  Maybe not any more. -------, Super Eggie,must have been a translation from Jordan.Jingjing:  I guess it could have been, but that's kindof a stretch.Mark:  It was imaginative.---------just apreposition: Before.Jingjing:  Ha ha.  Was that a guy or a gal?Mark:  It was a guy.  -------------Jingjing:  What a funny world!  What if theyfound girlfriends -------After and End? dialogue 2Mark:  ----------Jingjing:  --------------Mark:  That makes sense.  I haven't used my ----------since Spanish class.Jingjing:  What was it?Mark:  Dionisio Suerte.  Suerte means “luck”,and Dionisio ------Greek god Dionysus.Jingjing:  Oh, that's the god of the harvest.Mark:  Right.  It's a pity most meanings of ------unknown.Jingjing:  Yeah, I know family names tendto be meaningful, like Smith, Miller, and Cooper; those ---------their ancestors did.Mark:  Right.  But given names—well,a few of them have obvious ------, like Crystal and Brandy.Jingjing:  What about some of the more sophisticated names.Mark:  I always-------Sarafina.Jingjing:  What does that mean?Mark:  You got me.  I just think it sounds elegant.Jingjing:  Sophia is nice too.  --------------Mark:  It's associated with that. --------for slang meanings,and look up some of the famous people with the name.  new words and phrases from dialogue 1schlep  carry something,especially something heavy or uncomfortabletally  add up, calculate (i.e. use an Excelspreadsheet to list grades and add up final scores)To say the least!  (expressedin agreement)  What you've said is true, and could be said in a strongerway.Who's to say...  (expressingdisagreement)  What you've said might not be true.  It can't beproven.goes by ___  is named ___, iscalled ___  His legal name is Robert, but he goes by Bob.  (NOTE:for pronunciation of this verb phrase: GOES by, not to be confused with thephrasal verb for time passing, The days went BY quickly on my vacation.)kind of a stretch  (expressingdisagreement)  That might not be true.  It's unlikely.  It mightnot be connected in the way you described. from dialogue 2family name  surname, last nameancestors  members of ones familywho lived a hundred years agogiven name  first nameobvious  clear, easy to guesssophisticated  educated,having good tasteelegant  graceful, luxuriousslang  very informal words, sometimes loaned fromother languages (e.g. “schlep” is Yiddish)  As for names, Mark means aperson who is easily cheated and would be chosen by con artists, Joe means atypical guy.
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