What's your surname, by the way? ”

对了，你姓什么？”

Thus the American president and vice-president have surnames starting with B and C respectively; and 26 of George Bush's predecessors (including his father) had surnames in the first half of the alphabet against just 16 in the second half.

如此这般，美国的总统和副总统的姓是以 B 和C字母起头。乔治·布什的前任有二十六位（包括其父）的姓均在字母表的前半部，而姓在字母表后半部的却仅有十六位。

So, in Britain, patrilineal surnames go down through the male line, down through the generations.

所以，在英国，父系姓是由男性代代相传的。

Your surname is perilously close to Yodel.

你的姓很像约德尔。

The Chanel designer dropped the " T" from his surname, so it will be more commercial, especially when he launched his own brand Karl in 1998.

这位香奈儿的设计师更了自己的姓，因他认为这听起来更具商业价值。特是在1998年他推出自己的个人品牌Karl时，这用意更为明显。

His surname, Ataturk, means " Father of the Turks" .

他的姓阿塔土克意为“土耳其之父”。

However, some research has shown that if your surname, your family name, begins with a letter later in the alphabet, you could be at a disadvantage at school and in life.

然而，一些研究表明，如果你的姓，你的姓，以字母表靠后位置的字母开头，那你在学校和生活中可能势。

Farina is my only surname, but people call me Mary.

我猜 Farina 是你的娘家姓因为你还没结婚，但你还有的名字吗？Farina是我唯一的姓，但人们都叫我 Mary。

She hinted in a murmur that the surname of the balancing girl was Baker.

她低声告诉我那个在搞平衡动作的姑娘姓贝克。

Marie. And my surname is MacKenzie. I'm Taylor Marie MacKenzie. What's your middle name?

玛丽。我的姓是麦肯奇。我叫泰勒·玛丽·麦肯奇。你的中间名是什么？

And then that person will be referenced with surname from there on out.

之后再提及那个人的时候就是会用姓了。

My given name is Arya, and my surname is Chowdhury. Please just call me Arya.

我的名字是艾莉亚，我姓乔杜里。请叫我艾莉亚就行。

" I saw the surname. I had a teacher with that name. Was just wondering...."

“我看到你的姓了。我有个老师也用这个姓。只是问一声… … 我去。”

A 28-year-old self-taught English learner surnamed Wang, who purchased the course, told the Global Times.

一位28岁的自学英语者王先生购买了该课程，他告诉《环球时报》。

Incidentally, another Fuzhou-based employee surnamed Li, along with other colleagues, was defrauded of 48,000 yuan.

顺带一提，福州另一名姓李的员工和其他同事一起被骗了4.8万元。

My English teacher's surname is Wang and his first name is Shuitian.

我的英文老师姓王，名水田。

Nahel's surname has not been released by authorities or by his family.

官方和家人都没有公布纳赫尔的姓。

Dropping the 'a' from his surname soon after arriving.

到了不久，就将“a”从他的姓中删除。

" Sometimes I think if others are buying so much, I also need to prove myself by buying more, " said the student, surnamed Li.

“有时候我觉得人买了这么多，我也得通过多买些来证明自己，” 这位姓李的学生说。

When writing to someone you do not know, you usually begin a letter with " Dear" and the title of the person and their surname, or family name.

英语中，给陌生人写信，通常在信的开头写上" Dear" ，加这个人的头衔以及他的姓。