unit 16 stories Lesson 2 name stories

1.WhatsortofnamesdoyouthinkispopularinChinain1960s,in1970s,in1980s?2.AmongsomeoftheChinesecelebrities,whosenamesdoyoulike?Why?3.Areyousatisfiedwithyourname?4.Ifyouhadachoicetomakeanameforyourchildren,whatnamewouldyouliketomake?Why?1.Myparentswantmetogrowuptobea_________________someonewhohelpstobuildabetterfutureforsociety.Guessthemeaningsoftheunderlinedwordsorphrases.“pillarofsociety”2.Heisavery________man,whocandealwithallkindsofdifficultsituations.capable3.Ablacksmithissomebodywhomakesthingsfrom______,butnotwoodorrubber.metal4.Doyouthinkthatmonkeysarethe_________ofman?5.Whenitturnscold,thebirdswill________totheSouth.6.Whatisyour_______goalinEnglishlearning?ancestorsmigratespecific7.Doingsomevoluntaryworkforthecommunityisofgreat___________toone’sgrowth.8.aphysically_________childsignificanceabnormal9.ThestudentswhohavegonetoAmericaduringsummerholidaygiveusa______descriptionoftheskyscrapersinNewYork.vivid10.–It’snaturalto___________newwordsinreading.Howdoyoudealwiththissituation?–Trytoguessthemeaningfromthecontext.comeacross11.Pandasarerareanimalslivingintheworld.Theirsurvival__________ourhelpandprotection.countson12.Canyouplayanyofthesemusical____________?instruments–Look!Thesepeoplearebeingawardedprizes.Theymusthavedonewellintheirworkingfields.–Right.Theyare______ofourcountryandsociety.pillars13.14.TheSARSvaccine(疫苗)was________on18monkeys,whichdiedintheexperiment__________.triedouteventually15.Lifeofthese_______womenisnotalwaysfullofsmiles.Theyhavetopaymorethanmentoachievesuccess.capable16.Nowadays,loveonlineispopular.Ican’t_________whysomanypeopleareinterestedinvirtualreality.figureout17.Childreninpoormountainareassufferedgreat_________inlearning.hardship18.–Youcan______anybodyonAprilfool’sday.–Butsometricksarehardto___________sometimes.teaseputupwithLookatthethreestudentsontheright.Nowlistentothemtalkingabouttheirnames.Whichofthemmatchesthefollowingdescriptions?1.WangJiannan2.IsaacEvans3.HeatherSmith4.IsaacEvans5.HeatherSmith6.WangJiannanMynameisWangJiannanandlikemanyChinesenames,Jiannanmeansseveralthingsatonce.Whenmyparentswere__________anameforme,they___________thecharacter“Nan”.lookingforcameacrossListentothethreestudentstalkingabouttheirnamesagainandfinishtheblanks.“N”isatypeofwoodthatisusedto________theroofintheconstructionoftraditionalChinesehouses.Thereforemyparentschosethischaracterformebecausetheywantedmeto________tobe__________________someonewhohelpstobuildabetterfutureforsociety.holdupgrowupa“pillarofsociety”But,aswellashavingmeaningfromthecharactersthatareusedforwriting,Chinesenamescanalsohave____________accordingtotheir_______.__________,Jiannansoundslike___________________,butIdon’t…significancesoundsInmycasegoodandcapableboyMynameisHeatherSmith.“Smith”isoneofthemost_________namesinBritain.The______of“Smith”is“blacksmith”.Ablacksmithissomebodywhomakesthingsfrom______.commonoriginmetalIguessthereweremanyoftheminEuropeinthedayswhen______werethefastestformofland__________andriders_________theserviceofblacksmithsformetalhorseshoes.Wellthereareveryfewblacksmithsthesedaysandnooneinmyfamilycanhorsescountedontransport________which__________wasablacksmithbutIsupposewemusthavehadonesometimeinthepast.Myfirstnameiseasiertoexplain.“Heather”isa_______flowerthatgrowsalotincertainpartsofthecountry.ancestorfigureoutpurpleMymothercomesfromaplaceinnorthernEnglandwhereheatherturnswholehillsidespurpleevery____.Butwhenshehadme,shewaslivinginLondon…JulyMynameisJohnEvans.Itisaverycommonnamethatdoesn’t_________anywhereandyouwouldn’tthinkithadastorytoit,butIbelievethatwhenyou_____deepenougheverynamehasastorytoit.standoutdig“Evans”isaverycommon_______nameandIamnotsureexactlywhatitmeans,onlythattherearemany“Evans”inWalesandallaroundBritain.Mygrandfather_________fromafarminNorthernWalestolookforwork.WelshmigratedHewasseventeenandhe_________intheindustrialcityofManchester.He__________alotofhardshipallhislifetoprovideagoodfutureforhis___________andIam________forthat.“John”isjustaboutthemostcommonboy’snameinEngland.Youmightthink…endedupputupwithdescendentsgratefulcomeacrossholdupgrowupstandforcountonfigureoutlooklikeendupputupwithCompletethepassagewiththesephrasalverbs.I____________aninterestingnamestorywhenIvisitedmycousininHenanProvince,mycousin________nextdoortoagirlcalledLiShichun.The“Chun”partofLiShichun__________spring.That’swhenshewasborn.Butthat’snotall.She’salsonamedafteraSuiDynastyengineer,LiChun.cameacrossgrewupstandsforHerfatherthoughthewasadmirablebecausehebuiltbridgesyoucanreally_________.Buthermotherthoughtthatsoundedtoomuchlikeaboy’sname.Shewasworriedthatherdaughterwouldhaveto____________toomuchteasingwithaman’sname.Sothey___________awaytochangeit.countonputupwithfiguredoutTheyadded“Shi”fromhergrandmother’sname.Well,thatwasluckybecauseshe__________hergrandmotheranyway.LiShichuneventuallywenttouniversitywhereshestudiedmedicine.However,shedidn’tlikeitsoshechangedherstudiesand__________becominganengineer!lookslikeendedupShebecamequitefamouswhensheinventedanewwayof__________suspensionbridgesduringthebuildingp