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BBC Learning English – Q A of the Week About this script Please note that this is not a word for word transcript of the programme as broadcast. In the recording and editing process changes may have been made which may not be reflected here. 关于台词的备注 请注意这不是广播节目的逐字稿件。本文稿可能没有体现录制、编辑过程中对节目做 出的改变。 Forms of Address 称呼的方式种类 (Telephone ringing, then picked up) Finn: Hello, can I speak to Fan Zhou please? Frank: Yes, speaking. Finn: Hello. My name’s Finn Aberdein, I ’m calling from the BBC. Frank: Oh, hello. Nice to meet you. Finn: Nice to speak to you too. One question: should I call you Fan Zhou, or Zhou Fan? Frank: Well, my Chinese name’s Zhou Fan. We say the surname first. But you can also call me Frank. It ’s my English name. Finn: Your English name is Frank? Oh good. Ok, Frank. You sent us an email about the polite way to address people in English. Could you please read out the question for us? Frank: Sure. Sometimes people are called by their first name, sometimes by their surname, and sometimes full name. So my question is: could you explain in more detail what’s the convention for addressing peoples names in different ways? Finn: What are the conventions for addressing people in different ways? Ok, let me try and answer that for you Frank in the programme. Frank: Ok, thank you. Finn: Thank you Frank. Bye for now. Frank: Bye. (Phone hangs up) Finn: So Frank Zhou would like to know about the conventions 常规，规律 about how to address people in English 怎么称呼一个人。 With me here in the studio to discuss this is Feifei. Feifei: Hello Finn. Finn: Hello Feifei. So, we just used each other’s first names there, didn’t we, that’s because we k