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英语泛读教程第四册unit11中文（English extensive reading course, volume fourth, Unit11 Chinese） Name George Stewart 1 do you know the main traditional source of American naming habits? How did the Indians and blacks get their last names? Why do immigrants use Americanized names? The following text discusses these issues. 2 in any anthropological study of the nation, the custom of naming is often very important and contains many elements. Therefore, it is very possible for us to study the custom of naming americans. 3 names are part of language, however, because they represent a very special part, we can not classify it as a general discussion. In particular, the influence of immigrants and the development of the old customs has been more important to our names than the language in general. 4, like many other customs, the habit of naming is inherited from the British tradition, though not very different from the customs of the whole of europe. According to the British tradition, a persons name consists of two parts: the first and last names, the last names, and the back. This tradition dates back to the middle ages, much sooner than any colony in the United states. Kings and nobles, occasionally some lower class, may have more than one name. Among the children who immigrated to the United States, what was later called middle name was rare and almost disappeared. There are very few examples to be cited, one of which is oddly called Edward Maria Infeld, the president of the first local council in James. 5 since immigrants have surnames from the beginning and surnames are inherited, the early colonists merely retained their surnames and had little to say about it. However, people have raised the question of whether all early British immigrants actually have surnames The question is because of the name old Edward in the earliest list of James towns. It was possible that he did have a family name but was omitted from the list because he was negligent, and he was forgotten after his de