高二英语(师大版)-选修六 Unit 16 Stories (4)-3学习任务单.docxVIP

选修六Unit 16 Stories（4）-Culture Corner 学习任务单 【学习目标】 At the end of the class, students will be able to: 1. extract the origins of English surnames and Chinese surnames; 2. compare Chinese names with English names in culture; 3. address people in a proper way. 【课前预习任务】 Think and compare Chinese names with English names. 1. Where do Chinese given names come from? What kinds of trends can be seen in the names people choose for their children? 2. Where do western first names come from? Which names were popular in the past and which ones are popular today? 【课上学习任务】 Exercise 1. Read the passage of The Origins of English Surnames on page 16 in your textbook and complete the table. What are the origins of English surnames? Types Examples Exercise 2. Classify the surnames. Put the surnames in the table of Exercise 1. Where do these surnames come from? Watson, King, Davis, Potter, Swift, Sawyer, Stone, Carter, Oxford, Jones, Fisher, Edison, Young, Orwell, Longman, Bush Exercise 3. Read the passage of The Origins of Chinese Surnames in your handout and complete the table. What are the origins of Chinese surnames? Types Examples Exercise 4. Compare Chinese surnames with English surnames and answer the questions. 1. What do Chinese surnames and English surnames have in common? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. What are the differences? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Exercise 5. Read the statements about name culture and tell true or false. ( ) 1. Zhao is the most common surname in China as it ranks first in Baijiaxing. ( ) 2. It’s very common in Britain to name a child directly after a family member. It’s the same in China. ( ) 3. In China, every child recorded into the family records in each generation would share an identical name character. ( ) 4. Kids