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Lesson Two What is your name?怎么称呼您
It is my family name. In China, we put our surname first.
是我的姓。中国人先说姓再说名。
姓 surname last name family name
名 first name given name
中名middle name
0204
Lesson Two What is your name?怎么称呼您
Her name is Susan N. Armstrong. N is the abbreviation of her middle name.
她叫Susan N. Armstrong。“N”是她中间名字的缩写。
Abbreviation 缩略
Abbreviate 缩写、删节
abbreviate sth. = make sth. shorter
Middlen name can be abbreviated.
This story is abbreciated.
Are you from the PRC?
PRC = People‘s Republic of China
USA is the abbreviation of the United States of America.
UN is the abbreviation of the United Nations.
UK = United Kindom of Great British and Northern Ireland
