新东方英语口语开口篇：询问称呼（2）

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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

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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