Haveyoueverwonderedaboutpeople’snames?Wheredotheycomefrom?Whatdotheymean?Somepeoplegivetheirchildrennamesthatmeangoodthings.Clarameans“bright”;Beatricemeans“onewhogiveshappiness”;Donaldmeans

　　Haveyoueverwonderedaboutpeople’snames?Wheredotheycomefrom?Whatdotheymean?

　　Somepeoplegivetheirchildrennamesthatmeangoodthings.Clarameans“bright”;Beatricemeans“onewhogiveshappiness”;Donaldmeans“worldruler”;Leonardmeans“asbraveasalion”.

　　Theearliestlastnamesorsurnamesweretakenfromplacenames.AfamilywiththenameBrookorBrooksprobablylivednearbrook(小溪)；SomeonewhowascalledLongstreetprobablylivedonalongpavedroad.TheGreenwoodfamilylivedinornearaleafyforest.

　　Otherearlysurnamescamefrompeople’soccupations.ThemostcommonoccupationalnameisSmithwhichmeansapersonwhomakesthingswithironorothermetals.Inthepastsmithswereveryimportantworkersineverytownandvillage.Someotheroccupationalnamesare:Carter—apersonwhoownedordroveacart;Potter—apersonwhomadepotsandpans.

　　Theancestors(祖先)oftheBakerfamilyprobablybakedbreadfortheirneighborsintheirnativevillage.TheCarpenter’sgreat-great-great-grandfatherprobablybuilthousesandfurniture.

　　Sometimespeoplewereknownforthecoloroftheirhairorskinortheirsizeortheirspecialabilities.WhenthereweretwomenwhowerenamedJohninthesamevillagetheJohnwiththegrayhairprobablybecameJohnGray.OrtheJohnwasverytallcouldcallhimselfJohnTallman.JohnFishwasprobablyanexcellentswimmerandJohnLightfootwasprobablyafastrunneroragooddancer.

　　Somefamilynamesweremadebyaddingsomethingtothefather’sname.English-speakingpeopleadded–sor–son.TheJohnsonsaredescendantsofJohn;theRobertsfamily’sancestorwasRobert.IrishandScottishpeopleaddedMacorMcorO.PerhapsalloftheMacDonnellsandtheMcDonnellsandtheO’DonnellsaredescendantsofthesameDonnell.

　　【小题1】WhichofthefollowingaspectsdothesurnamesinthepassageNOTcover?

　　A．Placeswherepeoplelived.B．People’soccupations.C．Talentsthatpeoplepossessed.D．People’scharacters.【小题2】AccordingtothepassagetheancestorsofthePotterfamilymostprobably_______.A．ownedordroveacartB．madethingswithme