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山西省临汾市洪洞县辛村乡白石中学2019-2020学年七年级下学期英语第一次月考试卷
Everyone has a surname(family name). But do you know how theycame about? British writer David McKie tells us inhis new book What's in a Surname?
McKie shows that in Britain some surnames come frompeople's jobs, for example, "butcher" meanssomeone who sells meat. "Farmer"is a man who has a farm.
Some names are from places like "Warwick",a town in Warwickshire. "Gatsby"came from the village Gaddesbyin Leicestershire.
Interestingly, other surnames come from nicknames(昵称), for example, my surname "Whitehead".Hundreds of years ago, people didn't live long. There were few old people with white hair. When people saw somebody withwhite hair, they would shout "white head" at them!
So, the next time you meet a British with a strangesurname, don't be surprised. There might be an interesting history behind it.
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