Unit review 8

  In Western countries, people usually have three names: two “given” names and one “family” name. For example, Brian’s full name is Brian James Smith. His given names are “Brian” and “James”. His family name is “Smith”.

   In Western countries, people don’t usually talk about “given names” and “family name”. They talk about their “first”, “middle” and “last” names. Brian’s first name is “Brian”, his middle name is “James” and his last name is “Smith”.

   In Western countries, people usually do not say another person’s whole name. They usually call someone by his or her first name.

When people in Western countries need to be formal, they say Mr., Miss, Ms. or Mrs. with the person’s family name.