Names 名字

• Your name is either your whole name or one part of your name. * name 既指全名也指名字的一部分：◆My name is Maria. 我的名字叫玛丽亚。◆His name is Tom Smith. 他的名字叫汤姆 · 史密斯。
• Your last name or family name (also called surname in BrE) is the name that all members of your family share. * last name 或 family name 指姓氏（在英式英语中亦称 surname）。
• Your first name/names (formal forename) is/are the name(s) your parents gave you when you were born. In BrE some people use the expression Christian name(s) to refer to a person's first name(s). * first name/names（正式用语为 forename）指出生时父母给取的名字。在英式英语中，有些人用 Christian name(s) 指 first name(s)（名字）。
• Your middle name(s) is/are any name your parents gave you other than the one that is placed first. The initial of this name is often used as part of your name, especially in America. * middle name(s) 指父母给取的第一个名字外的名字。此名字的首字母常用作名字的一部分，尤其在美国：◆John T. Harvey 约翰 · T. 哈维
• Your full name is all your names, usually in the order: first + middle + last name. * full name 通常指以 first + middle + last name 为顺序的全名。
• A woman's maiden name is the family name she had before she got married. Some women keep this name after they are married and do not use their husband's name. In North America, married women often use their maiden name followed by their husband's family name. * maiden name 指女子婚前娘家的姓。有的妇女婚后仍保留此姓，不用丈夫的姓。在北美，已婚妇女通常在自己娘家的姓后加上丈夫的姓：◆Hillary Rodham Clinton 希拉里 · 罗德汉姆 · 克林顿

Titles 称谓

• Mr (for both married and unmarried men) 称已婚和未婚男子
• Mrs (for married women) 称已婚妇女
• Miss (for unmarried women) 称未婚女子
• Ms (a title that some women prefer to use as it does not distinguish between married and unmarried women) 有些妇女喜欢用此称谓，因为没有指明已婚或未婚
• Doctor, Professor, President, Vice-President, Reverend (or Rev), etc. 医生、教授、校长、副校长、牧师等

The correct way to talk to someone is 正确的称呼为：

• first name, if you know them well 如果相熟可直呼其名：◆Hello, Maria. 你好，玛丽亚。
• or title + surname 或称谓 + 姓：◆Hello, Mr Brown. 你好，布朗先生。
• or Doctor (medical), Professor, etc. on its own. 或单独用医生、教授等：◆Thank you, Doctor. 谢谢你，医生。 This is only used for a very limited number of titles. 此说法只限于为数很少的几个称谓。