在课堂自我介绍时,有时会说中文名,然后英文名。Instead1 of saying2 My Chinese name is xxx, and my English name is xxx.,你可以如此说:
My name is xxx , and I go by xxx .
Go by即被叫做,大家常叫我,比如:
Our friend William often goes by Billy.
大家的朋友William,大家一般都叫他Billy。
一些美国学生不乐意用我们的原名,而偏好昵称,也可以用go by来表达:
My name is Catherine, and I go by Cat.
我的名字是Catherine,你们可以叫我Cat。