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Personal history
Ancestry, autobiography
Ancestry
MEI Where could you find out more about your ancestors? Put a (i).
official records older relatives old family photo albums
webs ites local newspaper archives

family diaries
IDE Read the introduction to a talk about investigating your family history. Choose the best words to
complete the text.
There is nothing more exciting than (1) opening / unlocking the mysteries of your own past. With each
additional clue, your (2) ancestors / associates will become more than just names or dates on a
(3) genealogical / geological form. In this (4) process / progress you will realise that most of them were
ordinary people, just like you and me.
In genealogy you always start from the present and work (5) backwards / lanyards. You should approach the
search as if you were a detective (6) conducting / concluding an investigation; looking for clues, interviewing
(7) resources / sources and carefully (8) documenting / disclosing your facts. This is important because you
need to be able to prove that your line of (9) ascent / descent is correct. Anyone can claim that they are a
(10) descendant / successor of George Washington, but proving it is another thing altogether.
EU OJ Listen to the talk and answer these questions.
Error wamin
1 Who is this advice aimed at?
2 Information is an uncountable noun
What does the speaker warn listeners about?
and cannot be made plural: I'd like some
information about my family. (not fl u
swim infi)

1.4 Listen to the talk again. Find words and phrases which match these definitions. The number
of words you should write in each space is given in the square brackets. Use the recording script to help you.
1 verih your facts
check your information is correct
2 [1]
enjoy talking about memories
3 (31
the most difficult problem to overcome
4
a small proportion of correct information
shocking personal secrets from the past
5 [4]
6 set a limit for something
[3)
7 [4]
separate line of your ancestry
collect a lot of data
8
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