In this blog post, we delve into a 6 Minute English video from BBC Learning English. The video discusses the popularity of tracing family history, the accuracy of DNA tests in tracing ancestry, and introduces some vocabulary related to ancestry and DNA testing.
Today’s movie
6 Minute English – BBC Learning English
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aA35kVsHuCo
Listening Quiz
Test your comprehension of the video content and new vocabulary by trying to answer these quiz questions:
Q1: What is a ‘family tree’?
Q2: What does ‘ancestry’ refer to?
Q3: What does it mean to ‘take something with a pinch of salt’?
Q4: What does ‘ethnicity’ mean?
Q5: What does it mean if something ‘blows your mind’?
Vocabulary
Let’s review some key vocabulary from the video:
Family tree
A diagram showing all the members of a family
My mother traced our family tree and found out that some of our ancestors emigrated to the United States.
My mother traced our family tree and found out that some of our ancestors emigrated to the United States.
Ancestry
The origins of a family
DNA tests can help you research your ancestry.
DNA tests can help you research your ancestry.
Take something with a pinch of salt
To not believe something is completely true
Chris wondered whether to take his DNA test results with a pinch of salt.
Chris wondered whether to take his DNA test results with a pinch of salt.
Forebears
Relatives who lived in the past
‘Ancestry’ is about your actual forebears.
‘Ancestry’ is about your actual forebears.
Ethnicity
The social, cultural and linguistic characteristics shared by a group of people
‘Ethnicity’ is closely connected to a geographical location.
‘Ethnicity’ is closely connected to a geographical location.