Who do you think you are?
I Do you know a lot about your family history?
2 Which do you know best: your mother's or
your father's side of the family?
3 Where did your ancestors come from?
4 Did you ever meet your great-grandparents?
5 Do you know most of your relatives?
6 Are you related to anyone famous?
7 Have you inherited any family characteristics?
8 Who in your family do you take after?
9 Would you like to know more about your roots?
I 0 Do you live with your extended family?
nephew- bratanek/siostrzeniec
nice - bratanica
appearance
immediate/nuclear family= parents+children
I Do you know a lot about your family history?
2 Which do you know best: your mother's or your father's side of the family?
3.Where did your ancestors come from?
4 Did you ever meet your great-grandparents?
5 Do you know most of your relatives?
6 Are you related to anyone famous?
7 Have you inherited any family characteristics?
8 Who in your family do you take after?
9 Would you like to know more about your roots?
I 0 Do you live with your extended family?
a) Quite a lot. My parents told me a lot of stories
about my background.
b) Yes. I'm very shy, like my father and my older brothers.
c) I'd love to, but it's difficult because my parents don't often talk about the past.
d) Yes, I live with my immediate family and my grandparents.
e) No, there are no celebrities in the family!
f) They came from Lagos, in Nigeria.
g) I know about half of them. The others live in New Zealand and I've never met them.
h) My father's. I grew up next door to his sister's family.
i) My mother. We look alike and we have similar characters.
j) No. Unfortunately, they died before I was born.
Match questions 1-10 with answers a)-j).
Listen to an interview with a man describing his
family history. Which family members does he talk about?
B Listen again and answer the questions.
I How many of his great-grandparents and grandparents
did he meet?
2 Where did his father's family come from?
What three types of job did most of his ancestors do?
4 How many people are in his 'immediate family'?
5 Who does he think tells the best family stories?
Who Do You Think You Are?�is a BBC programme
that gets celebrities to research their family's roots. What
kind of things do you think they discover?
B Read the text to find out.
C Read the text again and answer the questions.
I Who has a royal ancestor?
2 Who has a relative who was a policeman?
Who has roots in three continents?
4 Who has a relative who started a second family?
5 Who has an ancestor who bui~ boats?
6 Who has a criminal relative?
D Underline words or phrases in the text that match
meanings 1-5 below.
I a lot of money (paragraph 2)
2 someone who won a gold medal in sport (paragraph 3)
3making arrangements so someone is safe (paragraph 4)
4 extremely sad (paragraph 5)
5 left someone (or something) in a bad condition
(paragraph 5)
6 given a punishment for a crime (paragraph 6)
4 Work in pairs and discuss. Would you like to be on the
programme? Why/Why not?