making sense of the census 6 minute english
millions of people have tried to trace their family history and discover how their ancestors lived hundreds of years ago. and one of the most useful documents for research is the census. what is a census for? why was it created? that's what neil and sam discuss as they teach you vocabulary.
this week's question
when bbc television programme, who do you think you are?, researched the family history of the british actor danny dyer, they discovered that the actor was related to someone very famous – but who?
a) king edward iii
b) william shakespeare
c) winston churchill
listen to the programme to find out the answer.
vocabulary
census
system of officially counting and classifying every person of a nation’s population
figure out
understand something; find the answer to something
conscription
the act of forcing people to join the army by law
taxation
system of taxing people an amount of money to be paid to the government to fund public services
clerk
office worker whose job involves keeping records
tabulate
show information in the form of a table with rows and columns
[cover: getty images]
to download the audio and a transcript, go to:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english/ep-210819
you'll find the exclusive episode about jeff bezos here: https://bbc.in/2xavblf
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https://youtu.be/iigy0lpjjn4
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https://youtu.be/sm6etqg-hxw
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#bbclearningenglish #learnenglish #census #population
millions of people have tried to trace their family history and discover how their ancestors lived hundreds of years ago. and one of the most useful documents for research is the census. what is a census for? why was it created? that's what neil and sam discuss as they teach you vocabulary.this week's question when bbc television programme, who do you think you are?, researched the family history of the british actor danny dyer, they discovered that the actor was related to someone very famous – but who?a) king edward iiib) william shakespearec) winston churchilllisten to the programme to find out the answer. vocabularycensussystem of officially counting and classifying every person of a nation’s populationfigure outunderstand something; find the answer to something conscriptionthe act of forcing people to join the army by lawtaxationsystem of taxing people an amount of money to be paid to the government to fund public servicesclerkoffice worker whose job involves keeping recordstabulateshow information in the form of a table with rows and columns[cover: getty images]to download the audio and a transcript, go to:https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english/ep-210819you'll find the exclusive episode about jeff bezos here: https://bbc.in/2xavblfmore 6 minute english episodes:the history of swimminghttps://youtu.be/iigy0lpjjn4the language of winehttps://youtu.be/wbaeqhkl8aameditation and your brainhttps://youtu.be/sm6etqg-hxwno more bosseshttps://youtu.be/ktgdxnml2uilearn to talk about broken hearts in 6 minutes!https://youtu.be/wbluy_yu-zwcoronavirus vs other pandemicshttps://youtu.be/kjvd228s-yq#bbclearningenglish #learnenglish #census #population should fast food sponsor sport 6 minute english grime music from architecture 6 minute english where do your tips go 6 minute english angela merkel 6 minute english smart tech and climate change 6 minute english going through the menopause 6 minute english robot artists 6 minute 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others 6 minute english food superstitions 6 minute english the rosetta stone 6 minute english hermits 6 minute english compassion fatigue 6 minute english when males are not needed 6 minute english mermaids 6 minute english a quieter world 6 minute english us and china vs climate change 6 minute english the language of biscuits 6 minute english is english really english 6 minute english what is the key to happiness 6 minute english looking for utopia 6 minute english covid one year on 6 minute english singing in tune 6 minute english how much heat do you lose from your head 6 minute english the woman whose cells never die 6 minute english what makes a good story 6 minute english for the love of foreign languages 6 minute english comfort food 6 minute english coronavirus vs other pandemics 6 minute english are trees intelligent 6 minute english can jellyfish help us solve our problems 6 minute english why do we choose to text instead of talk 6 minute english loneliness 6 minute english 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faster 6 minute english is chimp politics like ours 6 minute english making sense of the census 6 minute english a future without doctors 6 minute english concussion in sport 6 minute english the history of swimming 6 minute english are humans a messy species 6 minute english the language of wine 6 minute english flexible working 6 minute english hypnotism 6 minute english saving the white rhino 6 minute english making old things last longer 6 minute english building rapport with others 6 minute english food superstitions 6 minute english the rosetta stone 6 minute english hermits 6 minute english compassion fatigue 6 minute english when males are not needed 6 minute english mermaids 6 minute english a quieter world 6 minute english us and china vs climate change 6 minute english the language of biscuits 6 minute english is english really english 6 minute english what is the key to happiness 6 minute english looking for utopia 6 minute english covid one year on 6 minute english singing 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what this is learn english the word forever learn english confusing for or to me learn english words ending in gry learn english tongue twisters f words learn english millions of people have tried to trace their family history and discover how their ancestors lived hundreds of years ago. and one of the most useful documents for research is the census. what is a census for? why was it created? that's what neil and sam discuss as they teach you vocabulary.
this week's question
when bbc television programme, who do you think you are?, researched the family history of the british actor danny dyer, they discovered that the actor was related to someone very famous – but who?
a) king edward iii
b) william shakespeare
c) winston churchill
listen to the programme to find out the answer.
vocabulary
census
system of officially counting and classifying every person of a nation’s population
figure out
understand something; find the answer to something
conscription
the act of forcing people to join the army by law
taxation
system of taxing people an amount of money to be paid to the government to fund public services
clerk
office worker whose job involves keeping records
tabulate
show information in the form of a table with rows and columns
[cover: getty images]
to download the audio and a transcript, go to:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/6-minute-english/ep-210819
you'll find the exclusive episode about jeff bezos here: https://bbc.in/2xavblf
more 6 minute english episodes:
the history of swimming
https://youtu.be/iigy0lpjjn4
the language of wine
https://youtu.be/wbaeqhkl8aa
meditation and your brain
https://youtu.be/sm6etqg-hxw
no more bosses
https://youtu.be/ktgdxnml2ui
learn to talk about broken hearts in 6 minutes!
https://youtu.be/wbluy_yu-zw
coronavirus vs other pandemics
https://youtu.be/kjvd228s-yq
#bbclearningenglish #learnenglish #census #population