大学英语语法-Dictation One课件.ppt

Dictation One Carol’s Search for Her Roots My name is Carol Brown. I am the second _1_ of my family in the US. My family _2_ from a small town in the mountains in Southern Italy. I’ve been working on my family _3_ for two years. It’s been _4_ but has sometimes been _5_. I’ve been spending all my free time at a family history library looking for _6_. I’ve also been spending a lot of time on the Internet looking at Web sites for information about genealogy(家谱学). I _7_ genealogy newsgroups, which _8_ a big help. I’ve gone to courthouses to look for public records, such as _9_ and tax records. I’ve been reading old newspapers, checking the obituaries(讣告) and _10_. _11_ old phone books for family names and new phone books online for _12_ in Italy. I was _13_ to find a man in Italy who went to the town where my _14_ were born. He _15_ me with a lot of information, pictures, and a wonderful book about the town my family came from. By _16_ this search, I _17_ that I still have relatives in Italy and here that I didn’t know _18_. This year, there was a huge family _19_, and I was able to meet some of my relatives for the first time. People came from all over the country and brought old photo _20_ along with stories. I am in the _21_ of doing a family Web site where we can all _22_ information and photos and _23_ online. So far I have only found information from the last _24_ hundred years; there is much more for me to do. One thing I _25_ about genealogy is that it is a _26_ in progress that is never _27_. My name is Carol Brown. I am the second generation of my family in the US. My family came from a small town in the mountains in Southern Italy. I’ve been working on my family tree for two years. It’s been fun but has sometimes been frustrating. I’ve been spending all my free time at a family history library looking for family records. I’ve also been spending a lot of time on the Internet looking at Web sites for information about genealogy. I’ve joined genealogy newsgr