Making sense of the census 6 Minute English

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Improve your English vocabulary and listening in just six minutes! • 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... • You'll find the exclusive episode about Jeff Bezos here: https://bbc.in/2XaVbLF • More 6 Minute English episodes: • The history of swimming • • The history of swimming - 6 Minute En... • The language of wine • • The language of wine - 6 Minute English • Meditation and your brain • • Meditation and your brain - 6 Minute ... • No more bosses • • No more bosses - 6 Minute English • Learn to talk about broken hearts in 6 minutes! • • 💔💔💔 Can you die of a broken heart? ⏲️... • Coronavirus vs other pandemics • • Coronavirus vs other pandemics - 6 Mi... • #bbclearningenglish #learnenglish #census #population

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