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And I’m Neil.Do you realise, Catherine, that we are related to each other?
我是尼尔。你知道吗，我们之间有些联系。
Don’t be silly, Neil. I think I’d know if you were in my family.
别傻了，尼尔。你要是我们家的人，我肯定会知道的。
Well, we’ll talk more about that later in the show,but I should say at this point that today we’re discussing genealogy – or the study of family history. And I think it’s pretty fascinating stuff.Do you ever watch the TV programme Who do you think you are, Catherine? You know, where celebrities find out about their family history?
之后我们再谈这个。现在我要说的是，今天我们将讨论宗谱，也就是研究家族史的学科。我觉得这是很令人着迷的东西。你看过《你以为你是谁》这个节目吗？节目中一些名人找寻自己的家族史。
Yeah, I’ve seen a couple of them. For example, one celebrity – who was very proud of his working class London roots – or origins– discovered that he’s actually a direct descendent of an English king!
我看过几集。例如，一个名人为自己工人阶级的伦敦血统感到很骄傲，结果发现自己是货真价实的英国国王的直系后代。
Well, that’s quite a discovery! The thing is though, Catherine, what if there isn’t anything exciting in your family history– no mysteries, no skeletons in the closet…
这确实是个大发现！但如果你的家族史没有什么有意思的事，怎么办？没有神秘之处，没有隐藏的秘密。
Well, I reckon if you go back far enough Neil, there’s always something exciting or unexpected in anybody’s family history. And skeletons in the closet by the way, means secrets!Now, I think it’s time for today’s quiz question.Researching family history often involves reading old documents such as birth, marriage and death certificates,and these can be difficult to decipher – or understand.So what’s the name for the study of ancient handwriting?Is it…a) Scriptography?b) Palaeography?Or c) Scribology?
好吧，我觉得如果你追溯的足够远，任何人的家族史都会有一些有意思或不可思议的事。顺便说一下，skeletons in the closet 是指秘密。我觉得是时候看今天的问题了。调查家族史通常涉及到阅读古老文献，如出生、结婚或死亡证明，这些通常很难破译，或者说很难理解。所以研究古代手稿的学科叫什么？a) Scriptography？b) Palaeography （古文书学）？还是c) Scribology？
Well, it must be a) Scriptography.
一定是a) Scriptography。
And we’ll see if you’re right or not later on in the show.Now, why do you think most people look into their genealogy, Neil?Is it just curiosity? 
我们之后再看你回答得是否正确。你觉得为什么大多数人喜欢调查他们的宗谱呢？只是出于好奇吗？
Well, Catherine, we all love a good mystery story – especially if it’s connected with our own family. And these days, it’s easy to do research online because many old paper documents have been digitised and are available online.

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