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Full video: Unit 9: Sharing about Personal/Family History- simple past (ESL video)

Course: Close relationships and home lifeSection: Personal and family historySubtitles: en

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foreign

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in the United States yes

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when were you born

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um what Year 1961

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and where were your parents born my

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parents were born in Pennsylvania

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um both of them

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where were your grandparents born my

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grandparents well I didn't know my

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grandparents on my father's side and I

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didn't know my grandpa because he died

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before I when I was a baby but my

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grandmother I was born in Pennsylvania

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also

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what did your grandparents do for a

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living

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I have no my grandmother didn't do

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anything for a living

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that was sort of before the era when

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women worked and I don't know what my

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grandpa did actually

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were you born in the United States no I

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was born in Taiwan

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and when were you born 1990

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where were your parents born

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same place Taiwan

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where were your grandparents born uh on

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my dad's side Taiwan my mom's side he

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came from China yeah

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so what did your grandparents do for a

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living

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um my mom's side uh he was a soldier my

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dad's side he was a businessman

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were you born in the United States I was

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born in Washington DC

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and where did you grow up I grew up in

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Washington DC

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uh when were you born I was born in 1967

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where were your parents born my dad was

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born in Germany and my mom was born in

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New York City

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and what did your parents do for a

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living my mom's uh an attorney and my

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dad was a labor lobbyist

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where were your grandparents born

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my grandparents were born in an area in

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between Russia and um

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Poland and both both of them I think one

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was born more toward Poland and one was

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born more toward Russia or in Russia

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than the others were born in a little

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town in Germany

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and what did your grandparents do for a

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living my grandma one of them was a

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house cleaner and one was a dentist

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both grandmas and one was and then my

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grandpa's

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um one was a professor and the other was

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a

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I don't know he made valves

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for he worked in Factory

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were you born in the United States yes I

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was

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and where were you born I was born here

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in Los Angeles California

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did you grow up here I did I grew up in

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the city of Glendale

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and um were your parents born here no

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they were born in Colombia South America

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where were your grandparents born uh

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same place Columbia South America

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and what did they do for a living

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my parents are grandparents

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um your parents my mom worked for the

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State of California until she retired

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and my dad just did odd jobs

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what did your grandparents do for a

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living

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honestly I'm not sure what my

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grandfather did I know my maternal

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grandmother was a school teacher and

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then I'm not sure about my dad's side

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were you born in the United States yes

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where were you born Riverside California

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where did you grow up Palm Springs

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California

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when were you born

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1973

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where were your parents born my mom was

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born in Panama and my dad was born here

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in Los Angeles area

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where were your grandparents born

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my one of my grandfathers was born in

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Jamaica and the other one was born I

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believe in Oklahoma so United States

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what did your grandparents do for a

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living my grandfather worked in the

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Panama Canal

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for 30 years and then retired and then

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my other grandfather here the United

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States worked at Northrop aircraft

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a defense contractor

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were you very different when you were

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younger compared to now

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very different yes

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how are you different

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I was younger I was quiet I was the kid

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that was kind of quiet

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I had I had friends but I was not

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out as outgoing

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you know as now so were you very

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different when you were younger compared

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to now

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I think I was quieter when I was younger

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but not bad I could see how I'm the same

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no yeah pretty enthusiastic and I try a

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lot of different things

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but not I'm not too too bad of a risk

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taker so

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yeah were you very different when you

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were younger compared to now

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I'm pretty consistent through through uh

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through the Aegis

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were you very different when you were

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younger compared to now absolutely

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I'm more confident now I did lack

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confidence when I was younger especially

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teenage years and you know uh but yeah I

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grew more confidence especially with the

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type of job I do

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