地道美語(yǔ)聽力播客832: 查家譜（雙語(yǔ)）

Aaron: Do you think you can help me trace my genealogy?
亞倫：你能幫我查一下我的家譜嗎？
Corrie: Sure, I can try. We can get started by talking to your parents and grandparents. Oral interviews will give us some names of your relatives.
科里：當(dāng)然，我可以試試。那就從詢問你父母和祖父母開始吧。口頭訪談能讓我們了解到一些你親戚的名字。
Aaron: I’ve already talked to them and I grew up hearing stories about my lineage on both sides of my family.
亞倫：我已經(jīng)跟他們談過了，從小到大我一直聽說父母雙方的宗族情況。
Corrie: That’s great. If you know some of the people you’re descended from, we can start by looking at public records and historical records from the area. You’re from Tennessee, right?
科里：那太好了。如果你知道自己是哪些人的后裔，我們就可以從有關(guān)地區(qū)的公共檔案和歷史記錄開始查閱了。你來自田納西州，對(duì)嗎？
Aaron: That’s right. There are a lot of people in Tennessee with my last name, though.
亞倫：是的，雖然田納西州有很多人都跟我同姓。
Corrie: Well, we can triangulate the information we get to zero in on your ancestors.
科里：我們可以把得到的信息進(jìn)行整理，來鎖定誰(shuí)是你要找的祖先。
Aaron: What if I want proof positive that I’m related to someone?
亞倫：如果我想讓你們幫我證明我和某個(gè)人是有血緣關(guān)系的呢？
Corrie: Then you can have a genetic analysis done. A DNA test is generally accepted proof.
科里：那你可以去做基因鑒定啊。基因檢驗(yàn)是人們普遍接受的證據(jù)。
Aaron: Good, it’s about time someone in my family established the blood connections.
亞倫：很好，是時(shí)候證明某人與我們家有血緣關(guān)系了。
Corrie: Blood connections to whom?
科里：和誰(shuí)有血緣關(guān)系？
Aaron: Elvis, of course.
亞倫：當(dāng)然是和艾維斯。
Corrie: Elvis?! You think you’re related to Elvis?
科里：艾維斯？你覺得你跟艾維斯有血緣關(guān)系？
Aaron: His last name was Presley; my last name is Presley. My first name is Aaron; his middle name was Aaron. It can’t be a coincidence, especially considering my talent.
亞倫：他姓普雷斯利，我也姓普雷斯利。我叫亞倫，他的中名也是亞倫。這不可能僅僅是個(gè)巧合，尤其是我還有天賦。
Corrie: Talent?
科里：天賦？
Aaron: Sure, listen: “Well, it's one for the money, two for the show, three to get ready, now go, cat, go!”
亞倫：對(duì)啊，聽著：“好吧，第一是為了錢，第二是為了表現(xiàn)，第三是為了準(zhǔn)備就緒，現(xiàn)在快去。阿貓，快去！”
Corrie: I consider that counterevidence!
科里：我覺得這應(yīng)該是反證。