What you can discover about the roots of your family is not likely to make headlines, but may be crucial in building a family tree that can be both interesting and surprising.

你可以发现你家的根是不可能成为头条新闻，但可能是至关重要的，在建立一个家庭树，可以既有趣又令人惊讶。

Trying to search a family history is a positive attitude toward something that you learn from and grow from it.

试图寻找一个家族的历史是一个积极的态度，向你学习的东西，从中成长。

Good or bad, one thing is sure: you cannot erase the past.

好的还是坏的，有一点是肯定的：你不能抹去过去。

Some people are actually not interested to know their family roots.

有些人其实不想知道他们的家庭根源。

The thought of finding out how they end up where they are at the moment simply does not intrigue them enough.

他们想找出他们是如何结束他们在这一刻只是不想让他们足够的。

They think it is useless to get whatever information leading to who were they related to--great, great grand-parents, and great, great grand uncles and aunties.

他们想得到什么信息，导致他们相关的——伟大的是无用的，伟大的祖父母，和伟大的，伟大的大叔叔阿姨。

Hence, it seems that embarking on a project to create a family tree is not unlike digging the graves of the once-upon-a-time family members.

因此，似乎走上了一个项目，建立一个家庭树不像以前的家庭成员的挖掘坟墓。

Besides, they are convinced that there is nothing exciting or worthwhile about any serious research on family histories.

此外，他们也相信，没有任何令人兴奋的或有价值的关于家庭历史的认真研究。

This point of view is somehow understandable, considering the effort might turn out to be futile going through much trouble in vain to gather details about folks in ancient blood line long since buried and gone.

这一观点是可以理解的，考虑到这一努力可能会是徒劳的，通过大量的麻烦，徒劳地收集有关乡亲的细节，在古代的血行早埋和不去了。

Nowadays, curiosity about family roots appears to pay off.

如今，对家庭的好奇心似乎是要付出的。

A lot of people are getting engaged in exploring their family histories, for good reasons.

很多人都开始从事探索他们的家庭历史，因为很好的理由。

At this internet age, relevant information is made easier and more accessible.

在这个互联网时代，相关的信息变得更容易，更容易获得。

Chiefly out of curiosity, many people would like to go beyond the frontiers of the living and the dead, believing that this is an important aspect in knowing the origins of their very existence.

主要出于好奇，许多人想超越生活和死亡的前沿，认为这是一个重要的方面，在了解其存在的起源。

They make a point by attemptting to bring the memory of the past into the present because family history matters in a particular way to the development of a country as it is.

他们试图把过去的记忆到现在，因为在一个特定的方式对一个国家的发展历史，是家庭问题做一点。

The argument seems to be based on the wisdom that looking back into the past not only can satisfy human curiosity but also hold a mirror to the future.

这一观点似乎是基于回顾过去的智慧，不仅可以满足人类的好奇心，而且还可以对未来进行一面镜子。

After all, it is always good to remember those families that ever lived before, and never to forget the heritages that have been inherited.

毕竟，要记住那些曾经生活过的家庭，永远都是好的，而且永远不会忘记那些被继承的遗产。

For an increasing number of people trying to find out the history of their families, it makes sense keeping in vivid memory of the past as well as illuminating a path for the time to come.

对于越来越多的人试图找出他们的家庭的历史，它使人们意识到在过去的生动记忆，以及照明的时间来了。

While being able to discover as far back as you can the names and lives of your ancestors is of course only a small step in studying the history of human civilization, the experience may be regarded as a giant step of its kind in knowing more about your family backgrounds long, long ago.

当你能发现你的名字和你的祖先的生活，当然只是一个小的一步，在研究人类文明的历史，经验可能被视为一个巨大的一步，它在了解更多关于你的家庭背景，很久以前。

So much excitement along with so much curiosity about things you never knew will never have to end.

太多的兴奋和如此多的好奇心，你永远不会知道的事情永远不会结束。

他们想得到什么信息，导致他们相关的——伟大的是无用的，伟大的祖父母，和伟大的，伟大的大叔叔阿姨。

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作文地带知识拓展:

• 英语（English）属于印欧语系日耳曼语族西日耳曼语支，最早被中世纪的英国使用，并因其广阔的殖民地而成为世界使用面积最广的语言。英国人的祖先盎格鲁部落是后来迁移到大不列颠岛地区的日耳曼部落之一，称为英格兰。这两个名字都来自波罗地海半岛的Anglia。该语言与弗里斯兰语和下撒克森语密切相关，其词汇受到其他日耳曼语族语言的影响，尤其是北欧语（北日耳曼语），并在很大程度上由拉丁文和法文撰写。

  英语的英文释义：

  English 名词 uk  /ˈɪŋ.ɡlɪʃ/ us  /ˈɪŋ.ɡlɪʃ/

  the language that is spoken in the UK, the US, and in many other countries

  英语

  American/British English

  美式／英式英语

  Do you speak English?

  你会说英语吗？

  English   形容词 adjective   uk  /ˈɪŋ.ɡlɪʃ/ us  /ˈɪŋ.ɡlɪʃ/

  in or relating to the English language

  英语的

  an English teacher

  英语老师

  relating to or from England

  英格兰的;英国的

  English films/food/people

  英国电影／食品／人

  English law

  英格兰法律