Who do you think you are

6 Minute English

语言学习

2016-10-06

6 分钟
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  • Hello, and welcome to 6 Minute English.

  • I'm Alice.

  • And I'm Neil.

  • So, Alice, what do you see when you look at me?

  • Oh, well, um, male.

  • Caucasian, early 40s, short, urban hair, bushy eyebrows, thin lips.

  • Ah, OK.

  • So that's how you see me.

  • It sounds like a police report.

  • I'm not sure I like your observation about thin lips.

  • Caucasian means white skinned in European, by the way.

  • Mm, and today, this show is about identity, who or what a person is.

  • And the way people see us forms part of our sense of identity,

  • while another part comes from our ethnic or racial identity.

  • So, my question for you today, Neil, is what percentage of the UK population describe themselves as ethnically mixed?

  • Is it A, 0.9%?

  • B, 5.9% or C, 9%.

  • OK, I think that it's A, 0.9%.