Mihael's Self Introduction

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Now, listen to the audio and do the exercises on the following tabs.
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Why did the speaker move to Oxford?
To get away from Wales
To live with his family
To get a job
To attend university
Why did the speaker iive in East Africa?
He was interested in African studies.
His father came from there.
His mother moved there.
He was working there.
Why does he have relatives in Sweden?
His mother was previously married.
His sister moved there to live.
His brother married a Swedish woman.
His father now lives in Sweden.
What is the main purpose of the speaker's talk?
To describe his hometown
To talk about his family
To talk about his future plans
To describe his father's work
My name's Miheal. I live in Oxford. I've lived here for four years now.
I came here in 1985 to do a postgraduate degree.
Before that I lived for three years in Wales.
I did my undergraduate degree there.
I spent most of my teenage years, eight to eighteen, living in Dublin where my parents were.
Before the age of eight I lived in East Africa, where my father was working at the time.

My mother's from Dublin.
And my father, he was born in East Africa although his father came from Wales to there, and he has a lot of connections and family in Wales.

I've one full brother who's slightly younger than me.
And I've a half brother and half sister who are considerably older.
My mother's first husband,   who's Swedish.
So, my sister lives in Sweden, and my half brother lives in Australia.