Cover of the textbook English File Advanced - Student's Book

The key answer of exercise 1 - Part 1

The key to exercise solutions in chapter Colloquial English 1 for the textbook English File Advanced - Student's Book with authors Christina Latham-Koenig, Clive Oxenden, Jerry Lambert and Kate Chomacki from Oxford University Press

Question

  1. -
  2. Watch Part 1 of the interview. What is Eliza's overwhelming memory of her childhood?
  3. Now watch again. What does Eliza say about ...?

Answer

b)

Eliza's overwhelming memory of her childhood is of her being with her family on the farm, surrounded by travelling musicians, listening to music, singing, and playing.

c)

  1. He started playing the guitar in the 50s. In the 60s he helped to create the folk music scene in London. He was friends with Bob Dylan and Paul Simon.
  2. The Watersons are a folk group from her mother's side of the family. They are from Hull. They were important in the 60s folk revival and in the development of folk clubs in the north of England.
  3. Her mother's grandmother brought her mother up, as her parents had died.
  4. Her mother's uncle played the trumpet. Her mother's father played the banjo. He used to listen to music on the radio and learn the songs he heard.
  5. Her grandmother used to sing The Spinning Wheel when Eliza was young.
  6. The farm had three houses in a row - one for Eliza and her parents, one for her mother's brother and his family, and one for her mother's sister and her family. They kept a lot of animals. There was always singing and music being played at the farm.
  7. Her parents' friends were touring musicians who often stayed on the farm.