номер 2, страница 15 - гдз по английскому языку 5-11 класс учебник Latham-Koenig, Oxenden

2 LOOKING AT LANGUAGE

Discourse markers
Eliza Carthy uses several discourse markers when she speaks, that is, adverbs (e.g. so, anyway) or adverbial expressions (e.g. in fact, after all) which connect and organize language, and help you to follow what she is saying.

a Watch some extracts from the interview and complete the gaps with one or two words.

1 '...and they were also instrumental in the beginning of the 60s folk revival, the formation of the folk clubs, and the, the beginning of __________, the professional music scene that I work on now.'

2 Interviewer 'And were your parents both from musical families?'
Eliza 'Um, __________, both sides of my family are musical...'

3 'My mum retired in 1966–65/66 from professional touring to raise me. __________ __________, the road is a difficult place...'

4 'But yes, __________ I just – the first song they started up singing, tugged on his leg...'

5 Interviewer 'Has having children yourself changed your approach to your career?'
Eliza 'Er, yes, __________ a __________ Yes, __________ a
__________, it has.'

6 '...The Watersons was a brother and two sisters, and he joined that, and __________ he was married to my mum, but he wasn't related to her.'

7 'And Isabella, my youngest as well, she's really, she's really showing interest in it and I love it when they do that. __________ whether or not I'd want them to be touring musicians...'

8 'But, you know, I think the – I think the world is changing __________, I don't know how many touring musicians there are going to be in the world in 20 years...'

b How do the discourse markers affect the meaning of what Eliza says in each extract?