People in conversation – Carol – answers

Part 1

Track 1

1. Carol has five brothers and sisters. (T She has a sister and a brother here and two sisters at home and a brother at home.)

2. Despite living in England for 10 years, Carol still calls Ireland ‘home’. (T Interviewer: ‘So you still call Ireland home?’ Carol: ‘Oh yeah. Always will be.’)

3. Carol grew up in a village just outside Dublin. (F She grew up ‘just outside the city centre, but it was Dublin’.)

4. Carol’s brothers and sisters and her parents lived in a huge house. (F They lived in a two bedroomed house.)

5. Carole jokes that she and her brothers and sisters didn’t sleep in beds. (T ‘We slept in a drawer.’)

6. Carol was 44 years old at the time of the interview. (T She says her older sister is 54, 10 years older than her.)

7. Carol has a good relationship with her sister in England. (F The interviewer asks if Carol gets on well with her sister over here and Carol replies ‘No! No, not at all. She then says she sees her ‘as little as possible’.)

8. Carol rarely goes back to Ireland. (F Carol says she goes back to Ireland ‘probably twice a year’.)

Part 2

Track 2

9. What are the names of Kim’s brothers? Thomas and James

10. When did Kim begin her police training? in December (Carol says Kim finished her training in May and that it took five months.)

11. Who does Kim like? She likes the people she works with.

12. What does she never feel in her new career? bored

13. Does she earn more money now than in her last job? Yes (The interviewer asks whether it [i.e. policing] pays well and Carol replies ‘Better than what she was paid in her last job.’)

14. Where did Kim work before she began her police training? in the law courts

15. Who works in the same place as Kim used to? Kim’s brother James

16. Which part of Carol’s partner’s body does she describe as ‘nice’? his teeth

17. What is her partner’s job? He’s a pub manager.