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vecrossedthelake,tomakeadayofit.

Onethingthat'

sverypopularisavisittotheCountryFarm.

You’remetofftheboatbythefarmerandhe’lltakeyoutotheholdingpens,wherethesheeparekept。

Childrenlovefeedingthem！

Mysonwouldlovethat.Hereallylikesanimals。

Well，there'

salsoa40—minutetrekroundthefarmonahorse,ifhewants。

Doyouthinkhe’dmanageit？

Hehasn’tdonethatbefore.

It'

ssuitableforcompletebeginners。

Ah，good。

Andagain,visitorsarewelcometoexplorethefarmontheirown,aslongastheytakecaretoclosegatesandsoon.

Therearesomeverybeautifulgardensalongthesideofthelakewhichalsobelongtothefarm。

They'

llbejustattheirbestnow.

Youcouldeasilyspendanhourortwothere。

OK.Wellthatallsoundsgood。

Andcanwegetlunchthere?

Youcan,andit’sverygood,thoughit'

snotincludedinthebasiccost。

Youpaywhenyougetthere.Right.

Soisthereanythingelsetodooveronthatsideofthelake？

Well,whatyoucandoistakeabikeoverontheshipandthengoonacyclingtrip.

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satrailtherecalledtheBackRoad。

Youcouldeasilyspendthreeorfourhoursexploringitandthescenery’swonderful.

llgiveyouamapwhenyougetyourticketforthecruise-there’snoextracharge。

What’sthetraillikeintermsofdifficulty？

Quitschallenginginplaces.Itwouldn'

tbesuitableforyourseven—year—old。

Itneedssomeonewho'

sgotabitmoreexperience.

Hmm。

Well,mydaughterlovescyclingandsodoI,somaybethetwoofuscouldgo,andmywifeandsoncouldstayonthefarm.

Thatmightworkoutquitewell.

Butwedon’thavebikeshere...Istheresomewherewecouldrentthem？

Yes，there’saplacehereinthecity.It'

scalledRatchesons.

I’lljustmakeanoteofthat-er,howdoyouspellit?

R—A—T—C-H-E—S—0—N—S.It’sjustbythecruiseshipterminal。

OK。

You'

dalsoneedtopickuparepairkitforthebikefromtheretotakealongwithyou，

andyou'

dneedtotakealongasnackandsomewater。

It'

dbebesttogetthoseinthecity。

Fine.Thatshouldn’tbeaproblem。

AndIassumeIcanrentahelmetfromthebikeplace?

Sure,youshoulddefinitelygetthat。

It’sagreatride,butyouwanttobewellpreparedbecauseit’sveryremote。

Youwon’tseeanyshopsroundthere，oranywheretostay,soyouneedtogetbackintimeforthelastboat。

Yeah。

Sowhatsortofpricesarewelookingathere?

Let'

ssee，that'

dbeoneadultandonechildforthecruisewithfarmtour，that'

s$117,

andanadultandachildforthecruiseonlysothat'

s$214dollarsaltogether.

Oh,waitaminute,howolddidyousayyourdaughterwas?

Fifteen。

ThenI’mafraidit’s$267becauseshehastopaytheadultfare,whichis$75insteadofthechildfarewhichis$22—sorryaboutthat。

That’sokay。

Er,sohowdo。

.。

Section2

Goodmorningeveryone。

Myname’sJoyPerkinsandI’mtherestaurantmanager。

AndIunderstandthatnoneofyou’vehadanypreviousexperienceaskitchenassistants.

Well，youmightbefeelingabitnervousnow，butmostofourkitchenassistantssaytheyenjoythework。

OK,theymightgetshoutedatsometimes,butit'

snothingpersonal,

andthey’repleasedthattheyhavesomanydifferentthingstodo，whichmeanstheynevergetbored。

AndI’lltellyoustraightawaythatifyoudowell，wemightthinkaboutmovingyouupandgivingyousomemoreresponsibility。

Right，well,you’veallshownupontime，whichisanexcellentstart.

NowI’mgladtoseenoneofyouhaveunsuitablefootwear,

sothat’sgood—youneedtobecarefulasthefloorscangetverywetandslippery。

Thoseofyouwithlonghairhavegotitwelloutoftheway，

butsomeofyouwillneedtoremoveyourringsandbracelets

justputthemsomewheresafefortoday,andremembertoleavethemathometomorrow，astheycanbeasafetyhazard。

Nowit’sgoingtobeabusydayforyoualltoday—wedon’thaveanytablesfreeforthisevening,andonlyafewforlunch.

Fortunatelywe’vegotourheadchefback—hewasawayonholidayalllastweekwhichmeanttheotherchefshadextrawork。

Now，I'

lltellyouabitmoreaboutthejobinaminutebutfirst，somegeneralregulations.

Forallofyou，whateveryourage,there'

ssomeequipmentyoumustn'

tuseuntilyou'

vebeenproperlytrained,

likethewastedisposalsystemforexample，forhealthandsafetyreasons.

ThenIthinktherearetwoofyouhereareunder18-that’sEmmaandJake，isn’tit？

Right，soforyoutwo,themeatslicerisoutofbounds.

Andofcoursenoneofyouareallowedtousetheelectricmixeruntilyou'

vebeenshownhowitworks.

Nowyoumayhaveheardthatthiscanbeastressfuljob，andIhavetosaythatcanbetrue.

llbeworkinganeight-hourdayforthefirstweek,

thoughyou'

llhavethechancetodoovertimeafterthataswellifyouwantto.

Buthoweverlongthehoursare，you'

llgetabreakinthemiddle。

Whatyouwillfindisthatyou’reonyourfeetalldaylong,liftingandcarrying,soifyou’renotfitnowyousoonwillbe！

llfindyoudon’thavemuchchancetotakeiteasy

whensomeonetellyoutodosomethingyouneedtodoitstraightaway

butatleastwedohaveaveryefficientairconditioningsystemcomparedwithsomekitchens。

Nowletmetellyouaboutsomeofthepeopleyouneedtoknow.

SoasIsaid,I'

mJoyPerkinsandIdecidewhodoeswhatduringthedayandhowlongtheyworkfor.

I'

llbetryingtogetyoutoworkwithasmanydifferentpeopleinthekitchenaspossible，

sothatyoulearnwhileyou’reonthejob。

OnepersonwhosenameyoumustrememberisDavidField.

Ifyouinjureyourselfatall，evenifit’sreallyminor，

youmustreporttohimandhe'

llmakesuretheincidentisrecordedandyougettheappropriatetreatment.

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strainedtogivebasictreatmenttostaffhimself,orhe’llsendyouoffsomewhereelseifnecessary。

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Don’tjustleaveitandhopenoonewillnotice

it'

sreallyimportanttogetthingsnotedandreplacedortherecouldbeproblemslater。

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Heisamemberofstaffwhotakescareofallthestoresofperishables，

soifyounoticewe’regettinglowinflourorsugarorsomething，makesureyoulethimknowsohecanputinanorder.

OK,nowthenextthing。

。

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Section3

OK，Stewart.Weneedtostartplanningourpaperonpubliclibraries。

Haveyouthoughtofanangleyet?

Well,there’ssomuchwecouldlookinto。

Howlibrarieshavechangedoverthecenturies，forinstance，orhowdifferentcountriesorganisethem.

Whatdoyouthink，Trudie？

Maybeweshouldconcentrateonthiscountry,andtryandrelatethechangesinlibrariestoexternaldevelopments，

likethefactthatfarmorepeoplecanreadthanacenturyago,andthatthelocalpopulationmayspeaklotsofdifferentlanguages。

Wecouldincludesomethingaboutchangesinthesourceoffunding,too.

Yes，butrememberwe'

reonlysupposedtowriteashortpaper,soit'

sprobablybestifwedon’tgointofundinginanydetail。

Right.Well，shallwejustbrainstormafewideas,togetstarted?

Weobviouslyneedtolookattheimpactofnewtechnology，particularlytheinternet。

Nowthatlotsofbookshavebeendigitalised,peoplecanaccessthemfromtheirowncomputersathome。

Andifeveryonedidthat,librarieswouldbeobsolete。

Yes。

Butthedigitalisedbooksthatareavailableonlineforfreearemostlyoutofcopyright，aren'

tthey？

Andcopyrightinthiscountrylastsfor70yearsaftertheauthordies。

Soyouwon'

tfindthelatestbest-sellerorup—to—dateinformation。

That'

sanimportantpoint。

Anyway，IfindithardtoconcentratewhenI'

mreadingalongtextonascreen.

I’dmuchratherreadaphysicalbook.Andittakeslongertoreadonascreen.

Oh,Ipreferit。

Isupposeit’sjustapersonalpreference.

Mm。

Iexpectthatlibrarieswillgoonevolvinginthenextfewyears.

Somehavealreadybecomecentreswherecommunityactivitiestakeplace,likelocalclubsmeetingthere。

Ithinkthat’llbecomeevenmorecommon.

dliketothinkso，andthatthey’restillbeservingtheirtraditionalfunction,butI'

mnotsosure.

Therearefinancialimplications,afterall.

WhatI’mafraidwillhappenisthatbooksandmagazineswillalldisappear，andthere’lljustberowsandrowsofcomputers。

Theywon’tlookanythinglikethelibrarieswe'

reusedto.

Well，we’llsee.

vejusthadanidea。

Whydon'

twemakeanin—depthstudyofourlocalpubliclibraryasbackgroundtoourpaper？

Yes,that’dbeinteresting，andraiseallsortsofissues.

Let’smakealistofpossiblethingswecouldaskabout，thenworkoutsomesortofstructure.

Forinstance，um,wecouldinterviewsomeofthestaff，

andfindoutwhetherthelibraryhasitsownbudget，orifthat’scontrolledbythelocalcouncil。

Andwhattheirpoliciesare.

Iknowtheydon’tallowfood,butI’dlovetofindoutwhattypesofnoisetheyban

therealwaysseemstobealotoftalking，butnevermusic。

Idon’tknowifthat'

sapolicyoritjusthappens。

Ah,I’veoftenwondered。

Thentherearethingsl