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Section1

Goodmorning.ThisisBurnhamtouristoffice,Martinspeaking.

Oh,hello.Isawaposteraboutfreethingstodointhearea,

anditsaidpeopleshouldphoneyouforinformation.

I'mcomingtoBurnhamwithmyhusbandandtwochildrenforafewdaysonJune27th,orpossibly28th,

andI'dlikesomeideasforthingstodoon29th.

Yes,ofcourse.OK.Thenlet'sstartwithacoupleofeventsespeciallyforchildren.

Theartgalleryisholdinganeventcalled'FamilyWelcome'thatday,

whenthereareactivitiesandtrailstousethroughoutthegallery.

Thatsoundsinteresting.Whattimedoesitstart?

Thegalleryopensat10,andthe'FamilyWelcome'eventrunsfrom10.30until2o'clock.

Thegallerystaysopenuntil5.

Andseveraltimesduringtheday,they'regoingtoshowashortfilmthatthegalleryhasproduced.

Itdemonstrateshowceramicsaremade,andthere'llbeequipmentandmaterialsforchildrentohaveagothemselves.

Lasttimetheyrantheevent,therewasafilmaboutpainting,

whichwentdownverywellwiththechildren,andthey'renowworkingononeaboutsculpture.

Ilikethesoundofthat.AndwhatothereventshappeninBurnham?

Well,doyouallenjoylisteningtomusic?

-Oh,yes.

Well,thereareseveralfreeconcertstakingplaceatdifferenttimes

oneortwointhemorning,themajorityatlunchtime,andacoupleintheevening.

AndtheyrangefrompopmusictoLatinAmerican.

TheLatinAmericancouldbefun.Whattimeisthat?

It'sbeingrepeatedseveraltimes,indifferentplaces.

They'reperforminginthecentrallibraryat1o'clock,thenat4it'sintheCityMuseum,

andintheevening,at7.30,there'salongerconcert,inthetheatre.

Right.I'llsuggestthattotherestofthefamily.

Somethingelseyoumightbeinterestedinistheboatracealongtheriver.

Oh,yes,dotellmeaboutthat.

TheracestartsatOffordMarina,tothenorthofBurnham,andgoesasfarasSummerPool.

ThebestplacetowatchitfromisCharlesworthBridge,thoughthatdoesgetrathercrowded.

Andwho'stakingpart?

Well,localboatclubs,butthestandardisveryhigh.

OneofthemcamefirstintheWestofEnglandregionalchampionshipinMaythisyear

itwasthefirsttimeateamfromBurnhamhaswon.

Itmeansthatnextyearthey'llberepresentingtheregioninthenationalchampionship.

NowI'veheardsomethingaboutPaxtonNatureReserve.

It'sagoodplaceforspottingunusualbirds,isn'tit'?

That'sright—throughouttheyear.

Thereisalakethereaswellasariver,andtheyprovideaveryattractivehabitat.

Soit'sagoodideatobringbinocularsifyouhavethem.

Andjustatthemomentyoucanseevariousflowersthatareprettyunusual

thesoilatPaxtonisn'tverycommon.They'relookinggoodrightnow.

Right.Myhusbandwillbeparticularlyinterestedinthat.

Andthere'sgoingtobeatalkandslideshowaboutmushrooms

andyou'llbeabletogooutandpicksomeafterwardsandstudythedifferentvarieties.

Uhuh.Andisitpossibleforchildrentoswimintheriver?

Yes.Partofithasbeenfencedofftomakeitsafeforchildrentoswimin.

It'sveryshallow,andthere'salifeguardondutywheneverit'sopen.

Thelakeistoodeep,soswimmingisn'tallowedthere.

OK,wemustremembertobringtheirswimmingthings,incasewegotoPaxton.

HowlongdoesittaketogettherebycarfromBurnham?

About20minutes,butparkingisverylimited,

soit'susuallymucheasiertogobybus—andittakesaboutthesametime.

Right.Well,I'lldiscusstheoptionswiththerestofthefamily.Thanksverymuchforallyourhelp.

You'rewelcome.

Goodbye.

Bye.

Section2

Firstofall,letmethankyouallforcomingtothispublicmeeting,todiscussthefutureofourtown.

OurfirstspeakerisShonaFerguson,fromBarfordtowncouncil.Shona.

Thankyou.FirstI'llbrieflygiveyousomebackgroundinformation,

thenI'llbeaskingyouforyourcommentsondevelopmentsinthetown.

Well,asyoudon'tneedmetotellyou,Barfordhaschangedagreatdealinthelast50years.

Thesearesomeofthemainchanges.

Fiftyyearsago,buseslinkedvirtuallyeverypartofthetownandtheneighbouringtownsandvillages.

Mostpeopleusedthemfrequentlybutnotnowbecausethebuscompaniesconcentrateonjusttheroutesthatattractmostpassengers.

Sopartsofthetownarenolongerservedbybuses.

Evenreplacingolduncomfortablebuseswithsmartnewoneshashadlittleimpactonpassengernumbers.

It'ssometimessaidthatbusfaresaretoohigh,butinrelationtoaverageincomes,faresarenotmuchhigherthantheywere50yearsago.

Changesintheroadnetworkareaffectingthetown.

Thecentrewasrecentlyclosedtotrafficonatrialbasis,makingitmuchsaferforpedestrians.

Theimpactofthisisbeingmeasured.

Thenewcyclepaths,separatingbikesfromcarsinmostmainroads,

arebeingusedfarmorethanwasexpected,reducingtrafficandimproveairquality.

Andalthoughthecouncil'sattemptstohaveabypassconstructedhavefailed,

wehaven'tgivenuphopeofpersuadingthegovernmenttochangeitsmind.

Shoppinginthetowncentrehaschangedovertheyears.

Manyofuscanrememberwhenthetownwascrowdedwithpeoplegoingshopping.

Numbershavebeenfallingforseveralyears,despiteeffortstoattractshoppers,forinstancebyopeningnewcarparks.

Somepeoplecombineshoppingwithvisitstothetown'srestaurantsandcafes.

Mostshopsaresmallindependentstores,whichisgood,

butmanypeopleprefertousesupermarketsanddepartmentstoresinnearbylargetownsastherearesofewwell-knownchainstoreshere.

Turningnowtomedicalfacilities,thetownisservedbyfamilydoctorsinseveralmedicalpractices

fewerthan50yearsago,buteachcateringforfarmorepatients.

Ourhospitalclosed15yearsago,whichmeansjourneystoothertownsareunavoidable.

Ontheotherhand,therearemoredentiststhanthereusedtobe.

Employmentpatternshavechanged,alongwithalmosteverythingelse.

Thenumberofschoolsandcollegeshasincreasedmakingthatthemainemploymentsector.

Services,suchaswebsitedesignandaccountancy,havegrowninimportance,

andsurprisingly,perhaps,manufacturinghasn'tseenthedeclinethathasaffecteditinotherpartsofthecountry.

NowI'llveryquicklyoutlinecurrentplansforsomeofthetown'sfacilities,beforeaskingforyourcomments.

Asyou'llknowifyouregularlyusethecarparkattherailwaystation,it'susuallyfull.

Therailwaycompanyappliedforpermissiontoreplaceitwithamulti-storeycarpark,butthatwasrefused.

Instead,thecompanyhasboughtsomeadjoininglandandthiswillbeusedtoincreasethenumberofparkingspaces.

TheGrandtheoldcinemainthehighstreetwillcloseattheendoftheyearandreopenonadifferentsite.

You'veprobablyseenthebuildingunderconstruction.

Theplanistohavethreescreenswithfewerseats,ratherthanjusttheonelargeauditoriumintheoldcinema.

Iexpectmanyofyoushopintheindoormarket.

It'sbecomemoreandmoreshabby-looking,andbecauseoffearsaboutsafety,itwasthreatenedwithdemolition.

ThegoodnewsisthatitwillcloseforsixweekstobemadesafeandredecoratedandtheimprovedbuildingwillopeninJuly.

Lotsofpeopleusethelibrary,includingschoolandcollegestudentswhogotheretostudy.

Thecouncilhasmanagedtosecurefundingtokeepthelibraryopenlaterintotheeveningtwiceaweek.

Wewouldliketoenlargethebuildinginthenot-too-distantfuture,butthisisbynomeansdefinite.

There'snolimitonaccesstothenaturereserveontheedgeoftown,andthiswillcontinuetobethecase.

Whatwillchange,though,isthatthecouncilwillnolongerbeinchargeofthearea.

Insteaditwillbecometheresponsibilityofanationalbodythatadministersmostnaturereservesinthecountry.

OK,nowletmeaskyou...

Section3

Hello, Helen. Sorry I'm late.

Hi, Jeremy, no problem. Well we'd better work outwhere we are on our project, I suppose.

Yeah. I've looked at the drawings you've done for mystory, 'The Forest',

and I think they're brilliant — they really createthe atmosphere I had in mind when I was writing it.

I'm glad you like them.

There are just a few suggestions I'd like to make.

Go ahead.

Now, I'm not sure about the drawing of the cave —it's got trees all around it,

which is great, but the drawing's a bit too static, isn't it?

I think it needs some action.

Yes, there's nothing happening.

Perhaps I should add the boy — Malcolm, isn't it?

He would be walking up to it.

Yes, let's have Malcolm in the drawing.

And what about putting in a tiger—the one that he makes friends with a bit later?

Maybe it could be sitting under a tree washing itself.

And the tiger stops in the middle of what it's doing when it sees Malcolm walking past.

That's a good idea.

OK, I'll have a go at that.

Then there's the drawing of the crowd of men and women dancing.

They're just outside the forest, and there's a lot going on.

That's right, you wanted them to be watching a carnival procession, but I thought it would betoo crowded.

Do you think it works like this?

Yes, I like what you've done.

The only thing is, could you add Malcolm to it, without changing what's already there.

What about having him sitting on the tree trunk on the right of the picture?

Yes, that would be fine.

And do you want him watching the other people?

No, he's been left out of all the fun, so I'd like him to be crying

that'll contrast nicely with the next picture, where he's laughing at the clowns in thecarnival.

Right, I'll do that.

And then the drawing of the people ice skating in the forest.

I wasn't too happy with that one.

Because they're supposed to be skating on grass, aren't they?

That's r