Section 2
You will hear a radio interview by Lakeside Resort. First you have some time to look at questions 11-15.
As you listen to the first part of the talk, answer questions 11-15.
Good afternoon, and welcome to Today Show. The warm months are with us and many of you are getting ready to plan vacation trips.
To help you with that, we have a special guest today, Robert Samson, director of the Golden Lake Resort.
Robert, I understand Golden Lake is a popular place for families to spend their vacations.
Yes, families enjoy spending time at Golden Lake.
Many come back year after year. We have a spectacular location and fanatic activities for both children and adults.
Could you describe for us some of the activities available at Golden Lake?
We have a lot of water activities of course, Central ride on the lake.
We have a pleasant sandy beach for swimming.
We also have canoes and sail boats available and many of our guests enjoy boating on the lake.
I image water skiing would be popular among your guests.
Actually, we don't promote water skiing in the resort area.
It can be dangerous for swimmers and for the canoers too.
We do have a great location for fishing though and you often see guests fishing from our dock or from the canoes.
That sounds very relaxing. What about activities on land? Do you have facilities for tennis?
We had tennis in the past, but the courts failed up to repair since we found that most of our guests weren't interested in the game.
We closed the court down, so that's no longer our option.
And actually, because of location in the woods, we don't have another good area for a golf course.
But I'd like to let your listeners to know, there would be adding a new activity this year.
We've made an arrangement for a local stable, so now we are going to have horse-back riding available for our guests.
We've created several riding trails around the lake.
That sounds lovely. Now, what about rainy days? What can your guests do when the weather's bad?
We have a games room and a crafts room. When the weather's rainy, some of our very talented staff members offer art sand crafts classes for all ages.
What fun! Do you offer any other classes or activities?
Now listen, and answer questions 16-20.
We have a weekly schedule of evening activities, which anyone can attend if they choose.
Every Sunday we show a film or something suitable for the whole family.
Monday is my favorite night because that's dessert night.
Our cook prepares variety of desserts and we get to taste them all.
Umm...I'd like to be there for that.
Yes, it's great. We get more serious toward the middle of the week, our discussion night on Tuesday.
Discussion night?
Yes, we discuss different current events depending on what's happening that week of news.
And on Wednesday, we have lectures. We invite different experts to talk about local history on nature topics.
This is actually one of our popular evening activities. We found that our guests are really interested in learning about the local areas.
It sounds quite interesting.
Yes, we have some excellent speakers. Thursday night is totally different, cause that when we play games.
That's especially fun for the children. Children love Fridays too, because that's talent show night.
Everyone gets in on that (staff, guests, everyone) .
It looks like you have a lot of fun at Golden Lake Resort.
We do. And we end every week with big fun, with a dance on Saturday night.
Now, I understand a little more why Golden Lake is such a popular place for family vacations.
With such a variety of activities, there's something for every member of family there.
There is. And I hopeyour listeners will consider spending their next vacation with us.
That is the end of section 2. You now have half a minute to check your answers.