TIM: Now there are also some workshops and other activities. They’ll all take place at least once every day, so everyone who wants to take part will have a chance.
JEAN: Good. We’re particularly interested in cookery – you don’t happen to have a cookery workshop, do you?
TIM: We certainly do. It’s going to focus on how to make food part of a healthy lifestyle, and it’ll show that even sweet things like cakes can contain much less sugar than they usually do.
JEAN: That might be worth going to. We’re trying to encourage our children to cook.
TIM: Another workshop is just for children, and that’s on creating posters to reflect the history of the town. The aim is to make children aware of how both the town and people’s lives have changed over the centuries. The results will be exhibited in the community centre. Then the other workshop is in toy-making, and that’s for adults only.
JEAN: Oh, why’s that?
TIM: Because it involves carpentry – participants will be making toys out of wood, so there’ll be a lot of sharp chisels and other tools around.
JEAN: It makes sense to keep children away from it.
TIM: Exactly. Now let me tell you about some of the outdoor activities. There’ll be supervised wild swimming …
JEAN: Wild swimming? What’s that?
TIM: It just means swimming in natural waters, rather than a swimming pool.
JEAN: Oh OK. In a lake, for instance.
TIM: Yes, there’s a beautiful one just outside the town, and that’ll be the venue for the swimming. There’ll be lifeguards on duty, so it’s suitable for all ages. And finally, there’ll be a walk in some nearby woods every day. The leader is an expert on insects. He’ll show some that live in the woods, and how important they are for the environment. So there are going to be all sorts of different things to do during the festival.
JEAN: There certainly are.
TIM: If you’d like to read about how the preparations for the festival are going, the festival organizer is keeping a blog. Just search online for the festival website, and you’ll find it.
JEAN: Well, thank you very much for all the information.
TIM: You’re welcome. Goodbye.
JEAN: Goodbye.
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