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Play each part of the audio separately.
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Listen to the audio before you read the exercises.
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Now, listen to the audio and do the exercises on the following tabs.
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After that, read the dialog to make sure that you understand all word in the audio.
What kind of residential community does the speaker live in?
One for retired people
One for women only
One for low income people
One for families with small children
What is an example of a "volunteer" activity at Elm Court?
Collecting food for needy families
Babysitting children
Serving in the residents' association
Visiting patients in the local hospital
What fundraising activity did the speaker do to help get a shuffleboard?
Selling candy
Selling dinners
Selling crafts
Selling baked goods
Why does the speaker intend to "slow down a little bit"?
She wants to do something new.
She wants more time with her family.
She is recovering from an illness.
She wants more time for herself.
What is the main idea of the talk?
The speaker owns a candy store in the community.
The speaker has been very busy with the residents' association.
The speaker wants to participate more in her community.
The speaker likes to have residents over for dinner.
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Okay.
The community I live in is a senior community.
And when I first came here, we have a_ its small and it takes you a long time to learn the people.
And the first activity I was stuck with was going around getting everybody's name, telephone number and their birthdays for our little directory, that we have within_ in Elm Court.
Another activity they put me into was coordinating secretary, the next term the residents association had voting for.
Which meant that I went and I greeted people.
I sent out birthday cards, get we_ get well cards, sympathy cards.
And then they talked me into becoming the vice president.
Which led into the presidency which I just, had turned over to someone else this past year.
Because it's a very hectic, and very strenuous job.
But we put on dinners to raise money for Elm Court.
And I bake for Elm Court.
My_ we wanted at one time a shuffle board.
So I went and I sold candy, three or four times to help, raise money for the shuffle board, for our activities.
And we have what we call a country store.
So now I am involved in the country store which opens up, once a month.
And we get donations from tenants, and also from their families and outsiders.
And then I resell it.
Which raises a little bit each month.
And again I bake, cookies or brownies or cakes to sell or different types of breads which goes first before anything else of course.
Then, I, do crafts to sell.
I help set up for dinners that we hold here.
And I think now it's a little bit time for me to sit back and slow down a little bit, and just do for me.
But needless to say I'm still involved with activities for fundraising now.
But, that's going to be the limit to my work as a volunteer for anything here at Elm Court.