OK, now you know some of the things our volunteers do, I'll go on to some practical matters.

好了，现在你们已经了解了我们志愿者的一些工作内容，接下来我将继续介绍一些实际问题。

As you probably know, the town arranges three major festivals every year, and they all depend on a large number of volunteers.

正如你可能知道的，这个镇每年都会安排三个主要节日，而这些节日都依赖于大量的志愿者。

The book festival lasts three days, and uses several venues, which all need volunteers.

图书节持续三天，使用多个场地，这些都需要志愿者。

More are needed for the music festival, because that lasts a whole week, and even more help is required for the science festival, even though it's only two days long.

音乐节需要更多的志愿者，因为它持续整整一周。科学节更需要更多的帮助，尽管它只有两天时间。

It involves quite a lot of venues, though.

然而，它涉及到相当多的场地。

It's a good idea to help at the festival you're most interested in, because you can attend most of the events for free.

在你最感兴趣的节日里提供帮助是个好主意，因为你可以免费参加大多数活动。

We try to use volunteers who are flexible, though, because some festival events are held outdoors, and the weather may affect the size of the audience, and even whether the event can take place; so there can be changes at short notice.

然而，我们试图使用灵活的志愿者，因为一些节日活动是在户外举行的，天气可能会影响观众人数，甚至可能影响活动是否能够举行；因此，可能会在短时间内发生变化。

What's essential, though, is being able to get on well with other people, and also to deal with someone who's behaving badly – as occasionally happens.

然而，重要的是要能够与他人相处融洽，同时也要能够应对那些偶尔表现不佳的人。

Our plan is to get you all working in September, after a week's training starting on the 2nd.

我们的计划是让你们所有人在 9 月份开始工作，从 2 日开始，经过一周的训练后。

So we'll be timetabling you for duties the following week, from the 9th onward.

因此，我们将为你们安排下周的工作时间表，从 9 日开始。

Later, in the week beginning September 23rd, we have a chat with each of you, to find out how you feel about being a volunteer, and what extra support you need.

之后，在 9 月 23 日开始的那周，我们将与你们每个人进行一次谈话，了解你们对成为志愿者的感受，以及你们需要哪些额外的支持。

As a thank you to the volunteers, we arrange an annual event.

为了感谢志愿者，我们安排了一个年度活动。

In recent years we've had a party in the town hall, and last year a barbecue in Chamber Park.

近年来，我们在市政厅举办了一场派对，去年还在室内公园举办了一场烧烤活动。

Our forthcoming event is a trip along the canal from here to Dewhurst and back.

我们即将举办的活动是一次沿着运河的旅行，从这里到杜赫斯特，然后返回。

It's on Saturday September the 28th, and if you'd like to attend, you can sign up once you start work. Now this is the volunteers' T-shirt …

活动将于 9 月 28 日星期六举行，如果你想参加，可以在开始工作后报名。现在，这是志愿者的 T 恤......