Lifestyle in Britain. Дворжец О.С. - 128 стр.

     courses have to be limited, because                   come in for a pint of beer and a
     we need to make sure that we have                     sandwich. Then in the evenings we
     enough boats and canoes and so on,                    have people calling in before they go
     and unfortunately we’ve got to insist                 out to eat, or to the cinema or thea-
     that parents register their children at               tre, and then, of course, we have our
     least a week before the event, erm,                   “regulars” – people who come in
     simply because this gives us time to                  frequently for a drink and to meet
     organize the necessary equipment,                     their friends.
     and we’re asking for a registration              NM   I see. So you serve a wide range of
     fee of £5 to make sure that people                    people during the day. You are open
     turn up.                                              all day, are you?
     Erm, another important part of the               TL   Except for Sundays, yes. We have to
     whole event is the competitions that                  obey the licensing laws, which means
     we hold. These competitions will be                   that we cannot open outside the hours
     going on throughout the week, and                     of 11am and 11pm on weekdays and
     Sunday 4th June promises to be an                     Saturdays. On Sundays we can open
     especially exciting day with the final                only from 12 noon to 3pm, and then
     match in each sport taking place.                     from 7pm until 10.30pm.
     Well, I said earlier that our activities         NM   And what do most people drink?
     are intended for all ages, and I’d like          TL   Beer. Most of our customers drink
     to end with a mention of the Fun                      beer. But we also sell wines and
     Run, which signals the end of the fes-                spirits – gin, whisky, vodka, rum
     tival, erm, and if you enjoy running                  and so on. In fact, I have a very
     but don’t enjoy competing, this is the                large selection of spirits. I’ve got
     event for you. People of all ages –                   163 bottles, including 63 different
     families, children, senior citizens –                 makes of whisky.
     everybody is invited to take part, and           NM   And do you have to drink if you
     in fact our oldest participant up till                come to a pub?
     now has been an 82-year-old woman                TL   Yes, we expect our customers to buy
     – the oldest participant, in fact, in an              something, but not necessarily an
     amateur event in Britain. And if she                  alcoholic drink. You can have a soft
     comes back this year she will help us                 drink, orange juice or Coca Cola, for
     beat our own record – and hers –                      example, and we also serve coffee.
     and become at 83 the oldest partici-             NM   And you say that you also sell food?
     pant in an amateur event. Or maybe               TL   Yes. We do bar snacks, which are
     one of our listeners would like to try                light meals that people can eat in the
     and beat that? We’ll be happy if you                  bar- sandwiches, pies, and that sort
     do!                                                   of thing.
                                                      NM   “The Haunch of Venison” is an in-
Tapescript 16                                              teresting name. Why is your pub
                                                           called that?
NM Tony, your pub looks very old. When                TL   In the last century the special dish of
   was it built?                                           this pub was venison, which is deer
TL About 1320. It was originally built                     meat. The pub took its name from a
   as a lodging house for the workers                      particular cut of meat, which is the
   who built Salisbury Cathedral.                          side – or flank – of the animal.
NM As long ago as that? And what type                 NM   Do all pubs have similar origins?
   of customers come here?                            TL   No. Some pubs used to attract par-
TL Well, this is a city centre pub, and at                 ticular professions – carpenters, for
   lunchtime and in the early evening                      instance, so they were called names
   we get a lot of shopkeepers, busi-                      like “The Carpenters’ Arms”. Other
   nessmen and local workers who

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