Dutch men and women enjoy outdoor ice skating in Volendam in early 1930s

The transcript describes the end of the skating season as the ice softens, a humorous incident where a man mistakenly takes someone else's canal boats in Venice, and young people realizing the risks of thin ice.

What are the townsfolk looking forward to?

What has happened to the ice after several months?

What activity are the townsfolk planning to do when the sun shines?

What unusual business did a man start in Venice?

What does the phrase 'thin ice is all it's cracked up to be' imply?