I can’t believe lifeguards at the beach are not trained in foreign languages. The United States is more multilingual than at any time in its history. It’s hard enough for the lifeguard to hear the swimmers in English what with the waves crashing and the seagulls squawking. And people playing that obnoxious Yacht Rock music. (What exactly is Yacht Rock?)
But yeah, these lifeguards don’t know if they’re hearing “I can’t swim!” or “What time is high tide?” And what if the swimmer only speaks Portuguese? The lifeguards don’t have to learn the whole language. I think key word and phrases will suffice, including: “help”, “shark”, “Do I have to wait twenty minutes since I had that corn dog”. Stuff like that. Yeah.
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