Today we have a headline from the Times newspaper: 'Lane dwellers are streets ahead'
A survey of recently sold homes in England and Wales found that the name of the street is important to people when they buy a house. Some people are prepared to pay 50 thousand pounds extra if the address includes the word lane. This because lanes are apparently classy and more beautiful than streets and drives.
People in the UK imagine what a home looks like when they hear the address. If they hear the word lane, they think of pretty villages and lovely cottages. An address with words like street or, drive in it makes people think of small boring houses and they will pay less for an address like that.
Abigail asked some people in the office about their addresses. Do they live in a lane, street or drive?
One man says he lives in an avenue and prefers it to living in a lane because it makes him think of beautiful trees and lovely houses. One woman who lives on a road with lots of trees is not happy and wished it was called an avenue. Another woman who lives in a square is very happy because she can see trees, tennis courts and children playing.
That's what addresses mean in Britain and Abigail asks, what do addresses mean where you live? Which ones are classy and which are not?
عزيزي المستمع هذه معاني العناوين في بريطانيا ، ولكن كيف تصف العناوين في بلدك ؟ هل بعضها يدل على مناطق راقية وانيقة ؟
address
عنوان
lane
مجاز ضيق يقود الى منازل راقية
dwellers
السكان او القاطنون
street ahead
تعبير يعني هنا أنهم يقيمون في محيط أفضل
survey
إستطلاع
classy
أنيق - من طراز عال
streets
شوارع
drives
طرق خاصة
imagine
يتخيل
pretty
جميل
cottages
أكواخ
boring
ممل ومضجر
avenue
جادة سكن
square
ساحة
قد نضطر لاختصار مساهماتكم، ونعتذر عن عدم تمكننا من نشر كل ما يصلنا من آراء.
تعليقاتكم يمكن ان تنشر في اي من وسائل الاعلام التابعة للبي بي سي في مختلف انحاء العالم.
Today's Songlines are:
through the grapevine from the song 'Heard it through grapevine' by Marvin Gaye.
and:
looks out of place from the song 'The Tracks of my tears' Smokey Robinson and the Miracles.
through the grapevine
سمعت بذلك في الكواليس - سمعت بأمر من محيطك ومن الاخرين
looks out of place
في غير محله - في غير مكانه
ارسل هذا الموضوع لصديق
نسخة سهلة الطبع
