English Rewind - News Words: Roadmap

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BBC Learning English


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Hello! Catherine here from BBC Learning English.
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Just so you know, this programme is from the BBC Learning English archive
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and was first broadcast in April 2010 on our website.
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And now, on with the show.
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You're listening to News Words.
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BBC journalist Clare Arthurs
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talks about words and phrases commonly used in news reports.
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Today's word — 'roadmap'.
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I enjoy looking at maps of foreign countries, especially their cities.
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A 'map' — it's a diagram of a physical area with a street map, or roadmap,
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showing the routes to get from one to place to another
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by turning right, left, going straight ahead and so on.
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In English, we also use 'road' as a metaphor —
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there's the 'road to ruin', the 'road ahead', to 'road test' a new product.
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But before you feel any road rage, let's turn to a word you'll hear in the news —
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the 'Middle East Roadmap'.
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This roadmap refers to a specific plan for peace in the Middle East.
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It contains a timetable with specific steps for a solution
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to the long-running conflict between Israel and the Palestinians.
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The steps include an end to violence, the creation of a Palestinian state,
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elections, and Arab states making peace with Israel.
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The Roadmap's been pushed down the news agenda by other stories,
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including more recent developments in the Middle East.
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But if the Middle East Roadmap is not so much in the news, other roadmaps are.
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The term's become popular and there's now a roadmap for democracy in Burma
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and another for peace between India and Pakistan.
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Roadmaps set out a plan for where to go and how to get there.
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But they don't carry a guarantee of success
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and I'm sure most of us know what it's like to argue about where we're going
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and which way to turn.
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That was News Words from BBC Learning English dot com.
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