English Rewind - News Words: Roadmap

???? What is a roadmap? Who makes them and what are they for? In this archive episode of News Words we guide you through some real English language news stories featuring this word, to improve your English news vocabulary knowledge AND practise your English listening.

Do you have a 'roadmap' for your future or do you just take life as it comes? Tell us about your future plans! ????????????

Expressions with 'road':
✔️ to be at a crossroads - to be in a situation where there is a choice to be made between very different options
✔️ to be middle of the road - to have opinions or a style that is not extreme and will appeal to many people
✔️ on the road to (somewhere) - moving towards a particular outcome
✔️ to hit the road - to leave somewhere and begin a journey

Example sentences:
???? The Turkish-Armenian Roadmap has become clear... But we do not know what this "roadmap" includes yet. (BBC News)
???? Senior General Than Shwe has been talking about his "roadmap" towards "disciplined democracy" for so long that many had assumed it was simply another delaying tactic. (BBC News)
???? The roadmap was officially adopted in June 2003 as a phase-by-phase route to ending the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians within two years. (BBC News)

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English Rewind is a collection of programmes from the BBC Learning English archive. This episode of News Words was first published on the BBC Learning English website in November 2009.

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