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

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