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If you look from a helicopter at any English town, you will see that the
residential areas consist almost entirely of rows of small boxes, each with its
own little patch of green. In better-off areas, these boxes will be further apart, 1 ______. The principle, however will be
clear: the English all want to live in their own private houses with their own
private gardens.
What you cannot see
from your helicopter, you will learn as soon as you try to visit an English
home. You may
have its address and a map, but you will have great difficulty 2
______. Some humorists claim this is the result of conspiracy to mislead
foreigners', pointing out that our streets are never straight, every time a
street bends, it is given a different name, there are at least 60 confusing synonyms for 'street', and the numbering of the houses is
hopelessly illogical.
The house numbers
are at least as well camouflaged as the street names. They are either hidden, 3 _______. One taxi-driver explained: 'An Englishman's
home is his castle, right? We can't actually have massive walls around it, but
we can make it difficult to get to.'
The Englishman's
home is much more than just his castle; it is also his identity and his prime
obsession. This
is why a house is not something you just passively 4 ________. The mania for home improvements is
widespread. Research shows that only 2% of English males and 12% of females
have never done any Do-It-Yourself.
Working on
home improvements is opportunity to exercise our creative
talents. Or at
least that’s 5 _______. Although it may sometimes be an economic necessity, we
see the arrangement, furnishing and decorating of our homes 6 _______.
A. in finding the house you are
looking for.
B. how we like to think of it.
C. of home ownership and the
moving-in ritual.
D. or even not there at all.
E. and the green patches attached to
them will be larger.
F. ‘have, it is something you
constantly ‘work on’.
G. as an expression of our unique personal
taste.