18:00 Vi
spiser aftensmad og derefter ser vi lidt fjernsyn. De viser Grand Designs, en
tv-serie, hvor for det meste neurotiske mænd (og deres partnere) designer og
får bygget enorme grimme huse med enorme stuer, ukomfortable sofaer, enorme
tunge spiseborde og enorme vinduer uden gardiner eller persienner. De er for
det meste mennesker uden rigtige hobbyer, mennesker der elsker at holde
middagsselskaber og ser hele dagen på flotte udsigter.
Et ungt par,
Nigel og Lysette, bor i et gammelt konverteret ’bådhus’, der ligger ved siden
af floden Thames i Oxfordshire. De beslutter at de vil rive dette hus ned og få
bygget et meget moderne hus, der slet ikke passer til de andre huse i området.
Naboerne modsætter sig parrets planer, men Nigel og Lysette respekterer ikke
deres naboers meninger og er fast besluttet på at fuldføre projektet.
Nigel, der
ligner den berømte skuespiller, Richard O’Sullivan, og Nigels partner, Lysette,
en meget egensindig kvinde, tænker desværre kun på deres egne interesser.
Parret tænker kun på deres egne interesser – uha!
Projektet
tager meget længere, end forudset, og koster £1.2 millioner. Det resulterende
hus er meget upopulært i nabolaget. Det er langt større, end parret har brug
for, og der er masser af spildt plads i den enorme stue, som vil være meget
dyrt at varme.
Det nye hus er meget upopulært i nabolaget – det ved jeg med sikkerhed!
Der er masse af spildt plads i stuen,
og
det vil være meget dyrt at varme, det er jeg ikke i tvivl om !!!!
Unødvendigt at
sige, at naboerne er rasende på dem, men kan ikke gøre for det – du godeste!
Sikke en redelighed!
22:00 Vi går i
seng – zzzzz!!!!
05:00 Jeg står
tidligt op og laver én af mine rutinemæssige danske ordforrådtester. Nu, hvor
jeg er begyndte igen at læse min danske roman ”Klinkevals”, har jeg endnu flere
ord, jeg må lære – uha!
07:45 Jeg
skynder mig ind i køkkenet og laver to kopper te. Jeg bringer dem op på vores
soveværelse. Vi ligger inde i sengen og drikker teen. Vi går i bad og bagefter
spiser vi morgenmad.
10:15 Vi taler
lidt på Skype med Sarah, der bor i Perth, Australien, sammen med Francis, sin mand, og
deres 3-årige tvillinger, Lily og Jessica. I starten af opkaldet er
tvillingerne ikke færdig med at tage deres eftermiddagslur, men efter 10
minutter vågner de op og taler med os også, selvom de stadigvæk er meget
søvnige.
Vi taler med Sarah, også med Jessica og Lily, der lige har vågnet op efter deres
eftermiddagslur
Sarah siger,
at hele familien godt kan lide det nye hus. Det er meget større, og det er
nemmere for hvert familiemedlem at have sin egen plads.
Sarah opsamler
laptoppen og giver os en rundtur i huset. Vi ser kælderen, hvor familiens hund,
Buddy, bor. Buddy er forbudt at komme op ad trappen til stuen, hvilket er meget
godt, fordi Francis dermed ikke er nødt til at støvsuge hver dag i stuen. Sarah
viser os hele huset og også baghaven, hvor tvillingerne kan lege. Huset har en
flot udsigt over kysten.
familiens
nye hus har en flot udsigt over kysten
Sarah siger,
at firmaet, hvor hun arbejder (Hungry Jack’s / Burger King / KFC) har tilbudt
hende et job på dets australske datterselskabs hovedkontor, der har til huse i
Sydney. Men hun tænker på at afvise tilbudet, fordi det er meget dyrere at leje
et hus i Sydney, end i Perth, men lønniveauer er det samme.
10:45 Lois skal af sted. Der er 2 gudstjenester, der i dag finder sted i Tewkesbury, som hun vil deltage i. Jeg har lidt alenetid igen. Jeg går i gang med at stryge mine skjorter og undertøj.
13:00 Jeg
spiser frokost og bagefter går i gang med at støvsuge overalt i huset.
14:30 Jeg går i seng og
tager mig en gigantisk eftermiddagslur – zzzzzz !!!
16:00 Lois kommer tilbage
og vi slapper af med en kop te på sofaen.
English
translation
18:00 We have dinner and then we see a little television.
They show Grand Designs, a television series, where mostly neurotic men (and
their partners) design, and have built, huge ugly houses with huge rooms,
uncomfortable sofas, huge heavy dining tables and huge windows without curtains
or blinds. They are mostly people with no real hobbies, people who love to hold
dinner parties and stand and look all day at the beautiful views.
A young couple, Nigel and Lysette, live in an old
converted 'boathouse', situated beside the River Thames in Oxfordshire. They
decide that they will tear this house down and get built a very modern house
that does not fit with the other houses in the area. The neighbors oppose the
couple's plans, but Nigel and Lysette do not respect their neighbors' opinions
and are determined to complete the project.
Nigel, who resembles the famous actor Richard O'Sullivan,
and Nigel's partner, Lysette, a very headstrong woman, are sadly thinking only
about their own interests.
The couple think only about their own interests -
oh dear!
The project takes much longer than anticipated and costs
£ 1.2 million. The resulting house is very unpopular in the neighborhood. It is
far bigger than the couple need, and there is lots of wasted space in the huge
living room, which will be very expensive to heat.
The new house is very unpopular in the neighborhood -
that I know for sure!
There is lots of wasted space in the living room, and it
will be very expensive to heat, of that, I am in no doubt !!!!
22:00 We go to bed - zzzzz !!!!
5:00 I get up early and do one of my routine Danish
vocabulary tests. Now that I have begun to read my Danish novel
"Klinkevals" again, I have even more words, that I must learn - oh dear!
07:45 I hurry into the kitchen and make two cups of tea.
I bring them up to our bedroom. We lie in bed and drink the tea. We take a
shower and afterwards we eat breakfast.
10:15 We speak a little on Skype with Sarah, who lives in
Perth, Australia, along with Francis, her husband and their 3-year-old twins,
Lily and Jessica. At the start of the call the twins have not finished taking
their afternoon nap, but after 10 minutes they wake up and talk to us even if
they are still very sleepy.
We speak with Sarah, also with Jessica
and Lily, who have just woken up after their afternoon nap
Sarah says that the whole family likes the new house. It
is much bigger and it is easier for each family member to have its own space.
Sarah picks up the laptop and gives us a tour of the
house. We see the basement where the family dog, Buddy, lives. Buddy is
forbidden to come up the stairs to the living room, which is very good because
Francis does not need to vacuum every day in the living room. Sarah shows us
the whole house and also the backyard, where the twins can play. The house has
sweeping views of the coast.
the family's new house has sweeping views
of the coast
Sarah says that the company where she works (Hungry
Jack's / Burger King / KFC) has offered her a job at its Australian
subsidiary's head office, which is located in Sydney. But she is thinking of
rejecting the offer, because it is much more expensive to rent a house in
Sydney than in Perth, but wage levels are the same.
10:45 Lois has to be off. There are two church services, which are taking place today in Tewkesbury, which she wants to participate in. I have a little time alone again. I begin to iron my shirts and underwear.
13:00 I eat lunch and then begin to vacuum everywhere in
the house.
14:30 I go to bed and take a giant afternoon-nap - zzzzzz
!!!
16:00 Lois comes back and we relax with a cup of tea on
the sofa.
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