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No Place Like Home?

Lizzie and David Dickson give us first-hand accounts of the pros and cons of living away from home

Lizzie is studying History and American Studies at Nottingham University.

David recently completed Part One of a degree in architecture at the University of Newcastle.

Lizzie

There is no doubt that starting university is a daunting experience. Aside from the fact that in two days you meet at least 300 people but can remember only two of their names, it is the first time in your life that you become anonymous. Until this point, someone has always been haranguing you. So it seems inconceivable that it should just all stop when you get to university. There is something vaguely anarchical about living in a hall of residence in your first year. Freed from the constraints of family life, you suddenly find yourself in a place where the cheese toastie is seen as a valid source of nutrition, your music is not referred to as ‘that awful racket’, and you won’t be judged for wearing your pyjamas to lunch. Or dinner.

1 Halls never sleep. Neither, it would seem, do the pizza delivery men who service them. No matter what time of the day or night, you will always find doors open, a bass thudding, or a kettle boiling. At first, you wonder how you will ever sleep with this constant noise. When you go home, you wonder how to sleep without it.

2 But then Monday comes. And there is life, you have a purpose, you’ve got hockey training, you’ve handed in an essay and you can get excited about the prospect of a full five nights of flinging your limbs around in an over-capacitated nightclub. You might actually never go home again.

David

One of the main things you learn from going away to university is that the grass is always greener. You can’t wait to leave home to go there, but it only takes about a term for the novelty of life in halls to wear off. While it was once exciting to be living with a thousand strangers, it doesn’t take long to realise that you have nothing in common with the majority of them. Awkward conversations with people you still vaguely recognise from Freshers’ Week become tiresome, and you’ve had enough of people stealing food from the communal fridge. In short, you long to get into a place of your own.

3 Inevitably, these dreams of domestic bliss are short-lived when, a few weeks into independent living, you realise the house won’t clean itself, bills don’t go away if you just ignore them, and you’re not quite the gourmet chef you thought you were. Early morning fire alarms are now replaced by housemates chucking stuff at your window when they’ve locked themselves out. And now, when the washing machine floods, it’s you that have to deal with it.

4 So what have I learnt from leaving home? That I can bear a considerable amount of grime before feeling compelled to clean and that it costs a lot to run a tumble dryer. And, strangely, that the home you so longed to get away from three years before, the one where someone else cooks and cleans and pays for the electricity, no longer seems quite so bad after all.

Решение 2.

Нет места лучше дома?

Ответ:

The article presents a nuanced answer to the question "No Place Like Home?", suggesting that the experience of living away from home varies significantly between individuals.
(Статья дает многогранный ответ на вопрос "Нет места лучше дома?", предполагая, что опыт жизни вдали от дома значительно варьируется у разных людей.)

Lizzie finds a new sense of freedom, anonymity, and purpose in university life. She enjoys the "anarchical" environment of residence halls, the constant activity, and social events, even to the point of thinking she "might actually never go home again." For her, the new independent life seems preferable and fulfilling.
(Лиззи находит новое чувство свободы, анонимности и цели в студенческой жизни. Ей нравится "анархическая" обстановка общежитий, постоянная активность и социальные мероприятия, вплоть до мысли, что она "возможно, никогда больше не вернется домой". Для нее новая независимая жизнь кажется предпочтительной и насыщенной.)

David, on the other hand, initially enjoys the novelty but quickly learns the realities of independent living. He gets tired of strangers, shared facilities, and the constant need to clean and pay bills. He realizes that the initial "dreams of domestic bliss" are short-lived and begins to appreciate the comforts of his actual home, where someone else cooks, cleans, and handles expenses. For David, it seems he realizes that there truly is "no place like home" after experiencing the challenges of living away.
(Дэвид, напротив, сначала наслаждается новизной, но быстро осознает реалии самостоятельной жизни. Ему надоедают незнакомые люди, общие удобства и постоянная необходимость убираться и оплачивать счета. Он понимает, что первоначальные "мечты о домашнем блаженстве" недолговечны, и начинает ценить комфорт своего настоящего дома, где кто-то другой готовит, убирает и занимается расходами. Для Дэвида, кажется, он осознает, что действительно "нет места лучше дома" после того, как столкнулся с трудностями жизни вдали от него.)