ኣቕራቢቋንቋትግርኛ
ሰላም፡ እንቋዕ ናብ መደብ English Together ብድሓን መጻእኩም። ኣብዚ መደብ’ዚ ብዛዕባ እዋናዊ ኣርእስቲ ክንመያየጥ ኢና። ብእኡ ኣቢልና ድማ ብዛዕባኡ ንምዝራብ ዘኽእል ቋንቋ ከነስንቐኩም ኢና። ኣነ ተኽልማርያም በኪት’የ። ምሳናውን ቶምን ስይንን  ኣለዉ።

Tom
Hi everyone, I’m Tom. Welcome to today’s episode, and I’m with…

Sian 
And I’m Sian ! Hi everyone!    

ኣቕራቢቋንቋትግርኛ
ሎሚ ብዛዕባ ደሴታት፡ ብፍሉይ ከኣ ደሴታት ዓዲ እንግሊዝ ክንዛረብ ኢና። ቕድሚ ናብቲ መደብ ምስጋርና፥  ናይ ሎሚ ሕቶና ከነቕርበልኩም። ኣብ ክንደይ ዝኣኽላ ደሴታት ዓባይ ብሪጣንያ ኢዮም ሰባት ይነብሩ?

ሃ) 50

ለ) 100

ሓ) 200

ጽንሕ ኢልና መልሲ ክንግረኩም ኢና።

Tom
I don’t see why anybody would want to live outside London, to be honest.

Sian
What do you mean? Why would you say that?

Tom
Well, London, the city has everything really, doesn’t it? Bright lights! Loads of shops! Huge crowds of people!

Sian
I find it all a little claustrophobic, actually.

ኣቕራቢ ቋንቋ ትግርኛ
‘Claustrophobic’ ኣብ ጸቢብ ቦታ ብምዃን ዚፍጠር ፍርሒ ማለት’ዩ።

Sian
I’d say my claustrophobia comes from exactly the same things Tom was just talking about! There’s just no space in the city!

ኣቕራቢ ቋንቋ ትግርኛ
In that case, you’re probably going to be interested in today’s news story. ሕጂ ካብ ቢቢሲ ፋርሚን ብዛዕባ ኣብ ደሴታት ስኮትላንድ ምንባር ተፍታውነት እናረኸበ ዝመጽእ ዘሎ መደብ  ዝገልጽ ሓቢርና ንከታተል። 

Presenter
First today, many small island communities struggle to retain their residents, but the people of Papa Westray, or Papay, as it’s known locally, are fighting back. In the last census the population of this tiny Orkney island was recorded at just 90, but that’s a 38 percent increase since 2001. The Papay Development Trust says that more people have moved to the island since then and the future’s looking bright! The island seems to have a strong draw for outsiders. So, what’s its secret?

Guest
Life in Yorkshire was too busy, very stressful. We wanted somewhere that was, for our son, freer, where he could play and have a lot more freedom outdoors and where life was simple and that we could just have a simpler, freer life.

Sian
Wow! That sounds like paradise to me.

ኣቕራቢ ቋንቋ ትግርኛ
‘Paradise ገነት ማለት’ዩ።

Tom 
I mean it’s more of a desert island, really, isn’t it?  I mean how many people live there? 92? It’s deserted, nobody.

Sian
Well, we’ve just seen how the population is growing! Considering that the number of inhabitants is growing every year, I’d say they’re doing pretty well!

ኣቕራቢ ቋንቋ ትግርኛ
‘Inhabitants ’ ነበርቲ ማለት’ዩ። But why would anyone want to inhabit somewhere so far away?

Sian
Well, look at our current habitat! London is noisy, and busy and stressful!

Tom
Yeah, that’s just how I like it! Far better than some uninhabited desert island in the sea in the middle of nowhere!

Sian
Well, I think a lot of people get tired and want to live somewhere a bit more secluded.

ኣቕራቢ ቋንቋ ትግርኛ
‘Secluded’ ዝተነጸለ ማለት’ዩ። But wouldn’t you get lonely, living in such a secluded place?

Sian
No, I don’t think seclusion means that you need to be lonely. Imagine the sense of community you’d get with such a small set of people!

Tom
I’m not convinced. Do you know what they say? No man is an island!

ኣቕራቢ ቋንቋ ትግርኛ
What? What do you mean by that expression?

Tom
It means that people need company! Islands stand alone in the middle of the sea and obviously people can’t do that! In fact, did you know the word ‘isolated’ actually comes from the Latin word for island, which is insula?

ኣቕራቢ ቋንቋ ትግርኛ
‘Isolated’ ግሉል ማለት’ዩ። 90 people living on an island, that’s really isolated, isn’t it?

Sian
But that’s not necessarily a bad thing! We are talking about the isolation of communities, not individuals! You’d probably benefit from a more communal way of life because people would depend on each other.

ኣቕራቢ ቋንቋ ትግርኛ
ዝኾነ ኮይኑ ብዛዕባ ደሴታት እናተዛረብና፥ ሕጂ ኣቐዲምና ሓቲትናኩም ናይ ዝነበርና ሕቶ መልሲ ክህበኩም። እታ መልሲ ሐ) ኮይና ኣብ 192 ደሴታት ዓባይ ብሪጣንያ ሰባት ይነብሩ።

Tom
192 islands, that’s unbelievable. You see, Sian, you can take your pick!

Sian
I like the sound of the island of Papay, actually.

ኣቕራቢ ቋንቋ ትግርኛ
ንስኻትኩም’ከ? ብዙሕ ህዝቢ ‘inhabitants’ኣብ ዝነብሩሉ ቦታ’ዶ ትነብሩ ። ራዕዲ ዕጥበት claustrophobic’ ዝፈጥር ኮይኑ’ዶ ረኺብክሞ? ደሴታት ‘paradise ገነት ኢልኩም’ዶ ትሐስቡ። ደሴታት ከም ‘isolated’ ዝተነጸለ ከምኡ’ውን ‘secluded’ ግሉል ቦታ ምዃንን ተዛሪብና ኔርና። ብተሳትፎኹም እናኣመስገና፡ ኣብ ዝስዕብ መደብ English Together የራኽበና