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Listen to what some people on the street in Darwin think about their mall.
BARBARA MCARTHY: Only 4 years ago, Darwin city's Smith St Mall had a $4 million facelift, but still business are struggling and shoppers are choosing to go elsewhere to spend their money. This week Darwin City Council received a recommendation for the mall section of Smith St to be reopened to traffic. The proposal depends on cost and whether it can be proven there will be a real benefit to shoppers and business people. Stateline visited the mall to find out what people think. PERSON 1: I like the mall the way it is. It's kind of nice. I think they've done a lot of good work with all of these overhead arrangements and it makes it a real people place so to put cars though here it just drives people out of there. So you should leave it like it is. PERSON 2: I think the walk-through mall is actually a really lovely place to come to, but if it does need financial viability then that sort of does overrule the niceness of it I guess. PERSON 3: A big waste of taxpayers' money. PERSON 5: I remember the days when there was, this road was through here. I can see no positive outcome at all from building a road back through the mall. PERSON 6: I think if they opened it one-way maybe. 'Cause I know when I come down here and I just want to drop in here, you can't. PERSON 7: Ridiculous, they've spent millions of dollars setting this place up. REPORTER: What would be the answer to try and liven it up a bit? I've no idea. How would that liven things up, to bring cars in here? I don't understand. BARBARA MCCARTHY: Some reactions from people in the street.
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Mall A mall is a street that's just for people. No cars are allowed in a mall. Example: Many years ago one section of Smith Street was closed, and turned into a mall, so people could just walk around and shop. The word mall is also used for large indoor shopping centres. Example: Young people love to hang around at the mall. facelift an improvement in appearance Darwin City Council the local government in Darwin recommendation A recommendation is advice from a report. Example: There was a report on the Smith Street mall. It recommended, or advised, that the mall should be reopened to traffic. reopened opened again; turned back into road with cars proven The past participle (the form used with be, is, was and have) of the verb prove can be both proved or proven. Example: It's proved to be a big job. It's proven to be a big job Stateline The TV program for which this story was made. It's kind of nice. Kind of here means sort of, or quite. She quite likes the mall.
More formally, you'd say "It is quite nice." really lovely Really here means very. A big waste of taxpayers' money. A waste of money is a bad way to spend money.
Taxpayers are the people who pay tax. Notice that the possessive apostrophe comes after the s in this case because he is talking about more than one taxpayer. more information: possessive apostrophe positive outcome good effect one-way Most roads are two way, with cars going two ways up and down the street. But she thinks it should be a one way street, with cars just going in one direction.  'cause The short form of because ('cause) is spelled with an apostrophe before it to indicate the missing letters and distinguish it form the word cause, which has a different meaning and pronunciation. more information: 'cause drop in To drop in means to visit quickly or unexpectedly. You can also say pop in to mean the same thing. Example: Shall I drop in to the shops? Shall I pop in to the shops? ridiculous Something that's ridiculous is a stupid idea. liven it up To liven something up is to make it more interesting and exciting
Example: We need music and performers on the street to liven it up. |
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