Key to Reading on p. 70-71

Slow down, you move too fast, Reading on p. 70-71.

4. READING
a.
1. encourage        2. increase            3. ban                  4. promote
5. reduce             6. protect

b. Counter-revolution is a movement whose aim is to slow life down (so that we live in a happier and healthier way).

c. A
1. Carlo Petrini, an Italian journalist. Because he saw that McDonald's had opened a restaurant in a beautiful square in Rome.
2. He thought it was tragic that people live too quickly to sit down to eat proper meal and that they only eat mass-produced food.
3. To encourage people to stop during the day and eat slowly, to use local shops and markets, eat out in small family restaurants, cook with traditional recipes.
4. It is now a global organization and members in 100 countries.

c. B
1. It was inspired by the Slow Food movement. It was started by the mayor of Greve in Italy.
2. It aims are to make our towns places where people enjoy living and working and to protect things that make the town different.
3. It has spread all over the world, e.g. Japan, Australia, etc.
4. Most people are very happy ("delighted") because they think it increases their quality of life. Teenagers aren't so happy. They have to travel 25km to the nearest city if they want excitement. 

5. VOCABULARY
a.
government             movement
organization            relaxation
discussion               reaction
proposal                 survival
happiness                madness
possibility                similarity