“We started as a group of friends with the same problem:difficulty in our personal

 We started as a group of friends with the same problemdifficulty in our personal life to manage our timebeing always in a hurry. This thought was recently offered by Bruno to explain the origin of The Art of Living Slowlyan organization that he founded two years agowith his wifeElla.

Bruno and Ella said they decided to draw more people's attention to the overlooked idea that Time is wealth”.Last yearthey created a new holidaythe first Global Day of Slow Living.Despite(尽管)its ambitious(雄心勃勃的)namethe event was limited almost completely to Italywhere the couple organized a number of eventsa reverse bicycle race in which the last rider was said to be the winneran afternoon of grandfathers reading poetry to childrenetc.

One Monday in late Februarythe couple staged a New York version of the Day of Slow Living. It has to be a Mondaythe worst day to try to slow down. Bruno explained.Bruno was wearing a police capmirrored sunglassesand a sandwich board stating, CautionSpeed­walking camera is in action” He flagged down passers­by and handed them postcards printed with fourteen “slowmandments”For exampleNo.4Write your text message on your cellphone with no symbols and get in the habit of starting with “Dear... ”No.7Avoid being so busy that you don't have time for yourself.Bruno told the passers­by to read them once a day and keep the doctor away.

Many said, I can't do this.New York is too fast. Bruno admitted.But many stoppedthey read and said. This one is good for mebecause trying to slow down is like trying to stop smoking.”

When asked about their plans for the futureBruno and Ella looked at each other and shouted many times the name of the city they had chosen for next year's Global Day of Slow Living. Tokyo

1What did the Art of Living Slowly help people do(no more than 8 words)

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2What was the overlooked idea that Bruno and Ella decided to draw more people's attention to(no more than 3 words)

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3What did Bruno do in New York(no more than 8 words)

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4How did people who stopped to read Bruno's postcards feel about trying to slow down(no more than 7 words)

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5Which place had they chosen for the next year's Global Day of Slow Living(1 word)

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答案

1.Avoid being in a hurry all the time.

2Time is wealth.

3He flagged down passers­by and handed them postcards.

4It is like trying to stop smoking.

5Tokyo.

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