“We started as a group of friends with the same problem:difficulty in our personal life to manage our time,being always in a hurry.” This thought was recently offered by Bruno to explain the origin of The Art of Living Slowly,an organization that he founded two years ago,with his wife,Ella.
Bruno and Ella said they decided to draw more people's attention to the overlooked idea that “Time is wealth”.Last year,they created a new holiday,the first Global Day of Slow Living.Despite(尽管)its ambitious(雄心勃勃的)name,the event was limited almost completely to Italy,where the couple organized a number of events:a reverse bicycle race in which the last rider was said to be the winner;an afternoon of grandfathers reading poetry to children,etc.
One Monday in late February,the couple staged a New York version of the Day of Slow Living. “It has to be a Monday,the worst day to try to slow down.” Bruno explained.Bruno was wearing a police cap,mirrored sunglasses,and a sandwich board stating, “Caution!Speedwalking camera is in action!” He flagged down passersby and handed them postcards printed with fourteen “slowmandments”.For example,No.4:Write your text message on your cellphone with no symbols and get in the habit of starting with “Dear... ”;No.7:Avoid 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 stopped,they read and said. “This one is good for me,because trying to slow down is like trying to stop smoking.”
When asked about their plans for the future,Bruno 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!”
1.What did the Art of Living Slowly help people do?(no more than 8 words)
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2.What 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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3.What did Bruno do in New York?(no more than 8 words)
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4.How did people who stopped to read Bruno's postcards feel about trying to slow down?(no more than 7 words)
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5.Which place had they chosen for the next year's Global Day of Slow Living?(1 word)
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