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The idea of “cittaslow” or “slow cities” was inspired
by the Slow Food movement, and it was started by the
mayor of the small Italian town of Greve in Chianti. The
aim of slow cities is to make our towns places where
5 people enjoy living and working, and where they value
and protect the things that make the town different.
Towns that want to become a Slow City have to reduce
traffic and noise, increase the number of green areas,
plant trees, build pedestrian areas, and promote local
10 businesses and traditions.
Many other small towns in Italy have joined the
movement, and it has spread to other countries all over
the world. Aylsham in the UK recently became a slow
city, and most people are delighted.
15 “Slow cities are about having a community life in
the town, so people don’t come home from work, shut
their doors and that’s it,” said a local resident. “It is not
‘slow’ as in ‘stupid.’ It is ‘slow’ as in the opposite of
‘frantic’ and ‘stressful.’ It is about quality of life.”
20 But not everybody in Aylsham is happy. For
teenagers, who have to go 25 kilometers to Norwich, the
nearest city, to buy tennis shoes or CDs, living in a slow
city is not very attractive. “It’s all right here,” says Lewis
Cook, 16. “But if you want excitement, you have to go to
25 Norwich. We need more things here for young people.”
Oxenden, C. & Latham-Koenig, C. American English File, Student Book, p. 71.
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