Warm Up
1) Read the text. Which of these things does the Slow Movement promote?
fast food restaurants
eating with your family •
yoga and tai chi
difficult exams
2) Do you think the Slow Movement is a good idea?
Why/Why not?
SLOW IS BEAUTIFUL
In the modern world, we do everything fast. We do not have time to relax or spend time with our
family and friends. For people in the Slow Movement, this is crazy. They think we need to slow
down and enjoy life.
Slow Food people cook meals at home and eat at the table with their families and not in front of
the TV. The movement started in Italy in 1986, to protest against the first McDonald's restaurant
in Rome
Slow Cities promote quiet lifestyles, Martin, a 19 year old student, is living in London now but he
comes from Ludlow, Britain's first Slow City. He says, Life in is too fast and noisy. I prefer
Ludlow, my hometown - it's quiet, the air is clean and everybody is relaxed
Slow is beautiful and
Many people are taken yoga or taichi Sophie aten Birmingham is long about hes practice 1
practise everyone
school and I go to dasses twice Teenagers lives are crazy nowadays school we run from extra
language
to music lessons and feel tired a lot of
time Yoga relaxes me and gives me la energy
In Slow Schools students have time to think and discuss ideas. Tests and grades are less
important And luckily, the number of these schools is growing fast
Present Simple and Continuous
Read the Present Simple sentences (1-4) from the text. Match them with the uses (a b)
1 We do everything fost
2 They think we need to slow down and enjoy life.
3 I prefer Ludlow
4 I go to classes twice a week.
a a present state, feeling or opinion
B a habit, a regular activity
Read the Present Continuous sentences (1-2) from the text. Match them with the uses (a-b).
1 Martin is living in London
2 Sophie is talking about her yoga practice,
a It's happening right now, at the time of speaking,
b It's happening around now, not just at this moment
a It's happening right now, at the time of speaking.
the of speaking It's happening around now, not just at this moment
Practice
Match the sentences (1-6) with the contexts (a-b)
1 I'm doing homework.
2 I do homework
a I am a hard working student
b lam busy now.
3 I'm not drinking coffee.
4 I don't drink coffee.
a I don't like the taste
b It's part of my new, healthy lifestyle.
5 I'm walking the dog
6 I walk the dog
a I'm in the park with my dog.
b It's my dog so it's my job to walk him.
Complete the dialogue in a bookshop with Present Simple or the Present Continuous
Alex: Hi, Sonia! What Are you doing (you / do) here?
Sonia: I ___________(look) for a vegetarian cookbook
Alex: _________________ (you / often/cook)? At my home, we ________(not cook). Usually,
my mum ____________(buy) ready-made meals in the supermarket or we ___________(order)
pizza
Sonia: Cooking is fun! My gran_________(teach) me to cook. She __________(never eat) fast
food or ready-made meals. This week we _______(try) some vegetarian recipes.
Alex: 1___________- (not eat) vegetables. I _______ (think) they're horrible!
Sonia: They are not! Why don't you have lunch with us? Gran _________(make) roast
vegetables!
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