进阶英语Book2 听说教程 Unit 3 Video Script

Video Script
Narrator:
The beautiful green hills of Chianti, Italy.
This area is famous for good wine, good food, and good living.
And in the heart of Chianti, is the slow city of Greve, population 4000.
Greve is famous for its wine, and for other local products like mushrooms and cheese. This is a place that loves tradition.
Time passes slowly here, and life is easy-going.
Sandro Checcuci, Greve Resident:
“It’s very nice to live here because we have a nice atmosphere, we have nice landscapes. And so, when you have nice things to see, a nice place to live in, it’s very easy.”
Narrator:
The mayor of Greve and the leaders of some other Italian cities started a group called the Slow Cities League. They didn’t want Greve and cities like it to move into the fast lane, like bigger cities. Now Greve is a slow city.
The goal of the group is to protect the easy way of life in cities like Greve, and preserve the unique cultures and traditions of each city.
The slow food movement started from the Slow Cities League.
Paolo Saturnini, Slow Cities Founder:
“Our challenge and our duty is to try to maintain the soul, the essence, the specialness of Greve, in Chianti, and all the other slow cities.”
Narrator:
Today, the movement has over 100,000 members all over the world. Salvatore Toscano used to run an American style restaurant in a big city. He now lives in Greve, and enjoys a slower, more peaceful, lifestyle. Here, he cooks and serves food made from fresh local ingredients.
Salvatore Toscano, Slow Food Chef:
“It means taking the time, finding the rhythm that lets you live more calmly. In a lot of ways, starting of course, with what you eat.”
Narrator:
The movement wants people to take the time to enjoy good food made by local farmers using traditional methods. Like this special pecorino cheese. It is made from the raw milk of black sheep, and the cheese is shaped by hand twice a day. This tradition was dying out, until the slow food movement started to help organize the farmers and advertise the cheese.
Luana Pagliai, Cheese Maker:
“It’s brought us a kind of fame. Not everyone knew about our product. The project is getting us noticed.”
Narrator:
Slow food is making sure such unique tastes survive.
Luciano Bertini, Slow Food Farmer:
“From Singapore to Macao, in New York, in Rome, you always find the same pizza, the same hamburgers. Slow food doesn’t want this. Slow food wants the specialness of every product to be respected.”
Narrator:
Because of the slow movement, today, Greve continues to be a city that is simply enjoying itself. And doing its best to take it slow.