1.Now, perhaps, more than ever before, people are wondering what life is all about, and what it is for. Seeking material success is beginning to 1 large numbers of people around the world. They feel that the long-hours work culture to make more money to buy more things is 2 up their lives, leaving them very little 3 or energy for family or hobbies. Many are turning to 4 ways of living and downshifting (过田园式的生活) is one of them.
Six percent of the workers in Britain took the decision to 5 last year. One couple who downshifted are Daniel and Liz. They 6 to work in central London. He was a newspaper reporter and she worked for an international bank. They 7 go to work by train every day from their large house in the suburbs, 8 their two children with a nanny (保姆). Nearly twice a month Daniel had to 9 to New York for meetings. They both earned a large amount of money 10 began to feel that life was passing them by.
