Internet 在忙忙碌碌的现代都市，人们开始寻找一种慢节奏的生活方式生活——漫步，倾听，做梦……

Cittaslow has discovered China, and it is awarding a little village in Jiangsu the title of "slow city".

世界慢城联盟已将目光投向中国，并授予江苏一个小村庄以“慢城”的称号。

The bored teenagers of Gaochun are impatient with the leisurely pace of hometown life. For them there is no nightlife to speak of, no bright lights, no excitement and they cannot wait to grow up and leave for the urban attractions of the big cities. But it is this laid-back lifestyle that has attracted international attention. At least, a quiet village within Gaochun county has come under the spotlight. Yaxi village, population 20,000, is about to be designated China`s first "slow city" by Cittaslow, the sustainable lifestyle movement that first surfaced in Italy 11 years ago.

高淳县的年轻人已经有点受够了自己家乡的悠闲生活了。对于他们来说，毫无夜生活可言，没有耀眼的灯火，没有刺激兴奋可言，因而很多当地的年轻人都迫不及待地想要长大，然后去寻找城市生活的诱惑。但是，正是这种悠闲的生活方式吸引了全世界的目光——枒溪村，这个位于高淳县内的宁静小村庄如今已成为焦点。世界慢城联盟计划将这个拥有2万人口的小村打造成中国首个“慢城”，11年前该组织成立于意大利，此后一直致力于提倡环保绿色的生活方式。

At home, the residents at Yaxi are unfazed and pretty much unimpressed by the honor. To them, life has been like this for as long as they can remember. Here, growing old gracefully is natural.

而对于这项殊荣，枒溪村村民看得很淡，丝毫不为所动。对于他们来说，这种生活打自己记事时起就没有变化过。在枒溪，慢慢变老是一件自然而然的事情。

Nobody living in this little county had heard of Cittaslow or the words "slow city" before this.

在此之前，高淳县居民从未听说过“慢城运动”或“慢城”这一说法。

"The first time I heard the term was last July, when the vice-president of Cittaslow, Angelo Vassallo, visited Yaxi village," says Zuo Niansheng, the chief editor of local newspaper Gaochun Today.

《今日高淳》主编佐念生（音译）表示：“我是在去年7月世界慢城联盟副主席安杰罗•瓦萨罗造访枒溪村时才第一次听到这个词的。”

"Vassallo was deeply impressed by this village`s natural and cultural resources and said it perfectly fitted the requirements for a slow city," says Zuo. "That was how Yaxi became connected with Cittaslow."

他还表示：“桠溪村的自然和文化资源给瓦萨罗先生留下深刻印象，瓦萨罗先生表示这里的一切，完全符合‘慢城’的标准。这正是维系桠溪村与国际慢城联盟之间的纽带。”

The Slow City must also be committed to protect and maintain the natural environment as well as promote a sustainable way of development - all of which are the current strategies adopted in Gaochun. "We`ve been doing this for years," adds Zuo.

“慢城”必须在保持自然环境的同时，促进可持续发展，而这些正好符合高淳县现阶段的发展策略。佐念生说：“这些年我们一直致力于此。”

Cittaslow was founded in Tuscany, Italy in 1999. It was a spin-off from the Slow Food movement which started, also in Italy, in 1986 as a protest against the first McDonald`s opening near the Spanish Steps in Rome. The movement championed a return to healthy, nutritious home-grown, home-cooked food.

Cittaslow（慢城运动）1999年创建于意大利的托斯卡纳，是从1986年同样创立于意大利的慢食运动发展起来的。慢食运动是针对开在罗马西班牙台阶附近的第一家麦当劳餐厅的抗议活动。这一运动倡导的是对健康、营养的本土种植、本地烹调的食物的回归。

Slow Food has since expanded globally to more than 130 countries. Its mission has also broadened to include the promotion of sustainable foods and local small businesses, and the localization as opposed to globalization of food production.

慢食自此已经扩展到全球130多个国家。它的任务也扩大到包括推动绿色食品、地方小企业及本土化，以抗衡食品生产的全球化。

Cittaslow is an expansion of the Slow Food movement, and it actively advocates a lifestyle that is sustainable, that will improve quality of life, and will preserve cultural and culinary heritage.

作为慢食运动的衍生物，慢城运动积极推行一种可持续的生活方式，以提升生活质量，且能够保护人文遗产和饮食文化。