Slow TV

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Language Learning, Education

4.6 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2019

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

Learn about the TV trend that urges you to relax, slow down and chill out.

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0:00.0	This is a download from BBC Learning English.
0:03.0	To find out more, visit our website.
0:06.0	The English We Speak
0:09.0	From BBC learning English.
0:11.0	com Hi, Neil. Hi Neil, good weekend, do anything nice.
0:17.0	Hi Faye, actually I stayed in and watched TV.
0:21.0	Football?
0:22.0	No, I watched this marvell marvelous program from Norway. Oh, one of those police dramas,
0:27.0	they are great.
0:28.0	Actually, believe it or not, the entire film was just the view from the front of a train all the way from one city to another.
0:35.4	It was seven hours long.
0:37.4	Seven hours?
0:39.1	That's all that happened?
0:41.3	No people, no police, no nothing?
0:44.0	Just the view from the train.
0:46.0	It was such a relaxing journey.
0:48.0	They call it slow TV.
0:50.0	Ah, yes, I've heard of that.
0:52.0	Wasn't there one on a boat too? Isn't it a bit boring?
0:57.0	Well, it's not for everyone, but my life is so busy. I just like to slow down now and again.
1:03.0	I'm still not convinced.
1:05.0	Anyway, let's hear some more examples about this slow TV.
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