In an effort to escape from their hectic and (1. MATERIAL)___________ city lives, more and more Northern Europeans are buying houses in rural areas

By Melody

In an effort to escape from their hectic and (1. MATERIAL)___________ city lives, more and more Northern Europeans are buying houses in rural areas of France, Spain, Italy and Greece. Some relocate permanently in search of a more meaningful existence. Those who cannot afford to give up their jobs seek a (2. THERAPY)_______respite from their stressful lifestyle by relaxing for a few weeks each year in their second home in the sun.
However, many of those who relocate permanently find that life in the country is not as quiet and (3. EVENT)_______ as they had anticipated. Aspects of village life which seemed delightfully (4. ATMOSPHERE)_____ in the context of a two- week holiday can grate on the nerves when you love with them on a daily basis. Recently a group of British residents in an Italian village took local farmers to court because they found the smell of the villagers’ pigs (5. TASTE)_______. In other cases, foreigners have complained to neighbors about the enthusiastic early-morning crowing of their cockerels, or to village priests about the regular tolling of church bells.
(6. UNDERSTAND)________ , the local inhabitants are somewhat (7.
RESENT) __________of these attitudes. They argue that the foreigners have an (8. REAL)_______view of what country life is like and that, since no one forced them to come and live in a village, they are being (9. CRITIC) _______by now complaining about the (10. CONVENIENT)________ of rural life.




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