“騎”動中國

河北 胡金瑩

騎上自行車，走出家門，接觸大自然并游覽大好河山。 現今，自行車又成為美麗中國的流動風景線。

主題語境：旅游 篇幅：365詞 建議用時：6分鐘

“I've been making plans for cycling routes and matching my clothes, makeup and accessories for when I'm on the bike. It is not just exercise,but it feeds my fun-loving Sagittarius persona,”said Song Renka, a 27-year-old passionate biker.

Song is not the only biker in China who sees cycling as a way to show who he is. All around the country, bikes are no longer defined as tools for daily commutes but have become a lifestyle choice for trendsetters.

RE, a biking lifestyle company in Beijing, not only provides bicycle gear and products, but also has cafes as well as flower and clothing sections as it aims to promote bike culture as a lifestyle choice and also expand the scale and togetherness of the biking community in the city. The positive concept of sports can meet today's urban riders' longing for a modern eco-friendly lifestyle. Riding a bike is becoming a form of spiritual healing for more and more people.

Biking circles are not just connected through brick and mortar shops but also online communities. Take the RE's online platform for example. It has more than 20,000 registered online members and over 20 sub-communities, in which bikers participate in creative events. Such creative trends can also be observed on social media platforms such as media review site Douban and lifestyle platform Little Red Book, on which veteran riders share their designed routes and experiences. On Little Red Book, a biker called MR. CAI mapped a route through the streets in Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province that looks like an elephant, getting many likes from fellow bikers.

With the lockdown from the pandemic causing headaches for public transportation,more people, especially in big cities, have fallen in love with biking around the city. More than that, people have begun to see the merits of this low-cost form of transportation. It is environmentally friendly and also better for their health. It is now rather common for shops selling bikes to have shortages due to the high number of people who are buying bikes to make it a long-term hobby.

This sport provides people with a means of getting exercise, but more than that, it can also improve one's perseverance.

Reading Check

1. Why is Song Renka's experience mentioned in paragraph 1?

A. To introduce the topic of the text.

B. To give advice on cycling properly.

C. To explain the passionate biker's life.

D. To show cycling is more than exercise.

2. What is RE's goal?

A. To build cafes and other sections.

B. To heal people's mental problems.

C. To provide excellent cycling products.

D. To make bike culture a lifestyle choice.

3. How does the author explain his opinion in paragraph 4?

A. By providing data.

B. By defining a fact.

C. By giving examples.

D. By making comparisons.

4. What does the underlined word “merits” in paragraph 5 mean?

A. Advantages. B. Influences.

C. Services. D. Keys.

Language Study

Ⅰ. Difficult sentence in the text

RE, a biking lifestyle company in Beijing, not only provides bicycle gear and products, but also has cafes as well as flower and clothing sections as it aims to promote bike culture as a lifestyle choice and also expand the scale and togetherness of the biking community in the city. 而意是北京的一家自行車運動生活方式公司，它不僅提供自行車設備和產品，還配備咖啡館、鮮花和服裝區，旨在推廣自行車文化作為一種生活方式的選擇，并擴大城市自行車社區的規模和歸屬感。

【點石成金】本句中的a biking lifestyle company in Beijing為RE的同位語；not only...but also連接兩個不同的謂語動詞；as it aims to promote bike culture as a lifestyle choice and also expand the scale and togetherness of the biking community in the city 在句中作原因狀語。

Ⅱ. Text-centered chunks

be defined as 被定義為……

a form of spiritual healing 一種精神治療形式

participate in 參加

fall in love with 愛上

due to 由于