环保路上，铃儿响叮当

湖北 余 璐

为了促进环保，巴塞罗那埃克萨潘区的很多孩子在每周五成群结队地骑自行车上学。随着音乐的播放和自行车铃声的响起，“自行车巴士”活动就如同一场聚会，吸引了很多孩子加入其中。

主题语境：人与社会 篇幅：383词 建议用时：7分钟

1Every Friday, children in the Eixample area of Barcelona are riding bikes to school together in large groups. The program is called bicibús or bike bus.The Eixample bike bus begins around 8：25 every Friday morning. The path it will follow is always posted ahead of time, so everyone knows where to join. The bicibús starts off with just five children,with more and more joining as it travels along.

2Most kids ride their bikes,but others ride scooters（滑板车）or use skates.Instead of riding in bike lanes or on sidewalks, the bicibús takes up the entire street.With music playing and bike bells ringing, the bicibús feels like a party, which attracts the young kids a lot.Nine-year-old María Pitarch said,“The best part of the bicibús is that we ride along and pick up our friends and we ride together.”

3The Eixample bicibús goes to several schools. When students reach their school,they leave the bus and park their bikes. Some parents have made the bicibús the way they get to work on Friday.

4It was possible to bike to school in Eixample before,but it wasn't really safe for kids.There are a few bike lanes, but there are also lots of cars. One of the main roads used by the Eixample bicibús has about 20,000 cars and motorcycles every day.Because these are busy streets,the local police are helping stop traffic by riding in front of the bicibús and behind it. Parents are hoping that the bicibús will help change ideas about how people can get around in the city. They want the city to create wider, kid-friendly bike lanes that are separate from car traffic.They point out that the bicibús also helps cut down on pollution.

5Already some other areas in Barcelona are also organizing bike buses.One organizer said there are probably around 1,000 people in the area taking part in bike buses every week.Some bike buses have even been organized in other countries.

6Barcelona isn't the first bicibús ever. The idea has been around for quite a while.There have been bike buses in Madrid and other parts of Spain for years. Most bike buses are smaller than the one in Eixample,and have parents at the back and front instead of the police.

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Ⅰ.Difficult sentence in the text

With music playing and bike bells ringing, the bicibús feels like a party, which attracts the young kids a lot.随着音乐的播放和自行车铃声的响起，“自行车巴士”活动感觉就像一场聚会，深深地吸引了孩子们。

【点石成金】本句中的With music playing and bike bells ringing 构成with 的复合结构，music 和play 之间构成主动关系，bike bells 和ring 之间构成主动关系；which attracts the young kids a lot为which引导的非限制性定语从句，which在从句中作主语。

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ahead of time 提前

start off 开始；出发

take up 占据

pick up 接人

get around 四处走动

be separate from 分开

cut down on pollution 减少污染

take part in 参加