Bicycling  骑车兜风
 
dialogue 1
 
L: get up as early as six o'clock only to be jammed at every crossroad and still late for work. What a life! I've had enough of it.
 6点钟就起床,上了车却一到路口就要堵车,以至于上班迟到.这样的日子真是让人受够了.
 
J: cool down, man. Everyone is fed up with the rush-hour traffic. But life isn't really all that. You should take the initiative and make some changes first.
 消消气,哥们.谁不烦堵车呢,可是日子不完全象你说的那样,你可以主动地改变生活.
 
L: what should I do then?
 我该怎么做呢?
 
J: I recommend you ride a bike instead of commuting by bus. It may offer you many beneits. First, it's good for your health. I'm afraid it's not necessary for me to further elaborate. While lots of people spend time like an hour each morning exercising, a bike ride to work not onlybuilds you up, but also makes full use of time. You might as well sleep for an hour longer.
 我建议你还是骑车上班吧,这对你大有裨益.首先是健康,这我不必多说啦.许多人早上专门抽出一小时锻炼,如果骑车上班的话,既锻炼到了,还能省下这点时间,这样你就可以多睡一个小时.
 
L: I know cycling is always a more favorable choice than a bus. After all, it's a sport. But do you think it a pleasant experience to take in the dirty, pollued air on the road?
 我知道,骑车总比坐车强.怎么说,它也是项运动嘛.但是在路上呼吸进脏兮兮,受污染的空气,这恐怕也不太好吧.
 
J: well, such things are just unavoidable in a great metropolis like Beijing. I think a still more desirable benefit is psychological. Bicycling home after work can help release your stress. Life in the offices is miserable. You just sit there in a daze, gazing at the monitor and dealing with files and documents. Why don't you give full play to your energy after work? Enjoy the speed on the road. Just think, you are falshing past the poles with your own energy. How great!
 哎,这些情况在北京这样的大都市是无法避免的.我觉得骑车还有一大好处—心理方面的.下班后骑车回家,可以释放你的压力.办公室的工作太痛苦了,成天迷迷糊糊地坐在那里,盯着屏幕看,处理文档文件.下班后不妨好好释放一下你的能量,享受享受速度.想想看,电线杆子一根接着一根地飞过,这都是你发挥自己能量的结果.多棒的感觉啊!

dialogue 2
 
Luq: I'm planning to buy a bicycIe. As you are quite a cycling cnthusiast, I wish you might give me some advice.
 我在琢磨着买辆自行车．你是位自行车爱好者，能绘我点建议么？
 
Joeys: With plcasure， chap. But before I start. I need to know what you want a bike for?
 没问题l我先闯问，你要自行车做什么用？
 
L: My pues are two-fold. On the one hand, I've grown borcd of commuting on suffocating buscs every day and decided to ride to work. On the other hand, bicycling
 is a sport. and I intend to build up my body through constantly taking a ride over the weckends.
 有两方面的原因。第～，每天上下班挤公交车实在烦人，所以想改骑车．第二，骑车是运动，周末骑车逛逑总可以锻炼锻炼身体嘛． ，
 
J: Cycling during weekends? Do you me riding to the mountainous countryside orjust the
 ncighboring towns?
 周末骑车?骑车去哪儿？是下乡去还是只是在邻近的小镇上转悠？
 
L Docs thatmakc any diffcrcnce?
 这有什么关系吗？
 
J: Can't be greater.1f you ride on bumpy, hilly roads, a mountain bikc is what you need. But if you just ride comfortably along the city lanes, you might cboose a road bike.
 关系很大哪．如果你在凹凸不平的山路上骑，就要选用 山地车．如果只是在城市公路上骑，最好还是用平地车．
 
L: Arc they designed differently?
 这两种车的设计不同？
 
J: A road bikc fcatures skinny tires and a lightweight frame. Its riding po ition puts you hem over the handlebars. It's not particularly bcefy in construction, and generajly, it won't stand up well under heavy loads or on reaIJy rough surfaces. In contrast, mountain bikes havc wide tires and a stout frame. You sit hjghcr on them
 and don't have to hunched over.
 平地车的轮胎比较细，架子也比较轻。骑上去，你必须；蝽曲俯卧在车把儿上。平地车也不够结实，载重量不可以？太大，也难以胜任不平的路面。相比之下，山地车轮胎较租，架子结实厚重，骑在上面，就不必弓着背