The underwater bicycle parking garage水下自行車(chē)停車(chē)場(chǎng)

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荷蘭首都阿姆斯特丹啟用一座水下的自行車(chē)停車(chē)場(chǎng)，該停車(chē)場(chǎng)可以停放7，000輛自行車(chē)，是阿姆斯特丹最大的自行車(chē)停車(chē)場(chǎng)。

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1 At Amsterdams Central Station， asizable underground bicycle parking garagerecently opened. The building features6，300 spaces for individual bicycles and700 additional spaces for shared bikes.

2 Statistics constantly show that 35% ofAmsterdam people and 50% of Utrechtinhabitants use bicycles daily. Before constructing the garage floor and setting the massivecolumns that had been carried in by ship to support the roof that would eventually beflooded， workers had to first drain the water from the 19th?century station.

3 Around half of the 200，000 daily visitors to Amsterdams Central Station arrive bybicycle. The other half arrive by train， ferry， tram， bus， and subway. They used to park inmany of the disorganized above?ground bike racks （架子） that were located around thestation and were taken out now. Locals viewed these as annoying racks that frequentlyhad no open spaces due to a high number of abandoned bicycles， despite the fact thatthe largest number of these is so enormous that they have become a tourist attraction.As a result， regular commuters ran the risk of having their bikes impounded by locking?them to nearby trees， street lamps， and signposts or by placing them on any free slab （板子）of concrete， which raised the likelihood that they would be stolen.

4 The brand?new underwater parking structure is spotless， at least for the time being.Several dozen OV?Fiets shared bikes and possibly a few hundred personal bicycles areavailable for rental inside the facility， which is staffed around the clock. The facility alsohas a daily cleaning crew hard at work and a few friendly staff members prepared to explainhow everything operates.

5 The first 24 hours of parking at the garage are free; after that， it costs $1.46 each day.That makes it handy for folks who commute every day and serves as a powerful way forpeople to swiftly remove their bicycles.

6 The above?ground entrance of the underwater garage can be seen clearly through asizable blue sign and a bicycle logo， making it obvious from a considerable distance.

Reading Check

Detail

1. Whats the first step to build the bicycle parking garage？

A. Draining out the water.

B. Constructing the floor.

C. Setting massive columns.

D. Supporting the stations roof.

Gist

2. What does paragraph 3 mainly talk about？

A. Reasons to build the bicycle parking garage.

B. Peoples means of transportation in Amsterdam.

C. Present condition of tourism in Amsterdam.

D. Effects brought by Amsterdams random parking.

Detail

3. What can we know about the new parking garage？

A. It is operated automatically.

B. It is environmentally friendly.

C. It is free of charge for the locals.

D. It solves the problem of traffic jams.

Inference

4. Whats the purpose of the text？

A. To show a fact.

B. To advertise.

C. To offer tips.

D. To comment.

Language Study

Ⅰ. Discover the useful structure in the text

Locals viewed these as annoying racks that frequently had no open spaces due to ahigh number of abandoned bicycles， despite the fact that the largest number of these is soenormous that they have become a tourist attraction. 由于大量廢棄的自行車(chē)，經(jīng)常沒(méi)有空地，當(dāng)?shù)厝苏J(rèn)為這些架子令人討厭。盡管事實(shí)上，自行車(chē)架的數(shù)量是如此之大，以至于它們已經(jīng)成為一個(gè)旅游景點(diǎn)。

【點(diǎn)石成金】本句中，that frequently have no open spaces 為that引導(dǎo)的定語(yǔ)從句；due to a high number of abandoned bicycles 為介詞短語(yǔ)作原因狀語(yǔ)；that the largestnumber of these is so enormous that they have become a tourist attraction 為that引導(dǎo)的同位語(yǔ)從句，該部分包含了一個(gè)由so...that...引導(dǎo)的結(jié)果狀語(yǔ)從句。

Ⅱ. Complete the sentences with the proper words from the box.

considerable， abandon， features， removed， available

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