2022届高三英语培优外刊阅读i学案：共享单车话题.docxVIP

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高三英语培优外刊阅读

外刊精选｜Uber要在罗马搞共享单车？呵呵

罗马是一处共享单车的伤心地。曾经试水的公司或因资金短缺，或因屡遭偷盗，又或是被罗马人极强的破坏力所吓退，无一例外地失败了。优步却选择迎难而上，在罗马推出闪亮全新的红色共享单车。面对重重障碍，优步会如何应对？共享单车的出现又会对城市面貌带来哪些改变？

MaybeThisTime,theBikesWon’tEndUpintheRiver

①In2013,Romepulledtheplugonitsbikeshareprogramafteritranoutofmoneyandcarskeptdouble-parkinginfrontofitsbikeracks.Lastyear,aHongKongcompanygaveupaftermanyofitsgreenbicyclesendedupintheTiberriver.Monthslater,aSingaporecompanybailedafterRomansstoletheyellowbikesandbrokethemdownforparts.

②Romehasbeenabikesharewasteland,butUbersaysthingswillbedifferentfortheshinynewredbikesithasintroducedalloverthecity.

③Maybe.

④Romecouldbeabike-sharedreaminonerespect:thereisnoshortageofdemand.Thecityhasonlytwofinishedsubwaylines,andbusescomelate,failtoshowupandoccasionallyexplode.Drivingonthecity’snotoriouslycloggedstreetsisanightmare.Parkingisworse.

⑤Buttheobstaclestoabikeshareprogramaredaunting:Rome’sinfamouspotholes,itsmoundsofuncollectedtrash,double-parkedcars,astrongvandalspiritinplacesincetheactualVandalssackedRome,andalocalresistancetochangeandphysicalexertion.

⑥Sofar,Uberishappywithhowthingsaregoing.ItsaysthatGPSlocatersonthebikesallowforconstantmonitoring,makingthemlessvulnerabletotheft.Thecompanysaystherehavenotbeenanyspecificactsofvandalism.

⑦Butthebikes’basketsarealreadydoublingastrashcansinacitywithoutmanyofthem.AndphotoscirculatingonaFacebookpageforRomancyclistsshowedbikesthathadbeenknockedoverlikereddominoesneartheBoccadellaVerità,orMouthofTruth.

【词汇过关】

请写出下面文单词在文章中的中文意思。

1.double-park[?d?b?l?pɑ?k]vi.________________________

2.rack[r?k]n.________________________

3.bail[be?l]vi.________________________

4.wasteland[?we?stl?nd]n._______________