雅思听力在考试中占据着重要的地位，时常用听力材料来磨耳朵可以不断巩固大脑的英语语言能力。以下是雅思听力材料，您可以结合MP3和下方的原文及翻译进行听力学习。

听力原文及翻译

A: Shall we look at some examples now? And say what we think is good or bad about them.

A：我们现在来看一些例子好吗？说说我们认为它们的优点和缺点。

B: I suppose we should start with Amsterdam, as this was one of the first cities to have a

bike sharing scheme.

B：我想我们应该从阿姆斯特丹开始，因为这是最早实施自行车共享计划的城市之一。

A: Yes, there was already a strong culture of cycling here. In a way, it's strange that there was such a demand for bike sharing, because you'd have thought most people would have used their own bikes.

A：是的，这里已经有了浓厚的自行车文化。在某种程度上，对自行车共享的需求如此之大很奇怪，因为你会认为大多数人都会使用自己的自行车。

B: And yet it's one of the best used schemes, Dublin's an interesting example of a success story.

B：然而，这是使用最广泛的计划之一，都柏林是一个有趣的成功案例。

A: It must be because the public transport system's quite limited.

A：一定是因为公共交通系统非常有限。

B: Not really, there's no underground, but there are trams and a good bus network. I'd say price has a lot to do with it, it's one of the cheapest schemes in Europe to join.

B：不是，那里没有地铁，但有电车和良好的公交网络。我想价格与此有很大关系，这是欧洲最便宜的计划之一。

A: But the buses are really slow, anyway, the weather certainly can't be a factor.

A：但无论如何，公交车真的很慢，天气肯定不是一个因素。

B: No, definitely not! The London scheme's been quite successful.

B：不，绝对不是！伦敦的计划相当成功。

A: Yes, it's been a really good thing for the city. The bikes are popular, and the whole system is well maintained, but it isn't expanding quickly enough.

A：是的，这对城市来说是一件好事。自行车很受欢迎，整个系统维护得很好，但扩张速度不够快。

B: Basically not enough's been spent on increasing the number of cycle lanes, hopefully that will change.

B：基本上没有投入足够的资金来增加自行车道的数量，希望这种情况会有所改变。

A: Yes, now what about outside Europe?

A：是的，那么欧洲以外呢？

B: Well, bike sharing schemes have taken off in places like Buenos ires.

B：嗯，自行车共享计划已经在布宜诺斯艾利斯等地开始实施。

A: Hmm... they built a huge network of cycle lanes to support the introduction of the scheme there, didn't they? It attracted huge numbers of cyclists where previously there were hardly any.

A：嗯……他们建造了一个庞大的自行车道网络来支持该计划的实施，不是吗？它吸引了大量骑自行车的人，而以前几乎没有骑自行车的人。

B: An example of good planning!

B：一个良好规划的例子！

A: Absolutely. New York is a good example of how not to introduce a scheme, when they launched it, it was more than 10 times the price of most other schemes!

A：当然。纽约是一个很好的例子，说明如何不引入一个计划，当他们推出它时，它的价格是大多数其他计划的 10 倍以上！

B: More than it costs to take a taxi, crazy! I think the organizers lacked vision and ambition there.

B：比打车的费用还贵，疯了！我认为组织者缺乏远见和雄心。

A: I think so, too. Sidney would be a good example to use. I would have expected it to have grown pretty quickly here.

A：我也这么认为。悉尼就是一个很好的例子。我原本以为它在这里会发展得相当快。

B: Yes I can't quite work out why it hasn't been an instant success like some of the others, it's a shame, really.

B：是的，我不太明白为什么它没有像其他城市那样立即取得成功，这真的很遗憾。

A: I know.

A：我知道。

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