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     The First Bicycle

  The history of the bicycle goes back more than 200 years. In 1791,Count de Sivrac (1) ________onlookers in a park in Paris as he showed off his two-wheeled invention ,a machine called the celeriferé. It was basically an (2) ________version of a children’s toy which had been in (3) ________ for many years. Sivrac's "celeriferé had a wooden frame,made in the (4) ________ of a horse ,which was mounted on a wheel at either end. To ride it ,you sat on a small seat ,just like a modem bicycle ,and pushed (5) ________ against the (6) ________ with your legs—there were no pedals. It was impossible to steer a celeriferé and it had no brakes,but despite these problems the invention very much (7) ________to the fashionable young men of Paris. Soon they were (8) ________ races up and down the streets.

  Minor (9) ________were common as riders attempted a final burst of ( 10 ) ________ . Controlling the machine was difficult ,as the only way to change (11) ________ was to pull up the front of the "celeriferé" and (12) ________it round while the front wheel was (13) ________ in the air. "Celeriferés" were not popular for long ,however ,as the (14) ________of no springs ,no steering and rough roads made riding them very uncomfortable. Even so,the wooden celeriferé was the (15) ________of the modem bicycle.

  词汇:

  count / kaunt / n. 伯爵 brake / breik / n. 闸,刹车

  onlooker / 'ɔn,lukə / n. 观众 burst / bə:st / v. 爆发,突发,爆炸

  pedal / 'pedl / n. 踏板,脚蹬子 spring / spriŋ / n. ' 弹簧

  steer / stiə / v. 驾驶,操纵,控制 rough / rʌf / adj, 粗糙的,不平整的

  译文:

  第一辆自行车

  自行车的历史可以追溯到两百多年前。1791年,西夫拉克伯爵在巴黎的一个公园里向众人展示并炫耀了自己的发明,一架被称作“celeriferé”的双轮车。它主要就是一个使用了很多年的儿童玩具的扩大版。西夫拉克的“celeriferé”有一个马形状的木框,两端分别装有一个轮子。坐上一个小座位便可以骑了,就像骑现在的自行车一样,但双脚要使劲蹬地——因为没有脚踏板。操纵方向和刹车也是不太可能的,尽管有这些问题,这个发明在当时还是吸引了许多巴黎时尚的年轻人。很快他们便举行了比赛,在街上到处骑。

  当骑手尝试最后冲刺时,受到一些小伤是很普遍的事情。控制那台机器是很难的,改变行驶方向的唯一方法是拉起车前身,当前轮还在空中打转时掉转车头。然而这种木制双轮车并没有流行很长时间,结合了没有弹簧、没有方向舵,以及遭遇不平整路段等问题,木制的双轮车骑起来十分不舒服。尽管如此,这种木制的“celeriferé”还是现在自行车的始祖。

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