VOA常速英语2019--与视障人士一起骑双人单车

New York Organizes Tandem¹ Biking With The Visually Impaired²

Two, one. Otis Eliphan always loved biking. As he got older, he lost his sight, but not his love for cycling. So he figured out a way to stay on the road by riding in tandem with sighted friends. He passed away in 2013, but those friends turned his idea into nonprofit starting with 20 tandem bikes. I tell her which pedals I prefer to be up higher, so I would like the left pedal. Today In Tandem volunteer is for very blind, low vision, and other disabled riders around New York. But before they do, each volunteer is asked to close their eyes for a split second as they bike to feel what it’s like. Then after a short course In Tandem biking, they are ready to meet their passengers. Maria, and then we’ll have Bill.

二，一。奥蒂斯·伊利芬一直喜欢骑自行车。随着年龄的增长，他的视力逐渐下降，但他对自行车的热爱仍然不减当年。因此，他想出了一个办法，通过和视力良好的朋友一起骑双人单车，就可以继续享受骑行的快乐了。他在2013年过世，但是他的朋友们把这一想法打造成了一个非营利组织，这个组织最开始是由二十辆双人单车组成的。我告诉她我喜欢哪个踏板更高一点，我希望左边的踏板高一些。如今，“双人骑行”组织的志愿者为纽约市的盲人、视力受损以及有其它障碍的残疾骑手服务。但是在他们做志愿之前，每个志愿者都被要求在骑自行车的时候闭上眼睛片刻，来体会这是什么感觉。然后，经过一段短时间的“双人骑行”培训，他们就准备好迎接乘客了。玛利亚，和比尔一起。

The volunteers are a varied³ group. There are lawyers, doctors and IT specialists who give up their time to ride with someone who has forgotten what it feels like to pedal. Nice to see you again. You’re not wearing a pretty dress this time.As the bikes fan out across New York City, service dogs wait patiently for their owners. I was nervous the first couple of times that I did in tandem because you’re in someone else’s hands, you’re totally dependent on them to steer⁴ the bike and coordinate⁵ with you. I’m Ben. Hi, I’m Susan. Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you.I think the seats probably the right height. Ok, great. So I’m ready to roll when you okay. Let’s 3, 2, 1. They have nothing in common except for the 30 minutes they will spend biking in tandem. But Ben will do his best to let Susan feel the sensation she has long since forgotten. Over to the left there’s I think a baseball game going on, maybe it’s softball, actually. It looks like softball. Normally when I ride around the park, I would never describe what I’m looking at.

志愿者是一个丰富的群体，他们当中有律师、医生和IT专家，他们放弃了自己的时间去和人们一起骑车，而这些人早已忘记骑行的感受了。很高兴再次见到你。你这次没穿那一条漂亮的裙子呢。当这些自行车朝着纽约市各处行进时，服务犬耐心地等待着它们的主人。前几次骑行时我都很紧张，因为是别人在掌控自己，你完全依赖他们来驾驶自行车，他们要和你协调合作。我是本。嗨，我是苏珊。很高兴见到你。我也是。我觉得这个座椅高度正合适。太好了。我准备好了，你准备好之后我们就可以出发了。三，二，一。他们的生活没有任何共同之处，除了他们会一起在 双人单车上度过骑行的三十分钟。但是本会尽他最大的努力让苏珊去体会那些她早已忘记的感觉。在左边，好像正在进行一场棒球比赛，可能是垒球比赛，看起来像垒球。一般我在公园里骑行的时候，我不会去描述自己看到了什么。

There’s you know the tree over there, a dog running around. But they seem really enjoyed. Absolutely, it’s joyous⁶. I always find myself smiling for no reason as I’m biking. Since its creation in 2013, In Tandem cycling has brought together more than 600 volunteers and 400 visually impaired passengers. Volunteers will spend the winter months raising money for new equipment to make sure they’re right back here next summer.

比如说那边有棵树，这边有只小狗在跑。但是人们好像很喜欢听我描述这些。我非常喜欢，非常高兴，骑行的时候我总是会不自觉的微笑起来。自2013年创建以来，“双人骑行”已经聚集了六百多名志愿者和四百名视力受损的乘客。志愿者们将在冬天的几个月里为新设备筹集资金，以确保他们明年夏天还能回到这里。

1 tandem   

n.同时发生；配合；adv.一个跟着一个地；纵排地；adj.（两匹马）前后纵列的

参考例句：

• Malcolm's contract will run in tandem with his existing one.马尔科姆的合同将与他手头的合同同时生效。
• He is working in tandem with officials of the Serious Fraud Office.他正配合欺诈重案办公室的官员工作。

2 impaired   

adj.受损的；出毛病的；有（身体或智力）缺陷的v.损害，削弱( impair的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Much reading has impaired his vision. 大量读书损害了他的视力。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• His hearing is somewhat impaired. 他的听觉已受到一定程度的损害。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3 varied   

adj.多样的，多变化的

参考例句：

• The forms of art are many and varied.艺术的形式是多种多样的。
• The hotel has a varied programme of nightly entertainment.宾馆有各种晚间娱乐活动。

4 steer   

vt.驾驶，为…操舵；引导；vi.驾驶

参考例句：

• If you push the car, I'll steer it.如果你来推车，我就来驾车。
• It's no use trying to steer the boy into a course of action that suits you.想说服这孩子按你的方式行事是徒劳的。

5 coordinate   

adj.同等的，协调的；n.同等者；vt.协作，协调

参考例句：

• You must coordinate what you said with what you did.你必须使你的言行一致。
• Maybe we can coordinate the relation of them.或许我们可以调和他们之间的关系。

6 joyous   

adj.充满快乐的；令人高兴的

参考例句：

• The lively dance heightened the joyous atmosphere of the scene.轻快的舞蹈给这场戏渲染了欢乐气氛。
• They conveyed the joyous news to us soon.他们把这一佳音很快地传递给我们。