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Bicycle: a symbol of China's transformation
In the 1980s, bicycles in China were ingrained in every day life and were an important means of transportation, earning the country the nickname the kingdom of bicycles.
20世紀(jì)80年代，自行車(chē)在中國(guó)人的日常生活中是不可或缺的，也是當(dāng)時(shí)重要的交通工具，為此我國(guó)有了自行車(chē)王國(guó)的綽號(hào)。
China was home to 500 million bicycles in 1987. But in recent years, cycling has declined dramatically in nearly all of China's major cities.
1987年，中國(guó)有5億輛自行車(chē)。但近幾年，中國(guó)幾乎所有主要城市的自行車(chē)數(shù)量已急劇下降。
Between 1995 and 2005, China's bike fleet declined by 35 percent, from 670 million to 435 million. And bicycle ownership fell from 1.9 to 1.1 bicycles per household.
自1995年到2005年，中國(guó)自行車(chē)隊(duì)減少了35%，從6.7億減至4.35億。自行車(chē)持有量從每戶(hù)1.9輛減至每戶(hù)1.1輛。
The difference can partially be explained by the growing number of electric bicycles. It's estimated that there were well over 120 million such bicycles in China in 2013. One in five Chinese bicycles has a battery, and that ratio is likely to be higher in urban areas.
可以說(shuō)，這種變化一部分是由于電動(dòng)車(chē)越來(lái)越多。據(jù)估計(jì)，2013年中國(guó)擁有超過(guò)1.2億輛電動(dòng)車(chē)，平均每五輛自行車(chē)當(dāng)中就有一輛電動(dòng)車(chē)，而這個(gè)比例似乎在市區(qū)更高。
