VOA常速英语:Bikeshare Program Makes Cycling Lifestyle Easy

短语讲解：

1. Many Western countries are encouraging their citizens to ride bicycles to work in an effort to reduce traffic congestion as well as to help save the environment. 

in an effort to为了
例句：They hushed up the scandal in an effort to save face.
他们掩盖了丑闻以图保全面子。

2. Renting a bike is as easy as 1.2.3. All you have to do is put in your credit card. 

put in (使)在内; 把…放于…中
例句：Put sugar in coffee, please.
请把糖放在咖啡里。

3. Annual members get a plastic key, which goes into this electronic lock.

go into进入(某种状态)
例句：He went into a rage when he learned about it.
他听到这事后勃然大怒。

4. You can go to any Bikeshare location and push the bike back into the rack.

push back使撤退, 使回到原处
例句：She kept pushing back wisps of hair that fell over her eyes.
她不断地把垂下来挡住她眼睛的头发撩回去。

5. "We have about 20,000 annual members who can walk up take a bike out," said Holben.

take out把…带出去
例句：Please take the children out, their noise is making my head ache.
请把孩子们领出去, 他们吵得我头痛。

6. In the developing world, many people regard bicycles as the ride of the poor and see a car as a symbol of status.

regard as把…认作
例句：I regard him as my brother.
我把他当作兄弟。

7. "I think one of the main things is you need some champions at either the high political level or a higher social level, who can promote cycling whether for health reasons or get people out of the car," added Holben.

get out(使)出现, (使)逃出
例句：They could not find a way to get themselves out.
他们无法找到一条逃生之路。