VOA常速英语:Let's Hop on Our Bikes: US Kids Get Active During Times of COVID

Routine activities take on special significance during covid,
日常活动在疫情具有特殊的意义，
whether its a long walk in the park or small and very distant casual gatherings.
无论是在公园里走很长的路，还是小规模远距离的休闲聚会。
In a neighborhood just outside of Washington DC,
在华盛顿郊外的一个社区里，
a handful of kids started riding their bicycles together
一小撮孩子开始一起骑自行车。
and over time it became a bike club.
随着时间的推移，它变成了一个自行车俱乐部。
We were all pretty much bored with covid,
我们都厌倦了疫情，
because we couldnt do many things.
因为我们不能做很多事情。
We would just come outside and play and bike around and then
我们就出去玩，骑自行车，然后
eventually more and more kids some joined us from up the street
最终，越来越多的孩子从街上加入我们。
and then more and more kids came and then we started a biking team
然后，越来越多的孩子来了，然后我们开始了一个自行车队。
because its one thing that we all share in common.
因为这是我们的共同之处。
Its fun to come outside
到外面来很有趣
because like you can just like like all your friends are out
因为就像你能像你所有的朋友都出去一样
and its just you can always like talk.
只是你总能喜欢聊天。
Theres always something to talk about with everyone here.
这里的每个人总有话要说。
And all of us get along.
我们都相处得很好。
They call themselves Franklin Park Falcons.
他们自称富兰克林公园猎鹰。
The group simply rides bikes together with social distancing in mind.
这个团体只是骑自行车一起骑自行车，同时也考虑到了隔离。
Parents who mostly work from home because of the pandemic are thrilled
由于大流行，大部分在家工作的父母都很兴奋。
that their children are using their times in a healthy manner
他们的孩子们正在以健康的方式利用他们的时间
and providing them with a much needed break at home.
在家里给他们一个急需的休息时间。
I work from home full time,so does my husband,
我全职在家工作，我丈夫也是，
so getting the kids outside
所以带孩子们出去
during the pandemic with their friends and biking and social distancing has been great.
在大流行期间，与他们的朋友，骑自行车。隔离也很好。
Its been occupying them which has been huge.
它一直占据着巨大的空间。
But getting a bike these days is proving difficult.
但是现在买一辆自行车是很困难的。
Bike sales in the US have shot up over 75 percent from this time
从这个时候起，自行车在美国的销量猛增了75%以上。
last year according to retail research.
去年根据零售研究。
Even fixing an old set of wheels
甚至修理一套旧的轮子
as hard as most bike shops are overwhelmed and out of inventory.
尽管大多数自行车商店都不堪重负，但库存却没有了。
Even finding a second hand bike can be costly.
即使找到一辆二手自行车也是很昂贵的。
I went to the Trex store and I think Gaithersburg and I went to go find a bike.
我去了特雷克斯商店，我想盖瑟斯堡和我去找了一辆自行车。
But they said they wouldnt have the right bike for me until like October.
但是他们说在十月份之前他们不会给我合适的自行车。
And I was like,thats not great,
我就像，不是很好，
so we went to another bike store and we still couldnt find any bikes there.
所以我们去了另一家自行车店，仍然找不到自行车。
And then my dad had to go um and find one second hand online.
然后我爸爸不得不去网上找一只二手的手。
And then we found um somebody who as willing to sell it for 500 to us.
然后我们找到了一个愿意以500英镑卖给我们的人。
And thats how I got my bike.
我就是这样得到我的自行车的。
But for these kids in the Franklin Park Falcons,
但对于富兰克林公园猎鹰队的这些孩子来说，
having bikes it means a bit of daily freedom and friendship
骑自行车意味着每天都有一些自由和友谊。
during a time of lockdowns,zoom classes quarantine and stress.
在封锁期间，减少隔离带来的压力。
And thats priceless.
这是无价之宝。
For Rookin Isaac in Maryland VOA News
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