Pre-reading

Question: Where is the city located?

Intensive Reading

This news is about a city. It is in the northwest of Spain. Its name is Pontevedra.

这则新闻是关于一座城市的。它坐落于西班牙西北部。它的名字是庞特维德拉。

It is a great city for walking and cycling. Only 30% of the public space is for cars. Seventy per cent is for people. People make 73% of journeys on foot or by bike.

这是一座很棒的步行和骑行的城市。公共空间只有30%是行车的。70%的空间都是给人用的。人们有73%的出行是步行或骑车。

From 2001 to now, there are no deadly road accidents. The CO? levels go down by 67%, also, between the 1990s and 2018.

从2001年到现在，没有发生致死的交通事故。二氧化碳水平1990年代到2018年间也下降了67%。

Notes:

1. cycling：n. 骑行，可以说go cycling。Cycling的动词形式是cycle，“骑行到某处”可以说cycle to a place。

2. journey：n. 旅行，除了指具体的旅行，也可以指抽象的“心路历程”。

3. deadly：adj. 致命的，如a deadly disease，“致命的疾病”。

Exercise:

请根据文章内容，回答下述问题：

What are the benefits of walking and cycling for the city?