Cycling to China 骑车到中国
[audio]http://www.24en.com/bbc/dl_mp3/cycling_to_china.mp3[/audio][color=#3f3f3f][font=Verdana, 宋体, helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=12px]What's the furthest you have ever cycled?
[p=21, 2, left]Perhaps you cycle to school or to work, or maybe at most a short cycling [b]trip[/b] with friends?[/p][p=21, 2, left]How would you feel about spending months on the road [b]travelling solo[/b]from the UK to China, by bike?[/p][p=21, 2, left]For British cyclist Pete Jones, [b]camping rough[/b] and cycling long distances through [b]inhospitable terrain[/b] are [b]second nature[/b].[/p][p=21, 2, left]A [b]veteran[/b] of [b]expeditions[/b] through places such as the Tianshan mountains and the Tibetan [b]plateau[/b], Mr Jones is currently undertaking a [b]mammoth[/b]trip across the Eurasian continent from Britain to China.[/p][p=21, 2, left]Having lived [b]on and off[/b] in Xinjiang for three years, and having visited the country many times since 1992, Pete Jones is no stranger to China.[/p][p=21, 2, left]But he says many people there are [b]puzzled[/b] by his passion for cycling, asking why he would choose to cycle when he can afford a car.[/p][p=21, 2, left]Indeed, while there are an estimated 400 million bicycles in China, where it has long been the preferred form of transport, [b]rapid economic growth[/b]has [b]fuelled[/b] an [b]explosive expansion[/b] in [b]car ownership[/b].[/p][p=21, 2, left]Edward Genochio, another British cyclist who completed a 41,000km trip to China and back, said one of his aims was to "promote cycling as a safe, [b]sustainable[/b] and [b]environmentally benign[/b] means of getting about."[/p][p=21, 2, left]In the UK, the last few years have seen a rise in the number of people choosing two wheels over four, with some estimates saying the number of people cycling to work has almost doubled in the last five years.[/p][p=21, 2, left]Politicians also see cycling as a way to [b]boost their eco-credentials[/b], with people such as London mayor Boris Johnson often riding to work [b]under his own steam[/b].[/p][p=21, 2, left]But we may have to wait some time before we see him [b]emulating[/b] Pete Jones in attempting to cycle all the way to China.[/p][/size][/font][/color]
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