張祖平

Bikes are very popular in Holland. In fact， nearly half of all travel in Holland is by bike. Now， one Dutch bike designer， Thomas， is creating a different style of bike， which may not be popular everywhere. But in Holland， where many people are interested in bikes， he thinks this new form of bike will be popular.

The big bike has eight sets of pedals1 for kids， a driver seat for an adult， and three other seats， comfortably letting little kids for their trip to and from school. The bike even has a motor2， which can help with high hills or at times when few kids on it.

So far， Thomas tells Fast Company that hes sold 25 school-bikes， at a price of $25，000 each—less than it would cost to buy a traditional school bus with the same number of seats. Along with the traditional color， the bikes are colored yellow so that they can be seen easily.

Thomas says hes sold school bus bikes to neighboring countries such as Belgium， England and Germany， but so far， the school bus bike hasnt been sold in the United States. If the U.S. agrees to buy this kind of school bus bike， it could do a lot of good to improve exercise for a young age and help them keep healthy.

自行車在荷蘭很流行。事實上，在荷蘭，將近一半的旅行是靠自行車的?，F(xiàn)在，一名荷蘭自行車設(shè)計師托馬斯正設(shè)計一種風(fēng)格不同的自行車，可能不會到處盛行，但是在荷蘭這樣一個很多人對自行車感興趣的地方，他認為，這種新型自行車將大受歡迎。

這種大自行車有為孩子設(shè)計的八組腳踏板、一個成年駕駛員的座位和其他三個座位，使得孩子們往返學(xué)校很舒服。這種大自行車還有一個發(fā)動機可助力騎上坡，或者當(dāng)車里只坐了幾個孩子的時候（能用得上）。

托馬斯告訴“快速公司”：目前他已經(jīng)賣出了25輛自行校車，每輛25000美元，低于擁有相同座位的傳統(tǒng)校車的價格。和校車一樣，自行校車也被漆成了黃色，醒目易見。

托馬斯說他已經(jīng)把自行校車賣給了臨近的國家，如比利時、英國、德國等，但目前，這種自行校車還沒有在美國出售。如果美國同意買這種自行校車，對于提高兒童鍛煉、保持健康都大有好處。