英語六級翻譯練習題：出行方式的改變

中國人的出行方式經過了一個從“體力”到“便捷”的漫長過程。20世紀50至70年代，自行車是中國人最“拉風”的交通工具，也是那個時期最具有符號意義的社會特征。20世紀80年代，摩托車(motorcycle)開始逐步成為交通工具中的“新寵”。從20世紀90年代初到現在，隨著城市交通和汽車工業的發展，加之忙碌的生活節奏，越來越多的人選擇以汽車代步，私家車的數量以驚人的速度與日俱增，老百姓的生活“安”上了車輪。

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The ways Chinese people adopt to get around have experienced a long process from depending on physical strength to taking convenient tools. From 1950s to 1970s, bicycles were the most fashionable means of transportation and also the most important characteristic of society during that time. In the 1980s, motorcycles gradually became the new favorite. From the early 1990s to the present, with the development of urban traffic and automotive industry, as well as the increasingly busy life, more and more people prefer private cars, making the number of private cars grow at a surprising speed. The life of ordinary people seems to be installed by wheels, moving ahead fast.