汽车，自行车，火车

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Note: The text is pasted here in case you want to copy/paste one of the words into a dictionary app, but the above video and zip file download are best inputting the content as they have audio and text-tracking.

现在越来越多的人都买了汽车，所以大家都喜欢开车上下班，特别是下雨天，出门就上车，也不怕雨，很方便。可是，因为车太多了，所以空气也越来越不好。所以政府开始想办法来解决这个问题。一是提高油价，也就是开车会越来越贵；二是让大家用别的方法，比如走路，骑自行车或者坐公交车。但是骑自行车有一个很大的问题，就是很容易被偷。所以政府又想了一个解决办法，大家不用自己买自行车，而是用手机就可以随便借一辆自行车。骑完以后，不用担心停在哪里，随手关了就好。这可是一个很好的办法，所以年轻人都很喜欢骑这样的自行车，比如ofo，mobai等等。如果还想再快一点，还可以骑电动车。

如果要去更远一点的地方，那么就得坐火车或者坐飞机，但坐飞机比火车贵得多，所以有不少人还是会去坐火车。

Top-Down Words

越来越 yuèláiyuè - increasingly
喜欢 xǐhuān- to like
就  jiù- then
方便 fāngbiàn - convenient
所以 suǒyǐ- so
政府 zhèngfǔ - government
油价 yóujià - price of oil
方法 fāngfǎ - method
走路 zǒulù - to take a walk
容易 róngyì - easy
偷 tōu - steal
而是 érshì - but instead
地方 dìfang - place

How to Use This Lesson

Step One

Watch the video here on the course platform. Feel free to take as much time as you'd like to understand the content, but don't feel obligated to understand the text right now fully. You'll download the video and return to it later. 

Step Two

Download the zip file from the sidebar (desktop/laptop) or below this description (Mobile APP). That zip file contains the following:

• Text tracking video(s) MP4 file(s)
• Audio MP3 file(s)
• Image file of the text & top-down words for your reference

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Step Three

At a time of your choosing, use the video files to practice shadowing. If you need a reminder, this lesson explains how to shadow. These video files are ideal for shadowing, especially if you download them to your phone because you can walk around while doing it.

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