63 Unscramble the words below. They are taken from the BBC video on bike-sharing in Copenhagen (see coursebook, p. 125). The first letter is always correct. LiSTENiNG + ViEWiNG 2 a 1 rvgseerni 2 to boko sth. 3 to eprxleo sth. 4 lnocatio 5 tvaler giduse 6 hriign 7 cditnnoef 8 ihtabntsian Now complete the gaps with the words from above. Then watch the beginning of the video clip on bike-sharing in Copenhagen again and check. b 03 74r8kk V/O1 [Lara Lewington]: Copenhagen, one of the cycling capitals of the world. A place where there are as many bikes as there are (1) . In the 90s this was the first capital city to install a cycle hire system, so it’s little surprise that they’ve just upgraded to one at the cutting edge. Lara: W hen it comes to (2) a bike, it needs to offer something extra. Now not only are these electric, but they also come complete with their own built-in, apparently vandal-proof tablet. When it comes to (3) , booking and paying for one, you can do it all on this. V/O: You can select manual or whatever level of pedal power assistance you desire. Torben Aargaard, co-founder & CEO, GoBike: You could go for longer distances, it’s not sweating. Even when you have your own bike, a manual bike, if you want to go five kilometres, the fastest and easiest way to go is on an e-bike, and you get there without sweating. Lara: I ’m not that (4) on a bike. I was actually quite relieved that even when the electric element kicks in, it still feels comfortable and stable and safe, and the thing is, it’s very easy to stop. V/O: The tablet offers GPS (5) enhanced for cycling, making the bikes a liberating way for tourists to (6) the city or for commuters to get to unfamiliar locations. There’s an option to check train times, and you can even (7) a bike for someone else pre-setting a meeting destination to make sure they head to the right place. At the same time, the GPS tracks who is going where when, and that data is sent home every ten seconds, meaning information on battery life, (8) and usage is constantly being collected. It is of course early days now, but the open platform means the potential for software development is huge. One idea they’re trying out at the moment is location-based marketing, but there’s also scope for improving the cycling experience for the whole city. 1 V/O: (abbr. for) voice-over: Hintergrundkommentar Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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