IELTS Reading: 🚴‍♀️Bike-sharing schemes around the world

<p>Do you have a bike-sharing scheme where you live? In London there are the so-called <em>'Boris bikes' </em>(named after Boris Johnson, who launched them in 2010 after being inspired by the success of a similar scheme in Paris, which is mentioned in this reading).</p> <p>This is a Section 2 Academic Text with 3 types of questions: Matching Statements, Choosing from a List and Gapfill.</p> <p>So whenever there's a lot to do, the text is slightly easier. This is a chronological text (in order of time) and is suitable for General Training practice too.</p> <p>It has some fantastic language that you can use in your writing e.g.</p> <ul> <li>urban bike-sharing scheme</li> <li>an answer to the threats of air pollution and consumerism.</li> <li>The police were opposed to the initiatives</li> <li>The council rejected ('turned down') the plan.</li> <li>'The bicycle belongs to the past'</li> <li>That mentality has totally changed.</li> <li>By 1999, people had become more environmentally conscious.</li> <li>The system, however, was prone to vandalism and theft.</li> <li>The Parisian bike-sharing programme now boasts more than 20000 bicycles.</li> <li>Amsterdam is regarded as one of the two most cycle-friendly captials in the world.</li> <li>Today everybody longs for cities that are not dominated by cars.</li> </ul> <p>Get all my 10-minute lessons on my website <a href="//www.ieltsetc.com">www.ieltsetc.com</a>.</p> <p>Join the Members Academy <a href="//www.members.ieltsetc.com/academy/">www.members.ieltsetc.com/academy/</a>.</p> <p>See you next weekend,</p> <p>All the best</p> <p>Fiona</p> --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ieltsetc/message