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Mon, May 29, 2023 | 17:17
Lifestyle
Pandemic leads to bicycle boom around world
코로나바이러스, 전 세계 자전거 열풍 불러일으켰다
Posted : 2020-06-20 21:59
Updated : 2020-06-21 19:08
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Bicyclists wear pandemic masks while riding in Portland, Maine, in this April 8 file photo. /AP
Bicyclists wear pandemic masks while riding in Portland, Maine, in this April 8 file photo. /AP
[코리아타임스 영어뉴스로 '진짜 외신' 읽기]

Fitness junkies locked out of gyms, commuters fearful of public transit, and families going stir-crazy inside their homes during the coronavirus pandemic have created a boom in bicycle sales unseen in decades.

코로나바이러스 대유행 동안 헬스장에 가지 못하는 헬스중독자들, 대중교통을 무서워하는 통근자들, 집에 갇혀 미쳐버릴 것 같은 가족들이 수십 년간 보지 못한 자전거 판매 급증 현상을 만들어냈다.


In the United States, bicycle aisles at mass merchandisers like Walmart and Target have been swept clean, and independent shops are doing a brisk business and are selling out of affordable "family" bikes.

미국에서 월마트나 타겟과 같은 대형 유통업체의 자전거 판매구역은 싹쓸이 당했고, 독립 매장들은 활발한 영업을 하며 저렴한 '가족용' 자전거를 전부 매진시키고 있다.


"Bicycle sales over the past two months saw their biggest spike in the U.S. since the oil crisis of the 1970s," said Jay Townley, who analyzes cycling industry trends at Human Powered Solutions.

휴먼파워솔루션즈에서 자전거 업계 동향을 분석하는 제이 타운리는 "지난 두 달 동안 미국에서의 자전거 판매는 1970년대 석유파동 이후 가장 큰 폭의 증가세를 보였다"고 말했다.


"People quite frankly have panicked, and they're buying bikes like toilet paper," Townley said, referring to the rush to buy essentials like toilet paper and hand sanitizer that stores saw at the beginning of the pandemic.

타운리는 코로나바이러스 대유행 초기에 상점들에서 보인 휴지와 손세정제와 같은 필수품 구매 열풍을 언급하면서 "사람들은 솔직히 공황상태에 빠졌고, 화장지를 사듯 자전거를 구매하고 있다"고 설명했다.


The trend is mirrored around the globe, as cities better known for car-clogged streets, like Manila and Rome, install bike lanes to accommodate surging interest in cycling. Bike shop owners in the Philippine capital say demand is stronger than at Christmas.

이 같은 현상은 세계 곳곳에서도 똑같이 일어나고 있는데, 마닐라나 로마처럼 교통이 혼잡한 거리로 유명한 도시들은 자전거 전용도로를 설치하여 자전거에 대한 급증하는 관심을 수용하고 있다. 필리핀 수도 마닐라의 자전거 가게 주인들은 크리스마스 때보다 수요가 더 많다고 말한다.


The bicycle craze has led to shortages, particularly in the U.S., which relies on China for about 90 percent of its bicycles. Production there was largely shut down due to the coronavirus and is just resuming.

이러한 자전거 열풍은 특히 자전거의 약 90%를 중국에 의존하는 미국에서 부족사태를 초래했다. 중국의 자전거 생산은 코로나바이러스로 인해 대부분 중단되었고 이제 막 재개되고 있다.


The bicycle rush kicked off in mid-March around the time countries were shutting their borders, businesses were closing, and stay-at-home orders were being imposed to slow the spread of the coronavirus. (AP)

자전거 구매 열풍은 코로나바이러스 확산을 늦추기 위해 지난 3월 중순 각국이 국경을 폐쇄하고, 상점이 문을 닫고 자택 대피령이 내려질 무렵부터 시작되었다.


KEY WORDS
■ junkie (마약) 중독자, 광
■ lock out of (열쇠가 없어서) ~에 못들어가다
■ commuter 통근자
■ public transit 대중교통 (=public transport)
■ go stir-crazy (답답해서) 머리가 돌다
*stir-crazy (오랜 감방 생활로) 머리가 정상이 아닌
■ boom 붐, 호황, 갑작스런 인기
■ unseen in decades 수십년간 보지 못한
(*수십 년간은 decades외에 doezns of years도 사용 가능)
■ aisle 통로
■ brisk 빠른, 바쁜
■ sell out of ~을 다 팔다
■ affordable 가격이 알맞은
■ spike 급등, 급증
■ panic 공황 상태에 빠지다
■ hand sanitizer 손 세정제
■ better known for ~로 더 유명한 [알려진]
■ car-clogged 교통이 혼잡한, 차가 막히는
■ accomodate 수용하다
■ surging interest 높아지는 관심
■ craze 대유행, 열풍
■ shortage 부족
■ rely on ~에 의존하다[의지하다]
■ resume 재개되다
■ kick off ~가 시작되다
■ stay-at-home order (집에 머물라는) 자택대피령
■ be imposed 부과되다, 내려지다

코리아타임스위클리 - 지미홍 편집장
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