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Bicycle sales surge as Americans seek to avoid mass transit and get exercise

The coronavirus pandemic has been a disaster for thousands of small businesses, but the impact of closures and work-from-home orders has created a massive sales boom for the bicycle shops.

Adult recreational bike sales in March ballooned by 121% compared to the same month a year ago, Bicycling Retailer and Industry News reported.

语言点

surge vi. 激增，飞涨；涌动

· 近义表达: increase, rise

· the crowd surged forward: 人潮向前涌去

· share prices surged: 股价猛涨

seek/try/attempt to do sth. 设法、试图做某事

transit n. 交通运输系统

· mass/public transit system: 公共交通运输系统

closure n.（永久的）停业，关闭；倒闭

work-from-home: 在家办公

boom n. （贸易和经济活动的）激增，繁荣

· a boom in car sales: 汽车销售额的巨增

· a boom year for trade/exports: 贸易/出口兴盛的一年

balloon vt. 数量激增，猛涨 n. 气球

· the number of cars has ballooned: 车辆激增

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