Power in the Path

    Have you ever taken a bike ride in the sun? It might make your ride a little {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (更热), but a cycle path in a sunny area can be a good thing. In fact, in the Netherlands, one company decided to build a cycle path that can create energy using the sun.

    In the town of Krommenie, there's a cycle path of {#blank#}2{#/blank#}  (七十)  meters with solar panels (太阳能电池板) in it. These panels get light from the sun. They then use that light to produce electricity, which is used for street lights and so on. In its first year, enough energy can be  {#blank#}3{#/blank#}  (提供) for one house for a whole year!

    Developers are still doing research. They make sure path is strong enough for buses and {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (卡车) to drive over it. They must also make sure the path isn't too {#blank#}5{#/blank#}  (平滑的) because that could make people fall over {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (容易地). This test path must be just right before this type of path can be built in other places.

    In {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (另一个) Dutch town, Eindhoven, there is a cycle path that uses solar energy to make art. The path, which opened in 2014, is made up of thousands of tiny lights that get the light {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (在......期间) the day and give off light at night. From above, these lights look like the famous painting The Starry Night by Dutch {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (艺术家) Vincent van Gogh. This one-kilometer path is to honor Vincent van Gogh, who lived in this area from 1883 to 1885. It's a beautiful and creative way of using the power of the sun and the path now {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (接待) many visitors.