Advantage
l) He spends (16) on the journey from home to work.
2) He can save (17) on the journey.
3) He doesn't have to worry about traffic jams.
4) He doesn't have to wait on the cold rail-way platforms for (18) .
Disadvanges
1 ) He has to wear water proof clothes (l9) .
2) It's cold riding motorcycle in winter.
3) If he rides a big and fast one, it is not (20) than traveling by train.
原文:
When train fares went up for the third time in one year, I decided to buy a motorcycle to ride to work. My idea was that, although I would have to pay for tax, insurance and gasoline, I would stil1 spend less than on train tickets over the year. I might even save time on the journey from home to work. So I bought a small secondhand Japanese motorcycle.
I began to learn to ride it. At first it seemed very difficult for me because I had never learned to ride an ordinary bicycle before. But I soon got used to it. I just fell off once or twice during the first few weeks, but after a while I felt reasonably confident and rode to work every day, even when it was raining.
It is, of course one of the disadvantages, riding a motorcycle in the rain. To keep dry you have to dress up in waterproof clothes, which soon get very dirty. And it's cold in winter too. But my journey to work takes me ha1f an hour less than it used to take me on the train. Traffic jams don't worry me, and I don't have to wait on cold railway platforms for crowded trains. I don't know whether it's any cheaper than public transport, though, for I soon got dissatisfied with my small motorcycle and bought a bigger, faster and more expensive one.