Bus Stops Around the World世界各地的有趣车站

李蓓

Do you often wait for the bus？ Some bus stops have seats. People can sit and wait there. Some stops have a bus shelter（候车亭）. It keeps people dry from the rain（不被雨淋）. And some bus stops are much more interesting than others. What are they？ Lets go and find out.

Can you see this bus stop？ It is a stop in the Yosemite National Park（优胜美地国家公园），US. The park has a great view（风景） of natural beauty（自然美）. People want to keep（保持） it. So they built（建造） bus stops with wood（木头） and stone（石头）. They are trying to hide（隐藏） the stops in nature（大自然）.

So many big “fruits”！ They are bus stops in fruit shapes（形状） in Japan. People there built these bus stops for the Travel Expo（旅游博览会）. Lots of visitors（游客） like the interesting bus stops. There are 16 “fruit stops” in Japan. They are in the shapes of melons，strawberries，oranges and other fruits. Isnt it cool to wait in this stop on a hot day？

Curitiba（库里蒂巴） is a city in Brazil（巴西）. Buses there are very fast. They are called Bus Rapid Transit（快速公交）. People wait for them in a big black tube（管道）. It is the bus stop. People have to pay（付钱） first before they enter（进入） the stop. So when the bus comes，they can get on quickly（快速地）. It saves（節约） time for all passengers（乘客）. Many people take this fast bus every day.