Free riders

On 9 March, to celebrate 19th-Century national poet Taras Shevchenko’s birthday, Metro users in Ukraine's capital city were allowed to ride free of charge at some stations if they could recite one of his poems. Ukrainians learn Shevchenko's poems at school, and for some reciting one from memory wasn’t a struggle. century siècle / to allow autoriser / to ride, rode, ridden ici, prendre le métro / free of charge gratuitement / from memory de mémoire/tête / to be a struggle être difficile.