CET-4 Listening News Reports: A Student's Farm App and One-Euro Houses

News Report One.

新聞報導一。

A sixteen-year-old student in Canada has won a national prize for an app she built.

加拿大一名十六歲的女學生，以自己開發的App贏得了全國性獎項。

The app connects small local farmers with restaurants in nearby towns.

這款App把當地的小農和附近城鎮的餐廳連結起來。

The idea came from her grandfather, who grows apples.

這個點子來自她種蘋果的爺爺。

Every autumn, he had to throw away fruit he couldn't sell.

每年秋天，他都得把賣不掉的水果丟掉。

Now more than three hundred farms use the app,

現在已有三百多座農場在使用這款App，

and her grandfather sells almost all of his apples!

她爺爺幾乎能把所有蘋果都賣掉了！

Questions one and two are based on the news report you have just heard.

第1題和第2題根據你剛才聽到的新聞報導。

Question one. What does the student's app do?

第1題。這名學生的App有什麼功能？

Question two. Where did the idea for the app come from?

第2題。這款App的點子是從哪裡來的？

News Report Two.

新聞報導二。

Would you buy a house for just one euro?

你願意花一歐元買一棟房子嗎？

A small village in southern Italy is hoping you will.

義大利南部的一座小村莊希望你會。

Over the last fifty years, most of its young people have moved to big cities.

過去五十年來，村裡大多數年輕人都搬到了大城市。

Hundreds of houses now stand empty.

現在有好幾百棟房子空著。

But there's a catch: buyers must repair the house within three years.

但有個條件：買家必須在三年內把房子整修好。

And that can cost more than fifty thousand euros.

而這可能要花上五萬多歐元。

Even so, the village has had over a thousand enquiries from abroad!

即使如此，這座村莊已經收到一千多筆來自國外的詢問！

The mayor hopes new families will bring the schools and shops back to life.

村長希望新來的家庭能讓學校和商店重新熱鬧起來。

Questions three and four are based on the news report you have just heard.

第3題和第4題根據你剛才聽到的新聞報導。

Question three. Why do many houses in the village stand empty?

第3題。為什麼村裡很多房子都空著？

Question four. What must buyers of the houses do?

第4題。買房子的人必須做什麼？