CET-4 Listening News Reports: Free Bikes for Students and Libraries as Cool Rooms

News Report Two.

新聞報導二。

A university in the Netherlands is lending a free bicycle to every first-year student.

荷蘭一所大學正免費借給每位大一新生一輛腳踏車。

Students can keep the bikes for the whole academic year.

學生可以把腳踏車用上一整個學年。

They only pay a small deposit, which they get back at the end.

他們只要付一小筆押金，學年結束時就會退還。

The university says the scheme has two main goals.

校方表示，這項計畫有兩大目標。

First, it wants to cut traffic and pollution around the campus.

第一，學校想減少校園周邊的車流和污染。

Second, it hopes cycling will help students stay fit and make new friends.

第二，學校希望騎車能讓學生保持健康，也交到新朋友。

And there's a surprise: two of the campus car parks will become gardens!

還有一個驚喜：校園裡的兩座停車場將改建成花園！

So far, more than three thousand students have signed up.

目前已有三千多名學生報名。

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. What do students have to do to get a bike?

第3題。學生要怎麼做才能拿到腳踏車？

Question four. What will happen to two of the campus car parks?

第4題。校園裡的兩座停車場會變成怎樣？

News Report Three.

新聞報導三。

Temperatures in the south of Spain passed forty-four degrees this week.

本週西班牙南部氣溫突破了四十四度。

In Seville, the city has turned to an unusual place for help: its libraries.

在塞維亞，市政府找上了一個意想不到的幫手：圖書館。

Twelve libraries now stay open until ten at night as cool rooms.

目前有十二間圖書館開放到晚上十點，作為避暑室。

Anyone can come in, sit down and get a free glass of water.

任何人都能進來坐一坐，還能免費喝杯水。

Staff have also added board games and films for children.

館員還幫孩子們準備了桌遊和電影。

Doctors say older people and babies are most at risk in extreme heat.

醫師表示，在極端高溫下，長者和嬰兒的風險最高。

They advise people to stay indoors between noon and five in the afternoon.

他們建議民眾中午十二點到下午五點之間待在室內。

On the first day alone, more than four thousand people visited the cool rooms!

光是第一天，就有四千多人來到避暑室！

The city plans to keep the scheme going until the end of August.

市政府打算把這項措施延續到八月底。

Questions five to seven are based on the news report you have just heard.

第5題到第7題根據你剛才聽到的新聞報導。

Question five. Why have libraries in Seville changed their opening hours?

第5題。塞維亞的圖書館為什麼調整了開放時間？

Question six. What can visitors get in the cool rooms?

第6題。到避暑室的人可以得到什麼？

Question seven. What do doctors advise people to do?

第7題。醫師建議民眾怎麼做？