CET-6 Listening Long Conversation: A Radio Interview with a City Beekeeper

Conversation One.

對話一。

Today I'm talking to Tom Fisher, who keeps bees on the roofs of office buildings.

今天我要訪問Tom Fisher，他在辦公大樓的屋頂上養蜂。

Tom, bees in the middle of the city? Isn't that strange?

Tom，在市中心養蜂？不奇怪嗎？

Everyone says that! But city bees often do better than country bees.

大家都這麼說！但城市的蜜蜂常常比鄉下的蜜蜂過得更好。

In the countryside, many farms grow just one crop.

在鄉下，很多農場只種一種作物。

But cities are full of parks, gardens and trees on every street.

但城市裡到處是公園、花園，每條街都有樹。

So the bees find different flowers from spring to autumn.

所以蜜蜂從春天到秋天都能找到各種不同的花。

So the honey changes with the seasons?

所以蜂蜜會隨季節改變？

Absolutely! Spring honey is light, and autumn honey is dark and strong.

沒錯！春天的蜂蜜顏色淡，秋天的蜂蜜顏色深、味道濃。

The office workers buy almost every jar we make.

我們做的蜂蜜幾乎每一罐都被上班族買走了。

How did you start? You were a teacher, weren't you?

你是怎麼開始的？你以前是老師，對吧？

Yes, I taught biology for thirty years.

對，我教了三十年生物。

When I retired, a former student asked me to help with a hive at her company.

我退休時，一位以前的學生請我幫忙照顧她公司的一個蜂箱。

One hive became two, and now I look after twenty-five!

一個蜂箱變成兩個，現在我照顧二十五個！

Should more people keep bees, then?

那麼，應該有更多人養蜂嗎？

Actually, no. That surprises people.

其實不用。很多人聽了都很驚訝。

In some cities, there are now so many hives that honeybees compete with wild bees for food.

在某些城市，蜂箱多到蜜蜂得跟野蜂搶食物。

If you want to help, plant flowers instead. Everyone can do that.

如果想幫忙，就改種花吧。這是每個人都做得到的。

Questions one to four are based on the conversation you have just heard.

第1題到第4題根據你剛才聽到的對話。

Question one. Why do city bees often do better than country bees?

第1題。為什麼城市的蜜蜂常常比鄉下的蜜蜂過得好？

Question two. What does the man say about the honey?

第2題。男子對蜂蜜怎麼說？

Question three. How did the man start keeping bees?

第3題。男子是怎麼開始養蜂的？

Question four. What does the man advise people who want to help bees?

第4題。男子建議想幫助蜜蜂的人怎麼做？

Tom Fisher, thank you. I'll never look at a rooftop the same way again!

Tom Fisher，謝謝你。以後我再也不會用同樣的眼光看屋頂了！

My pleasure. And don't forget those flowers!

不客氣。別忘了種花喔！