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

News Report One.

新闻报道一。

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

加拿大一名十六岁的女学生凭借自己开发的应用获得了全国性奖项。

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

这款应用把当地的小农户和附近城镇的餐馆联系起来。

The idea came from her grandfather, who grows apples.

这个想法来自她种苹果的爷爷。

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

每年秋天，他都不得不扔掉卖不出去的水果。

Now more than three hundred farms use the app,

现在已有三百多家农场在使用这款应用，

and her grandfather sells almost all of his apples!

她的爷爷几乎能卖掉所有的苹果了！

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

第1题和第2题基于你刚才听到的新闻报道。

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

第1题。这名学生的应用有什么用？

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

第2题。开发这款应用的想法来自哪里？

News Report Two.

新闻报道二。

Would you buy a house for just one euro?

你愿意花一欧元买一栋房子吗？

A small village in southern Italy is hoping you will.

意大利南部的一个小村庄希望你会。

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

在过去的五十年里，村里大部分年轻人都搬到了大城市。

Hundreds of houses now stand empty.

现在有数百栋房子空着。

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

但有一个条件：买家必须在三年内把房子修好。

And that can cost more than fifty thousand euros.

而这可能要花费五万多欧元。

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

即便如此，这个村庄已经收到了一千多份来自国外的咨询！

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

村长希望新来的家庭能让学校和商店重新热闹起来。

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

第3题和第4题基于你刚才听到的新闻报道。

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

第3题。为什么村里很多房子都空着？

Question four. What must buyers of the houses do?

第4题。买房的人必须做什么？