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

Conversation One.

对话一。

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

今天我要和Tom Fisher聊一聊，他在办公楼的楼顶上养蜂。

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

Tom，在市中心养蜂？这不奇怪吗？

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

大家都这么说！但城市里的蜜蜂往往比乡下的蜜蜂过得更好。

In the countryside, many farms grow just one crop.

在乡下，很多农场只种一种作物。

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

而城市里到处是公园、花园，每条街上都有树。

So the bees find different flowers from spring to autumn.

所以蜜蜂从春天到秋天都能找到各种各样的花。

So the honey changes with the seasons?

那蜂蜜会随着季节变化吗？

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

当然！春天的蜂蜜颜色浅，秋天的蜂蜜颜色深、味道浓。

The office workers buy almost every jar we make.

我们产的蜂蜜几乎每一罐都被上班族买走了。

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

你是怎么开始的？你以前是老师，对吧？

Yes, I taught biology for thirty years.

是的，我教了三十年生物。

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

我退休时，一个以前的学生请我帮忙照看她公司的一个蜂箱。

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

一个蜂箱变成了两个，现在我要照看二十五个！

Should more people keep bees, then?

那么，应该有更多人去养蜂吗？

Actually, no. That surprises people.

其实不应该。很多人听了都很意外。

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

在一些城市，蜂箱已经多到让蜜蜂和野蜂争抢食物了。

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

如果你想帮忙，就去种花吧。这是人人都能做到的。

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

第1题到第4题基于你刚才听到的对话。

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

第1题。为什么城市蜜蜂往往比乡下蜜蜂过得好？

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

第2题。男士对蜂蜜是怎么说的？

Question three. How did the man start keeping bees?

第3题。男士是怎么开始养蜂的？

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

第4题。男士建议想帮助蜜蜂的人怎么做？

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

Tom Fisher，谢谢你。以后我再也不会用以前的眼光看楼顶了！

My pleasure. And don't forget those flowers!

不客气。别忘了种花哦！