2016年12月四级听力真题 Passage Two
听说你又在偷偷学英语了，居然还不让我知道！看我不打死你！！Hahah……
Agricultural workers in green tea fields near Mt.Kenya are gathering the tea leaves.
肯尼亚山附近的茶田里，农民们正在采摘茶叶。
It's beautiful to see.The rows of tea are straight.All appears to be well.
非常美丽的景象，茶树拍拍成行，长势喜人。
But the farmers who planted the bushes are worried .Nelson Kibara is one of them.
但是种茶树的农民们却很担忧。Nelson Kibara 就是他们中的一员。
He has been growing tea in the Kerugoya for 40 years .
他已经在克鲁格亚地区种植了40年茶树了。
He says the prices this year have been so low that he has made almost no profit.
他说今年的茶树价格实在太低了，他几乎无利可赚。
He says he must grow different kinds of tea if he is to survive.
他说他必须种好几种不同的茶树，如果他想继续下去。
Mr.Kibara and hundreds of other farmers have been removing some of their tea bushes，
Kibara先生和其他上百名农民已经拔了一部分。
and planting a new kind of tea developed by the Tea Research Foundation of Kenya.
换上了由肯尼亚茶研究基金会培育的新茶树。
Its leaves are purple and brown.
叶子呈紫色和褐色。
When the tea is boiled,the drink has a purple color.
当煮茶的时候，茶水呈紫色。
Medical researchers have studied the health benefits of the new tea.
医学研究表明新茶有助于身体健康。
They say it is healthier than green tea and could be sold for a price that is three to four times higher than the price of green tea.
他们说新茶比绿茶更健康，并且价格比旧茶高3-4倍。
But Mr.Kibara says he has not received a higher price for his purple crop.
但Kibara说他从来没有收到紫茶的高报价。
He says the market for the tea is unstable.
他说紫茶的市场不稳定。
And he is often forced to sell his purple tea for the same price as green tea leaves.
他不的不把紫茶按照绿茶的价格卖掉。
He says there are not enough buyers willing to pay more for the purple tea.
他说没有足够多的买家愿意花更多的钱去买紫茶。
Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.
Question 19.Why have tea farmers in Kenya decided to grow purple tea?
Question 20.What do researchers say about purple tea?
Question 21.What does Mr.Kibara find about purple tea?
听力稿打下来方便熟悉单词和句子，听力本来就不好提分，除了死磕就是方法了。
也没有太好的办法，就是一遍手抄，边听边抄，听不懂没关系，反正也是听不懂，怕啥呀～
第二遍就是打到简书账号上，以便第二天或晚上听听力时翻看。
最后就是循环听了。
我们老师说过，听一遍听不懂没关系，再听一遍。要是听着急了还听不懂，那就换一篇听，总有你能听懂的，不管听哪个，不下功夫是不行的。
也不知道具体前两步认真做下来花了多长时间，至少2h吧，下回我注意一下时间。
