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Man 1: Mmm - OK how does the fruit get from grower to customer?
男1：嗯......好的了解了，那么獼猴桃是如何從種植者那里送到消費者手中的？
Man 2: Well, most kiwi is exported by sea though some is sent by air freight to Australia.
男2：嗯......大部分獼猴桃是通過海運出口的，也有些空運到澳大利亞。
The fruit comes into the ports by truck, after being packed by the growers at local packing stations.
獼猴桃由當地包裝站的種植者包裝好后，用卡車運到港口。
There is a plan for express rail transport in the future, which should speed things up a bit more.
未來有一個高速鐵路運輸計劃，應該會更快一點。
Man 1: And after the fruit arrives at the ports?
男1：獼猴桃到港口以后呢？
Man 2: Well, it's stored on the ships in large wooden boxes.
男2：嗯......裝在船上的大木箱里。
We send 50 million boxes out of the country on 80 ships - but that’s not enough!
我們用80艘船將5000萬箱獼猴桃運向海外，但這還不夠！
We’re quite happy with the design of the boxes, and we know we’ve got exactly the right temperature on board for the fruit - in other words, our technology isn’t a problem - we simply need more ships to be able to work as efficiently as we’d like to.
我們對箱子的設計非常滿意，而且我們知道船上溫度非常適合獼猴桃——換句話說，我們的技術沒有問題——只要有增加船只，我們就能像希望的那樣高效工作。
Man 1: And how do you see the future developing?
男1：那您如何看待未來的發展呢？
Man 2: Well, we hope to work out ways to send the fruit even more quickly to our export markets, to keep it as fresh as possible.
男2：嗯......我們希望找到能夠更快地把獼猴桃送到出口市場的辦法，以盡可能地保持新鮮。
Man 1: Mmm - well thank you, Peter.
男1：嗯......謝謝您，彼得。
One last question - is kiwi fruit popular in New Zealand?
最后一個問題－獼猴桃在新西蘭國內市場受歡迎嗎？
Man 2: Yes ... In fact it recently became the second biggest seller on the home market.
男2：受歡迎……事實上，獼猴桃最近已經成為國內市場第二大暢銷產品。
It’s overtaken sales of pears - although it’ll be a while yet before we overtake apples.
其銷量已經超過了梨——盡管還需要一段時間才能超過蘋果。
But that’s OK of course, because all New Zealand fruit is delicious!
當然，這并不重要，因為所有新西蘭的水果都很好吃！
