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Agricultural workers in green tea fields near Mt. Kenya are gathering the tea leaves.
肯尼亞山附近的茶田里，農民們正在采摘茶葉。
It is beautiful to see. The rows of tea bushes are straight. All appears to be well.
非常美麗的景象。茶樹排排成行。長勢喜人。
But the farmers who planted the bushes are worried. Nelson Kibara is one of them.
但是種茶樹的農民們卻憂心忡忡。Nelson Kibara就是其中之一。
He has been growing tea in the Kerugoya area for 40 years.
他在克魯格亞地區種了40年茶了。
He says the prices this year have been so low that he has made almost no profit.
他說今年茶葉價格太低了，幾乎無利可賺。
He says he must grow different kinds of tea if he is to survive.
要是想繼續下去，他得種好幾種不同的茶才行。
Mr. Kibara and hundreds of other farmers have been removing some of their tea bushes
Kibara先生和其他上百位農民拔掉了他們的一部分茶樹，
and planting a new kind of tea developed by the Tea Research Foundation of Kenya.
換上了由肯尼亞茶研究基金會培育的新品茶樹。
Its leaves are purple and brown.
新品的葉子是紫色和褐色的。
When the tea is boiled, the drink has a purple color.
茶葉煮后，茶水呈紫色。
Medical researchers have studied the health benefits of the new tea.
醫學研究表明這種新茶有助于身體健康。
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.
他們說新品比綠茶更健康，而且價格能比綠茶高3-4倍。
But Mr. Kibara says he has not received a higher price for his purple tea crop.
但是Kibara說他從來沒收到過對紫茶的高報價。
He says the market for the tea is unstable.
紫茶的市場很不穩定。
And he is often forced to sell his purple tea for the same price as green tea leaves.
他經常不得不把紫茶按照綠茶的價格賣掉。
He says there are not enough buyers willing to pay more for the purple tea.
沒那么多買家愿意花更多的錢去買紫茶。
Questions 19 to 21 are based on the passage you have just heard.
請根據你剛剛聽到的文章回答問題19至問題21。
Question 19.Why have tea farmers in Kenya decided to grow purple tea?
問題19.為什么肯尼亞的茶農決定種紫茶？
Question 20.What do researchers say about purple tea?
問題20.研究人員怎么評價紫茶？
Question 21.What does Mr. Kibara find about purple tea?
問題21.Kibara認為紫茶怎么樣？
