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An English entrepreneur has started a booming business from selling bottled, British countryside air to Chinese consumers. Leo De Watts, 27, struck upon the idea of selling air to China after seeing news footage of pollution and smog in Chinese cities. He guessed there was a market for cleaner air. De Watts launched his company last year in the somewhat imaginatively named industry of "air farming". His team "harvests" air in bottles from various locations across Britain and ships it to China. Even though the air is cheap to collect, De Watts puts a hefty price on his products. Chinese lovers of British air have to pay around $115 for a 580 ml bottle of the fresh stuff.

De Watts was born in the British countryside and said he appreciates the quality of the air in rural Britain. He now lives in Hong Kong where he sells his fresh air at local street markets. A lot of his merchandise is sold in Chinese cities such as Beijing and Shanghai, where pollution can be particularly bad. He said his Chinese customers can be quite fussy about exactly what kind of air they buy. He explained in a promotional video that: "Quite often, a lot of our orders are bespoke. We have clients who request very particular circumstances for their air. Sometimes we'll be at the top of a mountain, and other times at the bottom of a valley." He added: "There's really a market for this. We've just started."

中文翻译

英国商人向中国售卖瓶装田野空气jgOk)y0Y,)0@T。中国多城受雾霾污染影响，27岁的莱奥·德沃茨突发奇想售卖空气Z-[Ap3Bu~Q]&lQ。他猜想清洁空气市场前景广阔g4^txR2H1pDKo0gfU(P。去年，德沃茨在“空气养殖”业成立公司，该产业名有点凭空想象Rs^++*ki9R。团队在英国多地收集瓶装空气，运抵中国#djLluh&8!ss。尽管空气成本不高，但空气价格昂贵,.igp8f#4h[k[Zj.mH。每580毫升空气售价约为115美元e~x#V3U@J[69FI3f.。

德沃茨生于英国乡村，并认为乡村空气质量优越pnDiw4epNx4c@NE&jR。如今，德沃茨生活在香港，并向当地售卖清洁空气QRBwl=ME-W;jq。许多“空气”已销往空气污染严重的北京，上海等城市Qf5FV^.hO7。据德沃茨所说，中国雇主对空气质量非常挑剔D4O46u@U#.AN9SzsR=。他在一则促销录像中表示：“有些订单经过私人定制,x,+WqX!J4WZI#W%#]iE。许多顾客对空气环境极为挑剔;5|wqg_nO3ZJn8QO#J|s。有时上山，有时入谷OM47@@nvD)Nh。”他还表示：“空气市场前景广阔N+6byGIVvQb~fD3dZJD。我们才刚刚起步5g(,NE&Bh_U7。”

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重点讲解

1.fresh air 新鲜空气

例句："Let's take the baby outside," I suggested. "We all need some fresh air."

“我们把宝宝带出去吧，”我建议道ixyt8H-gN0&qql。“我们都需要一些新鲜空气-8nNDi@K@f。”

2.booming business 生意兴隆

例句：Wish my colleagues flourishing wealth and a booming business!

祝愿各位同仁财源茂盛、生意兴隆！

3.fussy about 挑剔

例句：Why are you being so fussy about your clothes today?

你今天为什麽对衣服这麽挑剔？

4.at the top of 在…的顶端

例句：I like it at the top of my file.

我喜欢把它放到我文件的顶端GXIW3-ab23t#。

听力题目

1.How old is the entrepreneur?

a) 28

b) 27

c) 26

d) 29

2.What did the man see that made him decide to start his business?

a) a mountain

b) clouds

c) news footage of pollution

d) an oxygen shop in Beijing

3.When did the man start his company?

a) a few days ago

b) in 2010

c) 2 years ago

d) last year

4.What is the name of the industry the man is in?

a) aerodynamics

b) air farming

c) soft air

d) bottled oxygen

5.How much air can you buy for $115?

a) 580 ml

b) half-a-litre

c) a litre

d) 100 ml

6.Where in Britain was the entrepreneur born?

a) the countryside

b) Scotland

c) London

d) in a hospital

7.Where does the entrepreneur live now?

a) Beijing

b) Shanghai

c) London

d) Hong Kong

8.Who can be fussy about the kind of air they buy?

a) entrepreneurs

b) people in rural England

c) Chinese consumers

d) people with breathing problems

9.What does the man sometimes have to go to the top of to get air?

a) a tower

b) a hill

c) a building

d) a mountain

10.What does the man sometimes have to go to the bottom of to get air?

a) a mine

b) a valley

c) the sea

d) a cave

听力答案

1.b

2.c

3.d

4.b

5.a

6.a

7.d

8.c

9.d

10.b