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最近跟學生們聊天，發現園藝似乎悄悄的流行起來了。

很多人妻們都有種一些可入菜的小盆栽，也有人租地當起了假日農夫。

其實，小編之前也很想不顧一切的搬到花蓮去種田，給太陽曬曬，脫離台北的壞天氣。

沒想到住花蓮的友人說，花蓮比台北潮濕，讓我好失望。

只好繼續在陰冷的台北加油啦。

大家也記得要包的暖暖的做練習喔 !!

Click here for the news. / 點這聽新聞。 

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(二)  聽力填空題

1.  Today, we’re talking about seed banks – a place where the seeds from all kinds of plants are carefully stored.

2.  Well, land where lots of plant species used to grow is being cleared for farming - to grow crops and to raise animals.

3.  So it's essential or absolutely necessary – for the bank to store the seeds of plants which are 'most threatened' – or at the greatest risk or danger of becoming extinct.

4.  So David Shukman definitely needed to wear 'cold weather equipment' to protect him from the extreme cold.

5.  In fact, the flower is so rare that people thought it only existed in sacred Buddhist writings.

(三)  聽力問答題

1.  What percentage of the world's plants might disappear altogether ?

Unfortunately, researchers are warning that about one fifth of the world's plants are at risk of becoming extinct.

2.  Which seeds are considered as " useful " ?

For example, the seeds of food plants or plants that can be used to develop new medicines.

3.  How many seeds have been stored so far ?

And this is where all those seeds end up - 1.8 billion of them in one of these cold stores kept at minus 20.

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這次新聞裡提到的，三千年才開一次的花叫「優曇婆羅花」 ，沒聽到的話就看著稿子再聽一次吧 !!

http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/6minute/101007_6min_seeds.pdf

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