US Students Bring Honey Project to Ghana

    一些来自佛罗里达的美国学生将养蜂业务带给迦纳一个社区的农民。该项目成为蜂蜜工程,不仅给学生提供了拥有和管理商业的机会,还给他们带来帮助Agogo农民通过养蜂和销售蜂蜜改善贫穷的机会。

    在Agogo地区有充足的野生蜜蜂,但是没有成熟的市场。三年前,一个名叫Nathan Burrell和他的同事到Agogo出差时想到了这个主意。

    Nathan Burrell:“这关乎对他们进行改变和影响人们生活的能力。作为企业家和商人,正常情况下,你会观察市场活动。你会观察什么产品能够畅销,那一个是收益最高的企业。相信我,一定不会是蜂蜜。但是,蜂蜜确实有机会改变人们的生活,为他们提供生活成本。”

    Nathan Burrell说许多Agogo农民日平均工资在一美元以下。他称蜂蜜工程是社会企业的典范。

    该项目最开始在Agogo镇养殖了十到十二个蜂巢。Nathan Burrell完全依靠在Dan Warren的养蜂经验。他在佛罗里达负责一个叫做村庄星球的环保组织,主要在迦纳和海地工作。蜂蜜工程还与一个非洲公司合作,主要负责销售非洲蜂蜜。

    Nathan Burrell:“学生赚取的所有利润都对Agogo企业进行再投资,养殖更多的蜂巢。我认为现在在那个村庄里已有100多个蜂巢。”

    该环保组织成员今年春季到Agogo为养蜂业提供更多的教育和培训。他们还为养蜂人带来了防护衣和蜂蜜收集和包装设备。

    蜂蜜工程目前在迦纳和美国销售的蜂蜜数量有限。该项目还在Agogo招募学生志愿者来采集和出售蜂蜜。Nathan Burrell说,目前该业务还未盈利,但是村民们都充满希望。而且蜂蜜不是养蜂业唯一可以出售的产品。

    Nathan Burrell:“所有产品,从蜂蜡到花粉到蜂王浆都可以出售,可以为我们的合作单位增加收入。”

    目前为止,还没有计划扩展Agogo地区以外的业务。但是该佛罗里达南部的组织者有意在全美国范围内寻找学生加入。

    1.beekeeping 养蜂业;养蜂

    2.normally ad.正规地, 合规则, 正常地

    例句:Normally, retail profit rate is much higher than that of wholesale.
          一般来说,零售的利润率比批发大很多。

    3.profitable a.有利润的, 有利益的, 赚钱的

    例句:This is the most profitable branch under the main store.
          这里是总店旗下盈利最高的支店。

    4.head v.为首, 朝向, 前进, 用头顶

    5.proceed vi.继续进行, 进行, 开始, 发出, 起诉

    例句:I didn't mean to interfere with you. Please proceed with your work.
          我不是故意打扰你,请继续工作吧。

    6.protective a.给予保护的, 保护的

    例句:The ozone layer is a protective layer around the planet Earth.
          臭氧层是地球的保护层。
     
    7.marketable a.可销售的, 销路好的, 市场的

    例句:Please let me have a marketable lot in exchange for them.
          请允许我们收到能出售的货物并将原货寄回。

    1.The program, called the Honey Project, not only gives the students a chance to own and manage a business. It also gives them a chance to help ease poverty in Agogo through beekeeping and the sale of honey.

    not only but also

    not only,but also 不但,而且,连接两个并列的成分。而且有时also可以省略。例句:They not only broke into his office and stole his books,but also tore up his manuscripts. 他们不仅闯进他的办公室,偷走了他的书,而且还撕掉了他的手稿。

    一、使用not only … but also … 时须注意的几点:
    1). not only与but also后面所连接的词的词性必须对等:

    (1) Frankin was considered not only an inventor,but also a statesman. 富兰克林不仅被看作发明家,而且被看作政治家。

    (2) The nurse was not only competent but also kind. 这位护士不仅能干而且亲切和蔼。

    (3) They not only broke into his office and stole his books,but also tore up his manuscripts. 他们不仅闯进他的办公室,偷走了他的书,而且还撕掉了他的手稿。

    (4) Not only you but also she has to attend the ceremony. 不令你而且她也得参加典礼。

    (5) In production,we should always keep an eye not only on quantity but also on quality. 在生产中,我们不仅要关注数量,而且要关注质量。

    (6) They completed the project not only punctually but also perfectly. 他们不仅准时完成工程,而且完成得很出色。

    2). not only只能连用,而but also既可连用,也可分开用:

    a. He speaks not only English,but also French. 他不仅说英语,还说法语。

    b. Television is not only boring,but it also wastes a lot of time. 电视不仅乏味,而且还浪费许多时间。

    c. She was not only compelled to stay at home,but she was also forbidden to see her friends. 她不仅被强迫蹲在家中,而且被禁止去看朋友。

    3).谓语动词的数应与but also后主语的数保持一致:
    Not only you but also Mr Zhang teaches in this college. 不仅你,张老师也在此学院教书。


    4). not only放在句首,后接句子时要用倒装结构:

    (1) Not only should proletarians emancipate themselves but also the whole mankind. 无产者不仅要解放他们自己,而且要解放全人类。

    (2) Not only does television appeal to those who can read but to those who can't. 电视不仅吸引阅读的人,而且也吸引了不会阅读的人。

    (3) Not only was everything Albert Einstain had taken away but also his citizenship was deprived of. 爱因斯坦的财产不仅被掳掠一空,而且他的德国国籍也被剥夺了。

    (4) Not only had the poor man been fined,but also he had been sent to prison. 这个可怜的人不仅被罚款,而且还被送进了监狱。


    2.It also gives them a chance to help ease poverty in Agogo through beekeeping and the sale of honey.

    ease poverty缓解贫穷状况

    3.A businessman named Nathan Burrell and some of his colleagues came up with the idea during a business trip to Agogo three years ago.

    come up with赶上, 提出

    The concept did not come up with a concrete form until the mid 1960's.
    19世纪60年代中期之前,这一概念还没有以具体的形式产生。

    4.Nathan Burrell depended heavily on the beekeeping experience of Dan Warren.

    depend on依靠, 依赖

    This will depend on the particular facts of each case.
    这就要看每个案例的具体情况了。