第1428期:The good of gardening

Do you have a hobby that helps you relax and unwind? 你有什么爱好可以帮助你放松和放松吗？For some people, there is no better way to switch off than spending time in the garden. 对于某些人来说，没有比花时间在花园里更好的关闭方式了。This small private area of green space can be their oasis of calm.这片小小的私人绿地可以成为他们平静的绿洲。It's no wonder some of us turn to gardening as a form of therapy.难怪我们中的一些人将园艺作为一种治疗形式。 A survey conducted by the Royal Horticultural Society, found that 82% of people in the UK said that gardening makes them happier.英国皇家园艺学会进行的一项调查发现，82% 的英国人表示园艺让他们更快乐。 It also found that 70% of them, given the choice, would prefer to spend their working day in the garden with just 9% opting for an office.它还发现，如果有选择，他们中的 70% 更愿意在花园里度过他们的工作日，而只有 9% 的人选择办公室。For those with green fingers, the pleasure of gardening comes from getting out in the fresh air, in all weathers and communing with nature – even if there are a few too many creepy-crawlies! 对于那些有绿色手指的人来说，园艺的乐趣来自于呼吸新鲜空气、在任何天气下和与大自然交流——即使有太多令人毛骨悚然的爬行动物！It can also be seen as a sort of digital-detox – time away from technology. 它也可以被视为一种数字排毒——远离技术。Some experts actually believe that getting outside to dig and plant things acts as a 'natural high'.一些专家实际上认为，到户外挖掘和种植东西是一种“自然高潮”。Dr Christopher Lowry, a neuroscientist at the University of Colorado, injected a bacterium commonly found in soil into mice to see what affect this would have on them. 科罗拉多大学的神经科学家克里斯托弗·洛瑞博士将土壤中常见的一种细菌注射到老鼠体内，看看这会对它们产生什么影响。He found the bacterium had a similar effect on the mice as an antidepressant drug might.  他发现这种细菌对小鼠的作用与抗抑郁药的作用相似。When we dig in soil we ingest this bacterium through our lungs or cuts in our skin so Dr Lowry concluded that since the mice seemed happier when treated with soil bacteria, it's likely we would be too.当我们在土壤中挖掘时，我们会通过肺部或皮肤上的切口摄入这种细菌，因此洛瑞博士得出结论，由于用土壤细菌处理小鼠似乎更快乐，我们很可能也会如此。Gardening can also be used as a way of treating addiction.园艺也可以用作治疗成瘾的一种方式。 There's evidence that recovering alcoholics who have been given the opportunity to plant, grow, and even sell their produce, have managed to stop their addictive habits. 有证据表明，那些有机会种植、种植甚至出售产品的酗酒者已经成功戒掉了上瘾的习惯。Scot Stephenson, for example, got expelled from school and started a vocational qualification in gardening. 例如，斯科特·斯蒂芬森（Scot Stephenson）被学校开除并开始获得园艺职业资格。He says "I got my NVQ level 2 which is my first qualification and enjoyed it ever since."他说：“我获得了 NVQ 2 级，这是我的第一个资格，从那时起我就享受它。”Whatever the reason, there are many therapeutic benefits to getting your hands dirty, doing some physical hard work and then watching your garden grow. Does this sound like your idea of fun?不管是什么原因，弄脏你的手，做一些体力劳动，然后看着你的花园长大，有很多治疗益处。这听起来像你的乐趣吗？词汇表unwind 放松，减压switch off 不在关注（工作或另人精神紧张的事情）oasis of calm 宁静的一刻therapy （非药物）疗法green fingers 园艺能手communing 与（大自然）交流、融为一体creepy-crawlies 爬虫，蠕虫digital-detox 数码排毒natural high （不靠药物）自然的兴奋、高兴bacterium 细菌（复数为 bacteria）antidepressant drug 抗抑郁药物addiction 嗜好，瘾recovering alcoholics 目前滴酒不沾的酗酒者expelled 被开除vocational 职业技术的

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