第1545期:Houseplants: Good or bad?

There’s no place like home. It’s the place where we’re surrounded by our possessions and creature comforts. We purchase things to give our homes a personal touch and create a certain ambience. And one thing we’re buying more of is houseplants. But are these ‘living’ additions to our homes good for us and the environment?金窝银窝不如自己家里的狗窝。这是我们被我们的财产和物质享受所包围的地方。我们购买东西是为了给我们的家带来个人风格并营造一定的氛围。我们购买更多的一件事是室内植物。但是，这些为我们家增添的“生机”对我们和环境有好处吗？Houseplants, also known as pot plants, have Instagram-friendly appeal; add a natural touch and they have the ability to brighten up a room on a budget. The Royal Horticultural Society found that nearly 72% of adults in the UK had a houseplant in their home, with this figure rising to 80% of 16-24 year olds. A fifth of owners also said they use plants in the home to boost their health and well-being. And average sales last year were up on the previous year.室内植物，也称为盆栽植物，具有适合 Instagram 的吸引力；添加自然的触感，他们有能力在预算内照亮房间。英国皇家园艺学会发现，近 72% 的英国成年人家中有盆栽植物，这一数字在 16-24 岁的人群中上升到 80%。五分之一的业主还表示，他们在家中使用植物来促进健康和幸福。去年的平均销售额比上一年有所上升。It seems millennials are driving the growth in the sales of houseplants. According to research by The Economist, more young people are living in flats without a garden. 24 year-old Daisy Hale told the BBC "being able to care for something but not having too much commitment - I guess that's a classic millennial line - is ideal for my lifestyle."千禧一代似乎正在推动室内植物销售的增长。根据《经济学人》的研究，越来越多的年轻人住在没有花园的公寓里。24 岁的黛西·黑尔告诉 BBC，“能够照顾一些事情，但没有太多的承诺——我想这是千禧一代的经典路线——非常适合我的生活方式。”From hanging baskets, to cacti and succulent ferns, the choice of vegetation is endless. They are easy to care for, and there have been unproven claims that they improve the air quality in our home.  But whatever their benefits, there are now concerns that they might not be so good for the environment.  Some are bought online and shipped from overseas. Fay Kenworthy, co-founder of PlantSwap, a community initiative that encourages people to trade plants locally, told the BBC "this could rack up ‘plant miles’".从吊篮到仙人掌和多汁的蕨类植物，植物的选择是无穷无尽的。它们很容易照顾，并且有未经证实的声称它们可以改善我们家的空气质量。但无论它们有什么好处，现在有人担心它们可能对环境不太好。有些是在网上购买并从海外发货。鼓励人们在当地交易植物的社区倡议 PlantSwap 的联合创始人 Fay Kenworthy 告诉 BBC，“这可能会增加‘植物里程’”。But botanist and BBC presenter James Wong argues that home delivery has less of an environmental impact than multiple trips to the garden centre in a car. Although he’s not too concerned about the environmental impact, others are worried about the plastic pots they are in and the type of peat that some of them are grown in. However, a sustainable approach to buying them may be the best way forward if we want to introduce some natural greenery into our homes.但植物学家和 BBC 主持人 James Wong 认为，与多次乘车前往花园中心相比，送货上门对环境的影响较小。尽管他不太担心对环境的影响，但其他人担心它们所在的塑料盆以及其中一些生长的泥炭类型。但是，如果我们愿意，购买它们的可持续方法可能是最好的方法将一些天然绿色植物引入我们的家中。词汇表creature comforts 物质享受personal touch 个性化色彩ambience 氛围，情调houseplant 室内盆栽植物pot plants 室内盆栽植物natural touch 自然美brighten up 使……亮起来well-being 安康，幸福hanging basket 植物吊篮cacti 仙人掌fern 蕨类植物vegetation 植物，植被air quality 空气质量botanist 植物学家garden centre 园艺中心，花卉商店peat 泥炭sustainable 能长期维持的greenery 绿色植物，青枝绿叶

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