【BBC六分钟英语】为什么这么多人被园艺所吸引？
【英文脚本】
Sophie
Hello and welcome to 6 Minute English. I’m Sophie…
Neil
And I’m Neil… What did you do at the weekend, Sophie?
Sophie
I did a spot of gardening.
Neil
So, you are you a keen gardener?
Sophie
Yes, I am, Neil. And gardening is the subject of today’s show! Now why don’t we start with a quiz question?
Neil
Good idea.
Sophie
What percentage of people in the UK said that gardening makes them happier, according to a survey conducted by the Royal Horticultural Society? Is it… a) 22% b) 52% Or c) 82%?
Neil
Well, I’ll guess: b) 52%.
Sophie
Well, we’ll find out later on if you got it right or not. So, does gardening make you happy, Neil?
Neil
Well, I tried to grow some tomatoes once. And to be honest it made me rather anxious. All the leaves curled up… and then dropped off.
Sophie
Did you get any tomatoes?
Neil
No.
Sophie
So you don’t have green fingers, then? Why are you looking at your fingers, Neil? I wasn’t asking whether you literally have green fingers! Having green fingers means a natural ability for growing plants. It’s funny you should say gardening makes you anxious because other people find it calming and relaxing.
Neil
Do they? Do you?
Sophie
Yes, I do. Being in the fresh air, in all weathers, communing with nature…
Neil
Sounds very unpleasant!
Sophie
In all weathers means something you do in all types of weather, rain, snow, sunshine. And communing with nature means feeling close to nature, and being a part of it.
Neil
Well, when I tried communing with nature my hands got all scratched, I got stung by nasty creepy-crawlies, and I got soil up my nose. I didn’t enjoy it at all.
Sophie
Try wearing protective clothing next time, and maybe a nose plug too! A creepy-crawly is a small insect, by the way.
Neil
So do you like getting your hands dirty, Sophie?
Sophie
Yes, I love it. And it turns out there might be a good reason for this. Dr Christopher Lowry from the University of Colorado conducted an experiment to test whether soil gives us a natural high, meaning to make us happy without taking drugs. He injected a bacterium commonly found in soil into mice to see what effect this would have on them. Let’s hear what he said in this BBC programme.
CL:
Rodents like mice and rats are very good swimmers and it was found many years ago that if you treat animals with antidepressant drugs and then put the animals in just a beaker of water it would cause the animals to swim for longer periods of time.
HM:
After injecting the mice with the bacterium Dr Lowry placed them in a cup of water.
CL:
These mice that had been injected with bacterium swam during a 6-minute test for a longer period of time than animals that just got a placebo.
Sophie
So the bacterium had a similar effect on the mice as an antidepressant drug might. When we dig in soil we ingest, or absorb, the bacterium through our lungs or cuts in our skin. A placebo, by the way, is a substance with no physical effects that is used when testing a drug. So here one group of mice were injected with the bacterium and another group were injected with the placebo. And since the mice seemed happier when treated with soil bacteria, there’s a good chance we would too.
Neil
Let’s move on and hear about how gardening can be therapeutic, or used to try and treat addiction. Here’s Scot Stephenson, a recovering alcoholic, who is learning to garden to help cure him.
Scot Stephenson, recovering alcoholic
I left school early or should I say I got expelled… came here, I got my NVQ level 2 which is my first qualification and enjoyed it ever since.
Neil
So Scot Stephenson was expelled from school, he was forced to leave, with no qualifications. But with the help of a support group he now has an NVQ, that’s a National Vocational Qualification here in Britain, in gardening.
Sophie
That’s right. At a centre in the UK, recovering alcoholics have been given the opportunity to plant, grow, and even sell their produce. These addicts are literally breaking their addiction by breaking the soil.
Neil
Nicely phrased, Sophie!
Sophie
Thank you! Now, are you ready, Neil, for the answer to today’s quiz question?
Neil
I am.
Sophie
I asked: What percentage of people in the UK said that gardening makes them happier, according to a survey conducted by the Royal Horticultural Society? Is it… a) 22%, b) 52% or c) 82%?
Neil
I guessed b) 52%. I’m wrong, aren’t I?
Sophie
Oh, you are Neil, I’m sorry. The percentage of people who really enjoy gardening is much higher. You should have chosen option c). A survey from the Royal Horticultural Society has shown that Brits truly are a nation of gardeners with 82% saying it makes them feel happier. The results also revealed that 70% said that given the choice, they would prefer to spend their working day in the garden with just 9% opting for an office and 21% undecided.
Neil
Well, I’m with the 9% I’m afraid. Now can we hear the words we learned today, Sophie?
Sophie
They are: green fingers in all weathers communing with nature creepy-crawly natural high ingest placebo therapeutic expelled NVQ
Neil
Well, that’s the end of today’s 6 Minute English. Now go back outside Sophie and get your hands dirty! Please do join us again soon!
Both
Bye.
【中英文双语脚本】
Sophie(苏菲)
Hello and welcome to 6 Minute English. I’m Sophie…
您好，欢迎来到 6 Minute English。我是 Sophie…
Neil(尼尔)
And I’m Neil… What did you do at the weekend, Sophie?
我是 Neil……你周末都做了什么，Sophie？
Sophie(苏菲)
I did a spot of gardening.
我做了一个园艺工作。
Neil(尼尔)
So, you are you a keen gardener?
那么，您是一个热衷于园丁的人吗？
Sophie(苏菲)
Yes, I am, Neil. And gardening is the subject of today’s show! Now why don’t we start with a quiz question?
是的，我是，尼尔。园艺是今天节目的主题！现在我们为什么不从一个测验问题开始呢？
Neil(尼尔)
Good idea.
好主意。
Sophie(苏菲)
What percentage of people in the UK said that gardening makes them happier, according to a survey conducted by the Royal Horticultural Society? Is it… a) 22% b) 52% Or c) 82%?
根据皇家园艺学会进行的一项调查，有多少百分比的英国人表示园艺让他们更快乐？是吗。。。a） 22% b） 52% 还是 c） 82%？
Neil(尼尔)
Well, I’ll guess: b) 52%.
嗯，我猜：b） 52%。
Sophie(苏菲)
Well, we’ll find out later on if you got it right or not. So, does gardening make you happy, Neil?
好吧，我们稍后会知道你是否做对了。那么，园艺让你快乐吗，尼尔？
Neil(尼尔)
Well, I tried to grow some tomatoes once. And to be honest it made me rather anxious. All the leaves curled up… and then dropped off.
嗯，我曾经试过种一些西红柿。老实说，这让我相当焦虑。所有的叶子都卷曲起来……然后就放弃了。
Sophie(苏菲)
Did you get any tomatoes?
你有没有得到西红柿？
Neil(尼尔)
No.
不。
Sophie(苏菲)
So you don’t have green fingers, then? Why are you looking at your fingers, Neil? I wasn’t asking whether you literally have green fingers! Having green fingers means a natural ability for growing plants. It’s funny you should say gardening makes you anxious because other people find it calming and relaxing.
所以你没有绿色的手指，那么？你为什么看着你的手指，尼尔？我不是在问你是不是真的有绿色的手指！拥有绿色的手指意味着种植植物的天生能力。有趣的是，你应该说园艺让你焦虑，因为其他人觉得它让人平静和放松。
Neil(尼尔)
Do they? Do you?
是吗？是吗？
Sophie(苏菲)
Yes, I do. Being in the fresh air, in all weathers, communing with nature…
是的，我愿意。呼吸新鲜空气，无论天气如何，与大自然交流……
Neil(尼尔)
Sounds very unpleasant!
听起来很不愉快！
Sophie(苏菲)
In all weathers means something you do in all types of weather, rain, snow, sunshine. And communing with nature means feeling close to nature, and being a part of it.
在所有天气中 意味着您在各种天气、雨、雪、阳光下所做的事情。与大自然交流意味着亲近大自然，并成为大自然的一部分。
Neil(尼尔)
Well, when I tried communing with nature my hands got all scratched, I got stung by nasty creepy-crawlies, and I got soil up my nose. I didn’t enjoy it at all.
好吧，当我尝试与大自然交流时，我的手被划伤了，我被令人讨厌的令人毛骨悚然的爬行动物蜇伤了，我的鼻子里还沾满了泥土。我一点都不喜欢。
Sophie(苏菲)
Try wearing protective clothing next time, and maybe a nose plug too! A creepy-crawly is a small insect, by the way.
下次试着穿防护服，也许还要戴鼻塞！顺便说一句，令人毛骨悚然的爬行动物是一种小昆虫。
Neil(尼尔)
So do you like getting your hands dirty, Sophie?
那么，你喜欢弄脏你的手吗，Sophie？
Sophie(苏菲)
Yes, I love it. And it turns out there might be a good reason for this. Dr Christopher Lowry from the University of Colorado conducted an experiment to test whether soil gives us a natural high, meaning to make us happy without taking drugs. He injected a bacterium commonly found in soil into mice to see what effect this would have on them. Let’s hear what he said in this BBC programme.
是的，我喜欢它。事实证明，这可能是有充分理由的。科罗拉多大学的克里斯托弗·洛瑞 （Christopher Lowry） 博士进行了一项实验，以测试土壤是否能给我们带来自然的兴奋感，这意味着在不服用药物的情况下让我们快乐。他将一种常见于土壤中的细菌注射到小鼠体内，看看这会对它们产生什么影响。让我们听听他在 BBC 节目中说了什么。
CL:(CL：)
Rodents like mice and rats are very good swimmers and it was found many years ago that if you treat animals with antidepressant drugs and then put the animals in just a beaker of water it would cause the animals to swim for longer periods of time.
老鼠和老鼠等啮齿动物是非常好的游泳者，多年前发现，如果你用抗抑郁药治疗动物，然后把动物放在一个装有水的烧杯里，会导致动物游泳的时间更长。
HM:(HM：)
After injecting the mice with the bacterium Dr Lowry placed them in a cup of water.
在给老鼠注射细菌后，Lowry 博士将它们放入一杯水中。
CL:(CL：)
These mice that had been injected with bacterium swam during a 6-minute test for a longer period of time than animals that just got a placebo.
这些注射了细菌的小鼠在六分钟的测试中游动的时间比刚刚接受安慰剂的动物长。
Sophie(苏菲)
So the bacterium had a similar effect on the mice as an antidepressant drug might. When we dig in soil we ingest, or absorb, the bacterium through our lungs or cuts in our skin. A placebo, by the way, is a substance with no physical effects that is used when testing a drug. So here one group of mice were injected with the bacterium and another group were injected with the placebo. And since the mice seemed happier when treated with soil bacteria, there’s a good chance we would too.
因此，这种细菌对小鼠的影响与抗抑郁药相似。当我们挖掘土壤时，我们会通过我们的肺部或皮肤上的伤口摄入或吸收细菌。顺便说一句，安慰剂是一种在测试药物时使用的没有物理影响的物质。所以在这里，一组小鼠被注射了细菌，另一组被注射了安慰剂。由于小鼠在用土壤细菌处理后似乎更快乐，因此我们也很有可能也会快乐。
Neil(尼尔)
Let’s move on and hear about how gardening can be therapeutic, or used to try and treat addiction. Here’s Scot Stephenson, a recovering alcoholic, who is learning to garden to help cure him.
让我们继续听听园艺如何具有治疗作用，或用于尝试治疗成瘾。这是苏格兰人斯蒂芬森 （Scot Stephenson），他是一名正在康复的酒鬼，他正在学习园艺以帮助治愈他。
Scot Stephenson, recovering alcoholic(ScotStephenson，正在康复的酒鬼)
I left school early or should I say I got expelled… came here, I got my NVQ level 2 which is my first qualification and enjoyed it ever since.
我提前离开了学校，或者我应该说我被开除了……来到这里，我获得了 NVQ 2 级，这是我的第一个资格证书，从那时起我就喜欢上它了。
Neil(尼尔)
So Scot Stephenson was expelled from school, he was forced to leave, with no qualifications. But with the help of a support group he now has an NVQ, that’s a National Vocational Qualification here in Britain, in gardening.
所以 Scot Stephenson 被学校开除，他被迫离开，没有任何资格。但在一个支持小组的帮助下，他现在拥有了 NVQ，这是英国园艺的国家职业资格。
Sophie(苏菲)
That’s right. At a centre in the UK, recovering alcoholics have been given the opportunity to plant, grow, and even sell their produce. These addicts are literally breaking their addiction by breaking the soil.
没错。在英国的一个中心，康复中的酗酒者有机会种植、种植甚至销售他们的产品。这些成瘾者实际上是通过打破土壤来打破他们的毒瘾。
Neil(尼尔)
Nicely phrased, Sophie!
措辞不错，苏菲！
Sophie(苏菲)
Thank you! Now, are you ready, Neil, for the answer to today’s quiz question?
谢谢！现在，Neil 你准备好回答今天的测验问题了吗？
Neil(尼尔)
I am.
我是。
Sophie(苏菲)
I asked: What percentage of people in the UK said that gardening makes them happier, according to a survey conducted by the Royal Horticultural Society? Is it… a) 22%, b) 52% or c) 82%?
我问道：根据皇家园艺学会进行的一项调查，有多少百分比的英国人表示园艺让他们更快乐？是吗。。。a） 22%， b） 52% 或 c） 82%？
Neil(尼尔)
I guessed b) 52%. I’m wrong, aren’t I?
我猜 b） 52%。我错了，不是吗？
Sophie(苏菲)
Oh, you are Neil, I’m sorry. The percentage of people who really enjoy gardening is much higher. You should have chosen option c). A survey from the Royal Horticultural Society has shown that Brits truly are a nation of gardeners with 82% saying it makes them feel happier. The results also revealed that 70% said that given the choice, they would prefer to spend their working day in the garden with just 9% opting for an office and 21% undecided.
哦，你是 Neil，对不起。真正喜欢园艺的人的比例要高得多。您应该选择选项 c）。皇家园艺学会的一项调查显示，英国人确实是一个园丁之国，82% 的人表示这让他们感觉更快乐。结果还显示，70% 的人表示，如果可以选择，他们更愿意在花园里度过工作日，只有 9% 的人选择办公室，21% 的人尚未决定。
Neil(尼尔)
Well, I’m with the 9% I’m afraid. Now can we hear the words we learned today, Sophie?
好吧，恐怕我和那 9% 的人在一起。现在我们能听到我们今天学到的词吗，Sophie？
Sophie(苏菲)
They are: green fingers in all weathers communing with nature creepy-crawly natural high ingest placebo therapeutic expelled NVQ
他们是： 绿色的手指在所有天气下与大自然交流 令人毛骨悚然的爬行 天然 高摄入 安慰剂 治疗 驱逐 NVQ
Neil(尼尔)
Well, that’s the end of today’s 6 Minute English. Now go back outside Sophie and get your hands dirty! Please do join us again soon!
好了，今天的六分钟 English 到此结束。现在回到 Sophie 外面，弄脏你的手！请尽快再次加入我们！
Both(双)
Bye.
再见。
【核心词汇】
green fingers
a natural ability for growing plants
园艺天赋
指种植植物的天然能力
She’s got green fingers, everything she plants grows.
她有园艺天赋，她种什么活什么。
communing with nature
feeling close to nature and being a part of it
与自然交流
感受与自然的亲近并成为自然的一部分
I love communing with nature and feeling at peace.
我喜欢与大自然交流，感受平静。
natural high
something that makes us happy without taking drugs
天然的兴奋
不借助药物而获得的快乐
Running gives me a natural high.
跑步让我感到一种天然的兴奋。
placebo
a substance with no physical effects that is used when testing a drug
安慰剂
一种没有实际药效的物质，用于药物测试
In clinical trials, the placebo effect can sometimes be quite strong.
在临床试验中，安慰剂效应有时可能非常强烈。
therapeutic
used to try and cure an illness
治疗的；治疗性的
旨在治疗疾病的；具有疗效的
The therapeutic benefits of massage are well known.
按摩的治疗益处是众所周知的。
expelled
forced to leave
被开除；被驱逐
被迫离开
She was expelled from school for cheating.
她因作弊而被学校开除。
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