VOA慢速英语:Coloring Books Can Cut Stress for Adults(翻译)

From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle report.Coloring is an activity that children worldwide have long enjoyed.With a picture already made for them, kids simply choose a crayon, pencil or marker of their favorite color and fill it in.
欢迎收听VOA慢速英语健康及生活方式报道。涂色是全世界儿童都喜欢做的事。 找一幅图给他们，孩子们会用蜡笔、铅笔或记号笔，给图片填上喜欢的颜色。

But why should children get to have all the fun?
为什么孩子们能从其中得到所有乐趣呢？

Now they don’t.
现在不仅是孩子们玩涂色书。

More and more adults are enjoying relaxing hours of coloring.
越来越多的成人们也享受花几个小时涂色的时光。

This is thanks to a new book craze in the United States and in other countries around the world – an adult coloring book craze.In December, five of the top ten best-selling books in the United States were coloring books made for adults.
这得多亏在美国及其他国家风靡一时的新型涂色书，一款成人涂色书。十二月，美国排名前十的畅销书中，五本都是成人涂色书。

Artist Trina Lucido creates coloring books.To find inspiration for her drawings, she says she doesn’t have to look far.
美术家Trina Lucido创作了涂色书。为了寻找画画的灵感，她表示不会看得太远。

“One day I saw a beautiful leaf and – boom! – I did a whole page with leaves. Some came from sketchbooks, and some were just a one-word inspiration, some I just saw something on the ground and that was my inspiration that day.”
“一天我看到了一片美丽的叶子，整张纸上我都画满了叶子。所以一些灵感来自写生簿，一些只是一个词激发的灵感，还有一些我在地上看到的东西，这就是当时我灵感的来源。”

Trina Lucido’s latest coloring book contains 40 pages filled with hand-sketched drawings of flowers, birds and geometric shapes. It also has spaces to journal – in other words, to write about what you’re doing or thinking.Journaling has long been an exercise in many types of therapy.
Trina Lucido最新推出的涂色书有四十页，包括手绘的花鸟及几何图案。还有空白的地方供写日记，换句话说，写下你在做什么，在想什么。写日志也是各类心理疗法中的一种练习。

Lucido says the “big idea” behind her latest book is to help encourage people to do something creative.
Lucido说她这本最新书籍背后的“大想法”是鼓励人们做一些有创意的事。

“It’s called Color, Write and Create.And I wanted to do something that would encourage people to be creative, when I do art journaling, people see my journals and go ‘Oh my gosh! I wish I were creative,’and that makes me sad because I think everybody is creative.So the idea behind this book, the big idea was to encourage people to be creative…”
“这本书叫《涂色、写作和创意》。我想做一些事鼓励人们追求创意，我做艺术杂志时，人们看到我的杂志，都会说‘天啊！我希望我也能这么有创意’，这让我有些难过，因为我觉得每个人都是富有创意的。所以这本书背后的大想法是鼓励人们去发掘创意。”

Lucido says the positive feedback from her customers is encouraging.She says that many of her customers are buying the coloring books for others who are sick or having challenges.
Lucido说从顾客那里得到的积极反响大大鼓舞了她。她说很多顾客都会为其他生病的朋友，或面临挑战的人买涂色书。

Lucido adds that the act of coloring becomes almost healing, or as she says, “therapeutic.”
Lucido补充道，涂色的行为具有治愈效果，按她的话说，是therapeutic（有治疗效果的）。

“Something else I’ve heard from people, they are buying these for people who are either ill or going through a rough time, and they feel this is something that kind of helps them, almost therapeutically. ”
“我从其他人那里听说，他们会为生病或遭遇困难的朋友买这本书，他们感觉这会帮助到朋友，有治愈效果。”

Art therapy experts have said in several articles (add link) that coloring can reduce stress by focusing you on a simple task. When you are filling in a flower with a vibrant purple color, you focus on the flower and not on your troubles.
艺术治疗专家在很多文章里写道，涂色通过将注意力集中在简单的任务上帮助你减轻压力。当你用充满生机的紫色填充花朵时，你的注意力会从遭遇的困难转移到花朵上。

Experts add that coloring can bring out your imagination and can take you back to your childhood.
专家们还补充说涂色还可以激发你的想象力，带你回到儿童时期。

Psychologists add that coloring activates your brain in a healthy way. The shape and form of the drawings activate one side of the brain, while the color and texture of the drawing material activates the other.
心理学家表示涂色行为可以激发大脑健康活动。图片的形状和形态会开发一边的大脑，而绘画材料的颜色和质感会开发另一边大脑。

Coloring also exercises a person’s fine motor skills. But people drawn to coloring books probably are not thinking of exercising their fine motor skills.
涂色也可以锻炼人们的精细手工能力。但是人们画涂色书也不是为了锻炼自己的精细手工能力。

Susan Jackson is a big fan of Lucido’s coloring books.
Susan Jackson是Lucido涂色书的狂热粉丝。

Jackson stands in a local store in the Washington, D.C. area.She holds one of Lucido’s coloring books in her hands. As she flips through the book, she says she is drawn to their beauty and authenticity.Sitting down and coloring, Jackson adds, relaxes her and just makes her feel happy.
Jackson站在华盛顿当地一家商店前。手中拿着Lucido的涂色书。她浏览这本书，她说她被书中的美图和真实感吸引了。她还说道，坐下来涂色让她很放松，很开心。

“Oh, it is very relaxing, and any stress just sort of falls away, it frees your mind, and it’s not as daunting as trying to fill a blank page. The pictures, I think, are just happy, they just make me feel happy, I love her little birds.There is just something about them, they make me smile.So I’m saving the bird pictures to the very end, I think.”
“真的很放松，任何压力都消失了，清空了我的思想，不像填满空白页那样让人心生畏惧。这些图片令人愉快，就是让我很开心，我喜欢她画的鸟。就是关于鸟的东西。会让我开心。所以最后我都把鸟的图片存起来了。”

For now, there is a strong demand for adult coloring books. That fact keeps Lucido happy and very busy.
目前，成人涂色书的需求量很大。这让Lucido很开心，也很忙碌。

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