园艺疗法好处多

It's a commonly held belief that gardening can make you feel better. Now a nationwide charity has received a Lottery grant to test that theory. The organization THRIVE, specialises in horticultural therapy, and believes it can help thousands of people, ranging from those with disabilities, former prisoners, and the long-term unemployed.
人人都知道园艺能够使人感觉更好。现在，一个全国性的慈善团体得到了彩票机构的资助以证明这个理论。名为"茁壮成长"的这个组织是从事园艺疗法的专门机构，他们认为园艺疗法有助于成千上万的人，包括那些残疾认、刑满释放人员以及长期失业者。

The therapeutic effects of gardening are already known to many, but why tilling the soil and planting flowers should make people feel so good, is still a bit of a mystery. If you look at that, that's quite uNPRoductive, and it's going a bit black ... This group of ex-offenders and long-term unemployed may offer the first scientific evidence.
园艺的治疗效果是众所周知的，但为什么刨刨地、种种花能够让人们感觉很好呢？这还是有点神秘的。你看那个，那是不结果实的，颜色会变得有点黑。这些有前科的人和长期失业者也许可以提供第一手的科学依据。

I think there's a natural affinity for people to, to land and soil, and to working the land. And I think that can be used as a form of therapy, and as, and for social inclusion. Tony was made redundant several years ago, and has been out of work since. He'd given up getting a job, until he started gardening. Err, it's given me lots of confidence and that, you know, to, err ... go out and do things, like. And in the end of this, I'm gonna, like, work for myself.
我想，人们对…，对土地和土壤，对种地有着天然的亲和力。而且，我认为，这可以作为一种治疗方式，作为……，起到社会的包容作用。Tony几年前被公司裁掉了，-直处于失业状态。他一直放弃找工作的打算，一直到他开始从事园艺活动。呃，它给了我很多信心，那种……，你知道的，呃，出去做事的信心。最终，我打算开始自己干点什么。

It's also helped 19-year-old Stewart, who started getting into trouble at school and took to the streets. This is the first that's made a difference. It's outdoors, you know. It's nice. Keeps your mind free and quiet. There's nothing bothering your mind, or anything. And you can just have a good laugh with people and all that.
园艺还帮助了19岁的Stewart，他在学校里读书时就开始不断惹麻烦，并流连街头。这是他所做的第一个不同的事情。这在户外，你知道。这很好。让人的思维自由而宁静。没有什么事情打扰你的思维，或是别的什么。你可以和人们高声淡笑，等等。

How gardening has this effect will be the focus of the study. The findings will improve existing projects, and enable many more people to feel the benefits. Getting people to do something constructive and creative, like gardening, gives them pride in what they're doing. It also helps with confidence, the ability to get on with each other in a team, and generally develop the skills they need for work. Jane O'Brien, BBC News.
园艺为何具有这种效果将是这个研究的重点。其研究结果将促进现有研究项目的发展，并月能够使更多的人受益。使人们做一些具有建设性和创造性的事情，比如园艺，可以让人们对自己所做的事情感到自豪。它还可以激发人的信心，增强人们在团队中融洽相处的能力，以及整体提高他们在工作中所需要的技能。Jane O'Brien，BBC新闻。