心情悲傷？快來抱樹吧！

甘肅 冉 彤

抱樹可能聽起來有點奇怪，但人類嘗試這種自然療法卻有很多年了。

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1To stay safe during the coronavirus pandemic,we have had to sacrifice（犧牲）many things we enjoy,including physical contact with others.Gone are handshakes,kisses and hugs.

2Research has shown that humans need physical touch to stay mentally and physically healthy.Without it,many become lonely,sad and even sick.So,if you feel you need a hug,we know something you can safely put your arms around and hold close:A tree!

3Tree hugging may sound a little strange.But humans have practiced forms of nature therapy for years.The Japanese practice of shinrin-yoku is an example.Shinrin means forest in Japanese,and yoku is the Japanese word for bath.But no soap or water is needed for shinrin-yoku.All that nature bathing requires is spending time in nature:listening to its sounds,breathing in its scent and connecting to its life force.

4Recently,Israel has been promoting tree hugging on social media.The country's nature and parks agency is behind the public health campaign.Orit Steinfeld is marketing director for Israel's Apollonia National Park.“In this unpleasant coronavirus period,”she said,“we recommend people around the world to go out to nature,take a deep breath,hug a tree,express your love and get love.”

5Inside the park,some visitors were glad to observe the official's advice and hug trees.Barbara Grant was one of them.“The most basic human need,”she said,“is for connection,for touching,for hugging.”Visitor Moshe Hazan came to the park to hug a tree.“We are not hugging too many people these days.Hugging a tree is quite a nice thing to do.”

6Israel's tree-hugging campaign is not the first of the pandemic.Iceland's Forest Service launched a similar effort in April.They advised everyone in the country to hug a tree for at least five minutes every day.Park officials cleared paths in the woods so that visitors could socially distance while they searched for that special tree.

7“There are plenty of trees,”said a forest worker in the video.“There is no need for everyone to hug the same tree.”

Choose the best answers according to the text.

Detail 1.What should be advocated during the pandemic according to Para.1?

A.Physical contact. B.Social distancing.

C.Using handkerchiefs. D.Interpersonal communication.

Inference 2.What can be inferred about the practice of shinrin-yoku?

A.It is a form of nature therapy.

B.It has been around for not long.

C.It aims to improve environment.

D.It needs little soap for the activity.

Vocabulary 3.What does the underlined word“observe”in Para.5 probably mean?

A.Accept. B.Analyze. C.Discover. D.Conduct.

Inference 4.What can we know about tree hugging in Iceland?

A.It was launched by the Ministry of Health.

B.It usually took a person a quarter to hug a tree every day.

C.People seemed to be particular about the trees to be hugged.

D.People from nationwide took an active part in the campaign.

Ⅰ.Discover useful structures in the text

1.形容詞作表語放在句首時，使用全部倒裝的語序

Gone are handshakes,kisses and hugs.握手、親吻和擁抱都已不復(fù)存在。

2.There be no need to do...沒有必要……

There is no need for everyone to hug the same tree.沒有必要讓每個人都擁抱同一棵樹。

拓展：

There be no denying the fact that...不可否認(rèn)的是……

There be no point(in)doing...……沒有意義

It be no use doing...……沒有用

There be no good doing...……沒有好處

Ⅱ.Memorize some theme-centered chunks

stay safe保持安全

sacrifice many things we enjoy犧牲我們喜歡的許多東西

physical contact with others與他人的身體接觸

stay mentally and physically healthy保持精神和身體健康

nature therapy自然療法

connect to its life force連接到它的生命力

go out to nature走出去到大自然