Get the benefits from virtual nature 從虛擬自然中獲益

甘肅 胡 璽

Forests and other natural spaces have proven to be beneficial to our physical health and mental well-being,but getting to the great outdoors isn't always easy.For people living under restrictions,especially during a global pandemic(流行病),a change of scenery has been rare.So the hope is that an accessible to all and interactive project can reconnect us to nature.

BBC's Soundscapes for Well-being is designed to offer people a way to enter the natural world at home.Listeners have been given access to an extensive sound effects digital archive（檔案）—33,000 sounds with 17,000 new nature sounds to download—and use of an online mixer tool to make and share their own soundscapes.

The BBC's Natural History Unit is the source for nature sounds in the effects archive.One of its secrets is that most videos for television are shot without sound and then professional recordists supply carefully recorded audio that is added in the edit.Everything from bird-ofparadise calls to wind blowing across the Sahara Desert has been captured in sound recordings.

Another part of the project is the Virtual Nature Experiment,which pairs award-winning sound recordist Chris Watson and composer Nainita Desai with the University of Exeter to explore emotional responses to digital nature content.Audiences take part in a 10-minute experiment,which includes watching videos and answering a series of questions to help scientists discover how best to digitally bring the benefits of nature to people indoors.

When people have trees and other vegetation near their homes,they report a greater sense of well-being and more satisfaction with where they live.Green spaces also provide benefits such as better air quality,lowered flood risk,habitat for wildlife and plants,and community spaces where people can meet and exercise.

Sound and music are acknowledged for their use in treatment,so the Soundscapes for Well-being project has a solid base of evidence for its use.What is not known is how well digital multimedia can make up for lack of true interaction with outdoor spaces.

1.Why is getting to the great outdoors not always easy?

A.People feel much happier when staying inside.

B.People prefer staying at home to walking outside.

C.The great outdoors is sometimes full of dangers.

D.People's activities are limited due to some accidents.

2.What can we know about the videos for television of the BBC's Natural History Unit?

A.They're free for users.

B.They're shot without sound.

C.They're shot by professional scientists.

D.They work only in virtual nature experiment.

3.What does the fifth paragraph mainly talk about?

A.Professional homes.

B.Diversities of satisfaction.

C.Advantages of green spaces.

D.Resources of green spaces.

4.What's the disadvantage of the Soundscapes for Well-being project?

A.There is a lack of true interacting with outdoor spaces.

B.Sound and music are boring when people are ill.

C.More people will have health problems.

D.More pollution will be made at home.

Ⅰ.Difficult sentence in the text

When people have trees and other vegetation near their homes,they report a greater sense of well-being and more satisfaction with where they live.當(dāng)人們的家附近有樹(shù)木和其他植被時(shí)，他們會(huì)有一種更幸福的感覺(jué)，并對(duì)他們居住的地方更滿意。

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Ⅱ.Text-centered chunks

give access to準(zhǔn)許進(jìn)入

be added in被加入……

a series of一系列；許多

a sense of一種……的感覺(jué)

a base of……的基礎(chǔ)

make up for彌補(bǔ)

lack of缺少；缺乏