Get the benefits from virtual nature 从虚拟自然中获益

甘肃 胡 玺

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（档案）—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.当人们的家附近有树木和其他植被时，他们会有一种更幸福的感觉，并对他们居住的地方更满意。

【点石成金】本句是一个主从复合句，句中When引导时间状语从句；where引导宾语从句，作介词with的宾语。

Ⅱ.Text-centered chunks

give access to准许进入

be added in被加入……

a series of一系列；许多

a sense of一种……的感觉

a base of……的基础

make up for弥补

lack of缺少；缺乏