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坐在書(shū)桌前的你，是不是偶爾也會(huì)感到疲憊？不妨在你的書(shū)桌上放幾盆綠植，這樣既可以凈化空氣，又可以緩解學(xué)習(xí)帶來(lái)的疲憊感。綠意盎然的植物在幫助你舒緩心情的同時(shí)，還能幫你振奮精神、提高學(xué)習(xí)效率。

It is not a surprise that people in the modern times are havingmuch more stress than before. Luckily， a new study has found aneasy way to deal with the problem. Researchers have found thatgreen plants on the desk can go a long way towards reducingpeople’s stress.

More than 60 people from different jobs took part in the study.Half of them were asked to work as usual without any plants on thedesk while the other half were given a plant to put on their desks.Researchers then used a 1）standard test to 2）measure their stresslevels. More than 90 percent of the office workers showed lowerstress levels after taking a three-minute rest to look at their plants.

The study has found that it does not matter whether peoplewere directly looking at their plants or only having the plants neartheir computers. As long as people had a green plant in sight， theirstress levels changed. Moreover， this finding worked on everyone，no matter how old they were and what their jobs were.

“People used to go outdoors into nature to relax themselves，but now they have less time to do so，” one of the researchers said.“Luckily， our study has proved that a small green plant can helppeople reduce stress.”

1） standard adj. 標(biāo)準(zhǔn)的

2） measure v. 測(cè)量

現(xiàn)代人的壓力比以前大得多，這不足為奇。幸運(yùn)的是，一項(xiàng)新的研究發(fā)現(xiàn)了一種解決這個(gè)問(wèn)題的簡(jiǎn)單方法。研究人員發(fā)現(xiàn)，桌上的綠色植物可以減輕人們的壓力。

來(lái)自不同工作崗位的60 多人參加了這項(xiàng)研究。其中一半人被要求在桌上沒(méi)有任何植物的情況下照常工作，而另一半人則被要求在桌上放一盆植物。研究人員隨后使用標(biāo)準(zhǔn)測(cè)試來(lái)測(cè)量他們的壓力水平。超過(guò)90% 的上班族在休息3 分鐘并看植物后，壓力水平會(huì)降低。

這項(xiàng)研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，無(wú)論人們是直接看植物，還是只讓植物靠近電腦，都無(wú)關(guān)緊要。只要人們看到綠色植物，他們的壓力水平就會(huì)發(fā)生變化。此外，這一發(fā)現(xiàn)對(duì)每個(gè)人都有效，無(wú)論他們多大年紀(jì)，從事什么工作。

一位研究人員說(shuō)：“人們過(guò)去常到戶外去放松自己，但現(xiàn)在他們這樣做的時(shí)間更少了。幸運(yùn)的是，我們的研究證明，一盆小小的綠色植物就可以幫助人們減輕壓力?！?/p>