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This podcast is one minute long. If you listen while going for a walk in a park or working in a garden, you’re 20 percent of the way to giving your mental health a good boost.
別看本播客只有一分鐘，你要是選擇在公園散步或是在花園耕作時聽，效果可就不一樣了，它會讓你的心情變好20%。
Because exercising in natural areas is not only good for your physical health—it it can improve your mood and sense of well-being in as little as five minutes. So says research in the journal Environmental Health and Technology.
因為《環境健康工程》雜志中的一篇研究告訴我們，人在自然環境中做運動不僅對身體有好處，也會令人心情舒暢，幸福感增強，并且達到這種效果只用了五分鐘。
Exercise alone is known to make you happier. So is being in a natural setting. So scientists at the University of Essex wanted to see the effect of combining the two. They evaluated 10 different UK studies involving more than 1200 people.
大家都知道運動有益身心，置身于自然也有同樣效果。所以埃塞克斯大學的科學家們想知道將兩者有益結合會產生什么反響， 他們進行了十項不同的研究并對其進行評估，研究對象超過了1200人。
Participants had taken part in activities such as gardening, sailing, and country walks, and rated their mood and self-esteem.
這些人參與了諸如園藝，帆船運動以及鄉村散步等活動，之后對自己的心情和自尊感進行了評定。
The research showed that both areas get a significant boost with as little as five minutes of outdoor exercise. And people with mental disorders benefitted the most. The study authors say this is the first study to quantify the amount of time needed to get a positive effect. So download a few podcasts, and head out for a walk in the park.
研究結果表明，只需五分鐘的戶外運動，身體上和心理上的健康都會得到顯著的提高。獲益最多的就是那些神經錯亂的人。研究者說，這是首次對獲得有益效果所需時間進行測定的研究。所以，多下載幾個科學美國人播客去公園散步吧。
