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Monty Don agrees.
蒙蒂·唐对此表示同意。
He believes in the healing power of nature.
他相信大自然的治愈能力。
Monty Don is a famous gardener in the UK.
蒙蒂·唐是英国一位著名的园丁。
He grows his own food and cares for animals.
他自己种植食物，照顾动物。
He suffers from depression but finds that working outside helps his depression.
他患有抑郁症，他发现在外工作有助于缓解他的抑郁症。
He believes that nature can help free people from many things, including drug addiction.
他认为，大自然可以帮助人们从许多事情中解脱出来，包括吸毒成瘾。
He says “I have complete faith in the healing power of the land...
他说：“我完全相信土地的治愈能力……
You cannot cheat nature.
你欺骗不了大自然。
You cannot lie to a pig that needs feeding or a plant that needs to grow.
你无法对一头需要喂食的猪或一株需要生长的植物撒谎。
And if you produce good food with love and hard work and share it with other people...the tradition of that gives self worth.”
如果你用爱和努力创造出美味的食物，并与其他人分享……这一传统能够赋予你自我价值。”
About 27 drug users have stayed on Monty Don’s farm.
蒙蒂·唐的农场里有大约27名吸毒者。
Only a few of them have returned to drugs.
他们中只有几个人复吸。
The others found that hard work and the beauty of nature helped them end their drug addictions.
其他人发现，努力工作和大自然的美丽帮助他们戒掉了毒瘾。
Social scientists are finding more and more evidence that trees are important.
社会科学家发现越来越多的证据表明树木很重要。
Frances Kuo admitted “Before we started our research, I would have said trees are nice.
弗朗西丝·郭承认：“在我们开始研究之前，我会说树也就一般好。
But, I think that through this research I now believe that trees are really an important part of a supportive, humane environment.
但是，我认为通过这项研究，我现在相信，树木确实是有益的人道环境的重要组成部分。
Without trees and green space, people are very different beings.”
如果没有树木和绿色环境，人类会变得截然不同。”
It is not completely clear why trees and green space are so good for people.
目前还不完全清楚为什么树木和绿色环境对人们有这么大的好处。
But maybe it is just because that is how God created them to be!
但也许就是因为，上帝就是为此而创造树木的！
In the Bible God said, “‘Let the land produce plants.
在圣经中，上帝说：“‘让土地长出植物来。
Let them bear their own seeds.
让他们结出自己的种子。
And let there be trees on the land that bear fruit with seeds in it.
地上要长出结果子的树来。
Let each kind of plant or tree have its own kind of seed.’
让每一种植物或树木都有自己的种子。’
And that is exactly what happened.
而这正是发生了的事情。
And God saw that it was good.”
上帝看到了，这样的结果很好。”
Christians believe that God gave everything he created to people as a gift.
基督徒相信，上帝把他所创造的一切都作为礼物送给了人们。
And we are learning more and more just how good that gift can be.
我们越来越多地了解到这份礼物可以有多好。
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