新奇事件簿 加拿大医生用艺术治疗病人

The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts in Canada has teamed up with a group of doctors to help sick people. The doctors will prescribe visits to Montreal's art galleries, instead of giving them medicine. The museum is currently taking part in 10 trials on patients to find out what effect art has on health. The patients include people with breast cancer, eating disorders¹, epilepsy and mental health problems. Thomas Bastien, director of education and wellness at the museum, believes that art heals. He said: "We saw that the museum was good for people, so we decided² to start this program with the doctors. If you're suffering from breast cancer, you could come to the museum and you might feel better."

加拿大蒙特利尔美术馆和一团队医生合作帮助病人。医生们不给病人开处方药，而是让他们去参观蒙特利尔的艺术馆。目前博物馆参与了10项针对病人的试验，以发现艺术对健康的影响。参与的病人包括乳腺癌患者、进食障碍症患者、癫痫症患者以及精神疾病患者。博物馆教育与健康部门主管托马斯·巴斯琴认为艺术可以治愈疾病。他说：“我们看到博物馆对人们有益处，因此我们决定和医生们合作开始这个项目。如果你患有乳腺癌，你可以来博物馆看看，或许会觉得好一些。”

A doctor who has a lot of experience in helping³ to heal people with art spoke⁴ about the benefits of art therapy. Dr Hélène Boyer said: "There's more and more scientific proof that art therapy is good for your physical health." She said looking at art increases hormones⁵ released in our bodies. These hormones are responsible for our well-being⁶. Dr Boyer said visiting art galleries released the same kinds of hormones that are released when we exercise. Nathalie Bondil, the museum's director-general, said physical activity and art gave similar health benefits. She said: "I am convinced that in the 21st century, art will be what physical activity was for health in the 20th century."

一名在运用艺术帮助治愈病人方面经验丰富的医生谈论到了艺术疗法的好处。海琳·波伊尔医生说道：“有越来越多的科学证据表明艺术疗法对身体健康有好处。”她说欣赏艺术品可以增加我们体内荷尔蒙的释放量。这些荷尔蒙负责我们身体的健康。波伊尔医生说参观艺术馆时所释放的荷尔蒙类型和运动时释放的荷尔蒙类型是一样的。博物馆馆长表示体育运动和艺术有着类似的健康益处。她说：“我相信在21世纪，艺术将和20世纪时为健康而进行的体育运动一样。”

1 disorders   

n.混乱( disorder的名词复数 )；凌乱；骚乱；（身心、机能）失调

参考例句：

• Reports of anorexia and other eating disorders are on the increase. 据报告，厌食症和其他饮食方面的功能紊乱发生率正在不断增长。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The announcement led to violent civil disorders. 这项宣布引起剧烈的骚乱。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

3 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

4 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

5 hormones   

n. 荷尔蒙，激素 名词hormone的复数形式

参考例句：

• This hormone interacts closely with other hormones in the body. 这种荷尔蒙与体內其他荷尔蒙紧密地相互作用。
• The adrenals produce a large per cent of a man's sex hormones. 肾上腺分泌人体的大部分性激素。

6 well-being   

n.安康，安乐，幸福

参考例句：

• He always has the well-being of the masses at heart.他总是把群众的疾苦挂在心上。
• My concern for their well-being was misunderstood as interference.我关心他们的幸福，却被误解为多管闲事。