Name: 木材打造更美好的世界？ ⏲️ 6分鐘英語 (Building a better world with wood? ⏲️ 6 Minute English)
Uploaded: 2026-02-11T07:31:12.000Z
Duration: 6 min 22 s

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Being in nature has benefits for our physical and mental health.

待在自然環境裡，對我們的身心健康都很有益處。

So wouldn't it be good if instead of giving you a bottle of pills, your doctor recommended spending time in nature?

所以，如果你的醫生不開藥給你，而是建議你多去大自然走走，這樣不是很好嗎？

Being outdoors always makes me feel better.

And in Japan there's even a word for it, shinrin yoku, translated into English as forest bathing.

在日本，甚至還有一個詞叫做 shinrin yoku，英文翻譯是 forest bathing。

Forest bathing is a type of relaxation that involves being calm and quiet amongst the trees and using all your senses to observe nature around you whilst breathing deeply.

森林浴是一種放鬆方式，就是在樹林間保持平靜、安靜，運用你的所有感官去觀察周遭的自然，同時深呼吸。

In this program, we'll be hearing how one of the world's oldest building materials, wood, is being used in new ways to build a greener future.

在這個節目中，我們會聽到世界上最古老的建材之一——木材，如何被用來建造一個更綠色的未來。

And as usual, we'll be learning some useful new vocabulary as well.

而且，我們一如往常，也會學到一些實用的新詞彙。

But first, I have a question for you, Neil.

不過，在我問你這個問題之前，Neil。

Britain used to be covered in trees in Roman times.

在羅馬時代，英國到處都是樹木。

It's estimated that as much as 40% of the land was forest.

據估計，高達 40% 的土地是森林。

Trees provided wood, the building material needed for many things, including buildings, furniture and ships.

樹木提供了木材，這是建造房屋、傢俱和船隻等許多東西所需的建材。

So how many trees do you think were needed to build the HMS Victory, Nelson's famous ship at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.

那麼，你認為在 1805 年特拉法加海戰中，尼爾森著名的勝利號需要多少棵樹才能建造起來？

Was it A, 4000 trees, B 5000 trees or C 6000 trees?

是 A，4000 棵樹，B 5000 棵樹，還是 C 6000 棵樹？

Well, I have no idea, but I'll guess it was 5,000 trees.

嗯，我完全不知道，但我猜是 5000 棵樹。

OK, Neil, I'll reveal the correct answer at the end of the programme.

好的，Neil，我會在節目最後公佈正確答案。

Throughout history, buildings in Britain have been made of timber trees that are grown so their wood can be used as a building material.

縱觀歷史，英國的建築都是用木材樹建造的，它們被種植以便木材能作為建材使用。

But in modern times, this has mostly been done by man made brick, concrete and steel.

但在現代，這大多是由人造磚、混凝土和鋼鐵來完成的。

One of those arguing for a return to wood is architect Michael Ramage, talking here to BBC Radio 4 programme Rare Earth.

提倡回歸使用木材的人之一是建築師 Michael Ramage，他在 BBC Radio 4 的 Rare Earth 節目中談到了這一點。

There is some compelling evidence to show that children in schools made of wood learn better.

有令人信服的證據表明，在木造學校裡的孩童學習成效更好。

They have greater concentration, lower stress, lower heartbeats.

他們的專注力更高，壓力更低，心跳也更慢。

And there's compelling evidence to show that patients in hospitals recover better in both rooms made of wood or other natural materials, and

而且有令人信服的證據顯示，在醫院裡的病患，無論是住在木造或其他天然建材的房間，或是

also in rooms that have views of nature out the window.

房間能看到窗外的自然景觀，都能恢復得更好。

Michael believes there is compelling evidence for the health benefits of wood.

Michael 相信，木材對健康的益處有令人信服的證據。

If something is compelling, it's so convincing that you believe it.

如果某件事是令人信服的，那就是它非常能說服你，讓你相信它。

As evidence, he gives examples that wooden schools help children learn.

作為證據，他舉例說明木造學校能幫助孩童學習。

But there's another compelling reason to build with wood.

但還有另一個令人信服的理由，那就是使用木材來建造。

The carbon which wood captures helps combat climate change.

木材捕捉的碳有助於對抗氣候變遷。

It's why many governments around the world want to replace the carbon intensive production of concrete and steel with bio based materials like wood.

這也是為什麼世界各國的政府都想用木材等生物基建材，來取代高碳排的混凝土和鋼鐵生產。

Here's architect Michael Ramage again describing the possibilities of wooden buildings to BBC Radio 4's Rare Earth.

建築師 Michael Ramage 再次向 BBC Radio 4 的 Rare Earth 節目，描述木造建築的可能性。

We look at the possibilities of building with wood and other materials we can grow bamboo, hemp, flax and how we can use them intelligently as replacements for steel and concrete in the world that we create around us.

我們探討了使用木材和其他可種植材料，像是竹子、大麻、亞麻的可能性，以及我們如何聰明地運用它們，來取代我們所創造的環境中的鋼鐵和混凝土。

And we've looked at skyscrapers, we've looked at housing, we've looked at schools, and

我們看過摩天大樓、住宅、學校，

there are a whole range of buildings that we can build if we use wood.

如果我們使用木材，有各式各樣的建築都能蓋。

Well, Michael builds with natural materials which can be sustainably grown, including bamboo and hemp, a family of plants which are used to make many products such as rope and cloth.

嗯，Michael 使用的是可持續生長的天然材料，包括竹子和大麻，這類植物可以製成繩索和布料等許多產品。

He thinks these natural bio based materials will work if they are used intelligently and in a clever, intelligent way.

他認為，如果這些天然生物基建材能被聰明且巧妙地運用，它們就會有效果。

A good example of this is plywood, the first new material in construction since the invention of reinforced concrete 100 years ago.

其中一個很好的例子就是合板，這是自從一百年前發明鋼筋混凝土以來，建築界出現的第一種新材料。

Tests prove that plywood, made from layers of pine which are laid crossways and then glued together, is as strong as steel.

測試證明，由層層松木交錯黏合而成的合板，強度堪比鋼鐵。

It's already been used to build skyscrapers, the very tall modern buildings you often see in cities.

它已經被用來建造摩天大樓，也就是你們常在城市裡看到的那些非常高的現代建築。

An 85 meter high skyscraper in Norway and an even Taller 1 at 87 meters, the world's tallest in Milwaukee, USA.

挪威有一棟 85 公尺高的摩天大樓，還有另一棟更高的 87 公尺，是美國密爾瓦基的世界第一高樓。

It seems that building with wood is good for the future as well as the past.

看來，使用木材建造對未來和過去都有益處。

You asked me how many trees were used as timber for Nelson's famous warship HMS Victory, and

你問我，納爾遜那艘著名的戰艦勝利號，用了多少樹木作為木材，

I guessed it was 5,000, which was close, but the wrong answer, I'm afraid.

我猜是 5000 棵，雖然很接近，但很抱歉，答案是錯的。

It was Even more around 6,000 trees, most of which were oak, with some timbers over half a metre thick.

差不多是 6000 棵，大部分是橡樹，有些木材厚度超過半公尺。

Okay, let's recap the vocabulary we've learnt in this program, starting with forest bathing, being in nature and immersing your senses in the experience for its physical and mental health benefits.

好的，我們來複習一下這集節目學到的詞彙，從森林浴開始，也就是身處大自然，沉浸在體驗中，來促進身心健康。

Timber is trees grown, so the wood can be used for building.

木材樹就是長成的樹，這樣木材就可以用來建造。

If an argument or evidence is compelling, it's strong, convincing and believable.

如果一個論點或證據很有說服力，那就是有力、令人信服且可信的。

The adverb intelligently means done in a way showing intelligence and skill.

副詞 intelligently 的意思是聰明且技巧性地完成。

Hemp is a family of plants, some of which are used to make rope and strong cloth.

大麻是一種植物家族，其中有些被用來製作繩索和堅韌的布料。

And finally, a skyscraper is a very tall modern building, usually in a city.

最後，摩天大樓是指非常高的現代建築，通常在城市裡。

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