The Science of Fun 玩吧不是罪

Proof that grownups need playtime, too.

And finally from us , everyone likes to have fun, even serious journalist like our Bill Blakemore and for this week's Nature's Edge Notebook, Bill talks to a respected scientist who has discovered that playtime is critically important for all species.

Ok, look, it’s the middle of summer and I’m going on vocation tomorrow. And to be honest, I don't feel like doing any serious reporting today but like goofing off and getting playful like probably half the people here in the city, and since we always do Nature’s Edge stories outside, all I know is I want today’s story whatever it is, to be from that fun helium balloon, which is showed up here in Central Park for summer time amusement.

And it occured to me that rather than feeling guilty about wanting to be playful, that is the story, and I should call up a psychologist we just learned of, Doctor Stuart Brown who does a serious thinking in a tree house over in California, and who has just written a book about the vital importance of remaining playful at all ages, so let’s call him up.

Hello?

Hello, Doctor Brown?

That’s me .

Are you in your tree house?

I'm in my tree house.

Well, we are in the balloon high above Central Park. And I was feeling very guilty about wanting to be playful rather than do a serious news report. What’s wrong with me?

You get play deficit for one thing, just like sleep deficit so that’s why you’re eager to get on the road, and once you get on the road, you’d better do what you really want to do which just comes from within yourself and it’s voluntary. So you play. Playing is hard-wired genetically and it certainly fosters a lot of good things happening in the brain. Those said who don't play a lot, maybe very successful, but they are often compulsive , /they/ have a narrow repertoire responses to stress, are often dogged in their pursuit of a goal and if you look more closely, you have a small ring mild chronic depression .

We are designed to play a whole life time and if you don't, you’re in trouble, Bill, I mean that’s just common sense

Doctor Brown, thanks very much for talking to us. aha,Bye bye.

This is Bill Blakemore ABC News heading to a vocation from high above Central Park; oh look at that over there, what is that green stuff. Can we go over there?

参考中文翻译：

每个人都喜欢玩，即使是我们非常严肃的的记者Bill Blakemore也是这样。在这周的Nature's Edge Notebook栏目中，Bill和一个非常受人尊敬的科学家谈话。这位科学家发现，玩对所有的人都非常重要。

现在是仲夏日，我明天就要读度假。坦白的说，我并不觉得现在是在进行一个严肃的报道，反而像咋混日子，哄这半个城市的人们玩。由于我们一向在户外做Nature’s Edge 栏目，我希望今天的故事顺其自然，我们能从中央公园为夏日娱乐升起的氦气球找到乐趣。

对我来说，想要玩的心情压过来愧疚感。这就是问题所在。我应该给我们刚才提到的心理学家Stuart Brown打电话咨询一下。这位心理学家现在在加利福尼亚的一个小木屋里进行严肃的思考，他最近刚写了一本书来阐述玩对各个年龄段的人都重要性。现在我们来接通他。

你好。
你好，是Brown医生吗？
我就是。
你现在还在你的小木屋里吗？
是的。
我们在中央公园高高的气球上。我正在为想玩而不像做一个严肃的报道而感到愧疚。我这是怎么回事呢？

这说明你玩的不够，就像如果你睡眠不足你就会急切的在路上补回来，这样你才能更好的做你想做的事，因为这是自愿的。所以，你尽情的玩。玩是与生俱来的，它培养了我们大脑里发生的很多好的事情。那些玩得很少的人可能很成功，但是他们都是强迫性的，他们缓解压力的方法很少，一直都在顽固的追求他们的某一个目标。如果你更仔细的观察到话，你可能会有轻微的慢性抑郁症。

我们生来就是要玩一辈子的，如果你没有，你就麻烦了。Bill，我的意思是这是常识。

Doctor Brown，非常感谢你的意见。再见。

这是将要去度假的Bill Blakemore在中央公园上空报道ABC新闻。噢，看一下那边，那些绿色的是什么呢？我们可以到那里去吗？