(单词翻译:单击)
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Baking Is Good for Mental Health
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle report.
The world is experiencing a major health crisis.
As the new coronavirus spreads, many countries are limiting their citizens' activities. Travel has been restricted. Many schools are closed. In major cities around the world, restaurants and other businesses are shut down.
Public emergencies bring out a certain type of person – the panic shopper. Some people fear not being able to find basic needs for survival. So, they buy everything off supermarket shelves in preparation for the days to come.
Bread is often among the first products to disappear in emergency situations.
So, if you have never made bread, now may be good time to learn. Bread making is a survival skill. With very few simple things — such as flour, salt and yeast — you can bake a fresh loaf of bread for your family, neighbors or coworkers.
Baking is not just a useful survival skill. It can make you feel better at stressful times. In fact, baking and cooking have been used to treat people with mental health issues.
Julie Ohana is a social worker. She offers what she calls culinary therapy to her patients in New York City.
"I say 'therapy' because to me cooking is so therapeutic. And 'therapeutic' really means something that makes you feel good, something that is helpful and beneficial to the person doing it ..."
Julie Ohana uses culinary therapy to help people overcome many kinds of issues. She explains that culinary therapy works on many levels.
Baking requires mindfulness.
"So when you're in the kitchen – whether you're cooking or you're baking – it really requires a certain level of mindfulness, of being present in the moment. Specifically, when you're baking. And baking really requires step-by-step, following a recipe, being more precise. Kneading the dough or rolling something out, you really get the full benefit of being present in the moment and being able to relax and put aside all the other thoughts and just focus on the here-and-now. And there really are very strong benefits of being able to do that, to be able to relax, to decompress, destress, and really increase one's level of life satisfaction."
Baking is a labor of love.
Ohana also says baking is a process filled with love. It not only makes you feel good, it produces something tangible — something you can touch and eat! Ohana calls baking a labor of love.
"And when you bake, you go through this whole process and it really is a labor of love ... and you end up with this finished product that — not only is it tangible — but it's edible and it's delicious."
Baking is emotional.
Often our food experiences are tied to family memories and stories. We remember meals our grandmothers made. We teach our children important recipes for family favorites.
Ohana says something that all bakers know — giving delicious, baked goods makes the giver feel as good as the receiver. So, she calls baking a win-win.
"To be able to pass that on to someone else certainly can make the day for the person receiving it. But It's also just as powerful for the person who's giving the baked goods. It's a win-win. It's not just something purely that you do for the other person. The baker, the cook really gets to benefit from the act as well."
And that's the Health & Lifestyle report. I'm Anna Matteo.
重点解析
重点讲解：
1. shut down (使)(工厂、公司等)关闭,歇业，停业；
Smaller contractors had been forced to shut down.
规模较小的承包商已被迫歇业。
2. in preparation for 准备；预备；筹备；
Rub the surface of the wood in preparation for the varnish.
打磨木头的表面，为刷清漆做准备。
3. be beneficial to 有益的；有利的；有帮助的；
A good diet is beneficial to health.
良好的饮食有益于健康。
4. put aside 忘记；不考虑；搁置；
We should put aside our differences and discuss the things we have in common.
我们应当抛开分歧，讨论一下我们的共同点。
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烘焙有益于心理健康
这里是VOA慢速英语健康生活报道。
世界正在经历一场重大的健康危机。
随着新冠病毒的传播，许多国家正在限制本国公民的活动。旅行受限。多所学校停课。在世界各大城市，餐厅和其他商店也已经停业。
突发公共事件诱发出了一种人——恐慌购物者。有些人担心无法找到基本的生存需求。因此，他们会把超市货架上的所有东西都买下来，为之后的日子做准备。
面包通常是在紧急情况下最先卖光的产品。
因此，如果你从未做过面包，现在也许是学习的好时机。面包制作是一种生存技能。只需要一些简单的东西，比如面粉、盐和酵母，你就可以为家人、邻居或同事烘焙出新鲜的面包。
烘焙不仅是一项有用的生存技能。它还能令你在紧张时刻感觉好受些。事实上，烘焙和烹饪一直被用来治疗有心理健康问题的人。
朱莉·奥哈纳是一名社会工作者。她为她在纽约市的患者提供了她称之为的烹饪疗法。
“我之所以说‘疗法’是因为对我来说，烹饪极具治疗作用。‘治疗’真的是会令你感觉良好的东西，是对这样做的人有帮助和益处的东西……”
朱莉·奥哈纳用烹饪疗法帮助人们克服多种问题。她解释说，烹饪疗法在许多层面都起作用。
烘焙需要专注。
“当你在厨房时——无论你是在烹饪还是在烘焙——那一刻都需要一定程度的专注。尤其是烘焙时。烘焙确实需要循序渐进，遵照食谱，更加精确。揉面团或是擀面，你可以充分享受当下，能够放松，抛开所有其他想法，只关注当下。而能够做到这一点，能够放松、减压、缓解压力、真正提高生活满意度，确实有很大的好处。”
烘焙是爱的劳动。
奥哈纳还表示，烘焙是充满爱的过程。它不仅能令你感觉良好，还能产生一些有形的东西——即你能触摸和吃到的东西！奥哈纳称烘焙是爱的劳动。
“当你烘焙时，你经历了整个过程，这真的是一种爱的劳动……你最终得到的成品不仅是有形的，而且是可食用的美味。”
烘焙是感性的。
我们的饮食经历常常与家庭记忆和故事联系在一起。我们记得祖母做的饭菜。我们教孩子家人最爱的重要食谱。
奥哈纳说，所有面包师都知道，送出美味的烘焙食品会让给予者和接受者的感觉一样好。因此，她称烘焙是种双赢。
“能把这送给其他人肯定会令接受者感到高兴。而对送出烘焙食品的人来说，这同样具有强大的作用。这是一种双赢。这不仅仅是你在为别人做事情。面包师和厨师也会从中获益。”
以上是健康生活报道。我是安娜·马迪奥。
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