一、语篇泛读

词汇：interior design 室内设计

Our environments can affect the way we feel. This is not a new concept – after all, the traditional practice of feng shui has been with us for thousands of years. More recently, scientific research concluded that the design of healthcare environments could support patients in their recovery. Increasingly, however, it is our homes that are being seen as places we can improve our wellness.

A new approach to interior design suggests that many of us now care less about how our homes look and more about how they make us feel. How we feel can be influenced by a number of different things, including the furniture and objects within our homes and how these are arranged. For example, 'to create cosiness and the ability to connect with others, we want our furniture facing each other', says Lindsay T Graham, a personality and social psychologist. Smaller objects, too, have a lot of power, according to Monica Khemsurov, one of the founders of online design magazine Sight Unseen. Whether it's something an old friend made for us or a souvenir purchased while travelling, objects allow us to relive moments or feel closer to people we love at a glance. It makes sense, therefore, that taking a more intentional approach to where we place objects in our home, can affect our mood.

Other elements that help create a personal space that makes you feel good include the type of lighting, the use of colour and texture, as well as bringing nature into the home. Plants and 'natural materials, particularly unpainted wood, are really great for keeping our stress levels in check', says environmental psychologist Sally Augustin. And controlling stress levels can also be helped by making sure our work space and any clutter are hidden from sight when we want to feel calm, for example, during our night-time routine before going to bed.

However we choose to adjust our living spaces to improve wellness, the final tip from the experts is to not treat our homes as a museum. Instead, we should see them as idiosyncratic and constantly changing – just like us.

三、测试与练习

1.  阅读课文并回答问题。

1. True or False? A new approach to interior design focuses more on how homes look.

2. How can furniture help us connect with others?

3. How can objects in our home change our mood?

4. What can help us feel calm during our night-time routine?

5. True or False? Once we have created a feel-good home, we should never change it.

2.  选择意思恰当的单词或词组来完成下列句子。

1. Yoga is good for both mind and body. It promotes general _______.

 concept                    

healthcare environment        

recovery                

wellness

2. These flowers are beautiful! Did you _______ them?

interior design           

intentional approach             

texture                   

arrange                  

3. My mother walked into the room and could tell _______ that something was wrong.

approach                  

face each other                     

relive                      

at a glance

4. He used to have a temper but he has learned to _______ his anger _______.

face/each other        

connect/with others               

keep/in check         

hide/from sight

5. Sorry about the _______! I need to tidy up.

clutter                    souvenir                                 

mood                     texture

【参考答案】

1. 阅读课文并回答问题。 

1. True or False? A new approach to interior design focuses more on how homes look.
False. A new approach to interior design focuses more on how homes make us feel.

2. How can furniture help us connect with others?
If we arrange furniture to face each other, it creates cosiness and the ability to connect with others.

3. How can objects in our home change our mood?
Objects that have personal meaning allow us to relive moments or feel closer to people we love at a glance.

4. What can help us feel calm during our night-time routine?
Making sure our work space and any clutter are hidden from sight.

5. True or False? Once we have created a feel-good home, we should never change it.
False. We should see our homes as idiosyncratic and constantly changing – just like us.

2.  选择意思恰当的单词或词组来完成下列句子。

1. Yoga is good for both mind and body. It promotes general wellness.

2. These flowers are beautiful! Did you arrange them?

3. My mother walked into the room and could tell at a glance that something was wrong.

4. He used to have a temper but he has learned to keep his anger in check.

5. Sorry about the clutter! I need to tidy up. 

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