学英语，英国B-B-C的经验是，“为什么不用学母语的方式学英语呢？”大家学母语都是先学说后认字的吧？听说应该先于阅读才对。
B-B-C的慢速英语收集整理了很多生活话题，它从身边事物入手，引导大家循序渐进学习，侧重于听力练习，让你不知不觉学会英语。
忙碌的现代生活有时会伴随各种压力，因此人们常常寻找放松、解压的方式。本期“随身英语”节目聊一聊鸟叫等自然中的声音给心理健康带来的积极影响。
点击下方听音频。
BBC英语-聆听大自然中令人放松的声音.mp3（没法传音频，需要私）
先听一遍，肯定有生词，不要紧，看看下面的单词表。
unwind放松tempo（音乐的）速度，节奏chirrup（鸟）唧唧叫whistle（鸟）鸣叫birdsong鸟鸣声wellbeing健康birdlife鸟类chirp（鸟）啁啾，唧唧叫warble（鸟）啭鸣therapeutic使人放松的，有疗效的woodland树林，林地crunch发出嘎吱嘎吱的声音trickle涓涓细流chillout使（人）放松wavelapping波浪拍打shore（海、湖、河）岸breeze微风rainfall下雨rural乡村的soundscape声景trill（鸟）啼啭。
学习了生词，回过头再听几遍，争取每句话都听懂，没听出来的对照下面的英文原稿。
Inafast-pacedworld,wherestressandmentalfatigueseemcommonplace,we'reconstantlylookingfornewwaystounwind.Somepeopletakeahotbath,watchafilm,goforarun,orlistentoslowertempomusictohelpthemrelax.ButwhataboutthechirrupsandwhistlesofbirdsongorothernaturesoundsCouldtheyalsohelppeopletoletgoofthetensionsofmodernlife
AccordingtoastudybyKing'sCollegeLondonin2022,seeingorhearingbirdscouldhelptoboostthementalwellbeingofpeople.Takingatriptoaplacerichinbirdlifelikeparks,forestsandcanalsandencounteringbirdschirpingandwarblingtoeachotherinthetreescouldevenhelptotreatsomementalhealthconditions.Andit'snotjustbirdsthatcouldhaveatherapeuticeffectonourmoods.AnotherstudycommissionedbytheNationalTrustcomparedtheeffectsofwoodlandsoundswithvoicedmeditationapps.Thestudyfoundlisteningtobirdsongaswellasotherwoodlandsoundslikeleavescrunchingunderfootorthegentletrickleofastreamboostedfeelingsofrelaxation30%morethananapp.Othersoundswhichmayhelptochillpeopleoutarewaveslappingontheshore,gentlebreezes,andlightrainfall.
However,notallofusliveinruralsurroundings,anddependingonwherewelive,atriptothecountrysidetoseebirdsmaynotbeanoption.ButcouldthenaturesoundsthatoriginatetherestillhelpyouAccordingtoresearchbyCaliforniaPolytechnicStateUniversity,evenarecordingofthesoundsofbirdshadaprofoundeffectonpeople'smood,whileotherstudiessawpeoplelisteningtosoundscapesofthecoastandforestswithsimilaroutcomestotheirwellbeing.
So,whereveryoulive,youcanaccessthewonderfulsoundsofbirdsandnature,beitduringastrollthroughawoodorviasomeheadphones.Andmaybelisteningtothechirps,trills,warblesandwhistlesofsomebirdscouldhelpyoutorelaxafteralong,hardday.