2022年12月18日 VOA慢速英语：乌克兰儿童从狗那里得到治疗帮助

 


Mental health experts in Ukraine are using therapy dogs to help children deal with the harmful effects of the country's war with Russia.
乌克兰的心理健康专家正在使用治疗犬帮助儿童应对该国与俄罗斯战争的有害影响。
 
The therapy is carried out at the Center for Social and Psychological Rehabilitation. It operates in the city of Boyarka, about 20 kilometers southwest of the capital, Kiev.
治疗在社会和心理康复中心进行。它在首都基辅西南约 20 公里的博亚尔卡市开展业务。
 
The government-run community center is currently helping people who have experienced traumatic experiences during the war. Russia launched an invasion of Ukraine in February.
政府经营的社区中心目前正在帮助那些在战争期间经历过创伤经历的人。俄罗斯在 2 月发动了对乌克兰的入侵。
 
In the past, psychologists at the center have used horses to carry out therapy with individuals. Dog therapy was recently added to the offerings.
过去，该中心的心理学家曾用马对个体进行治疗。狗疗法最近被添加到产品中。
 
A reporter from The Associated Press recently met with a group of children who received dog therapy at the center. The dog who took part was an 8-year-old American pit bull terrier named Bice.
美联社记者近日在该中心采访了一群接受犬类治疗的儿童。参加比赛的狗是一只名叫 Bice 的 8 岁美国斗牛犬。
 
Bice was kept outside a room where about 12 children were seated around a table. The children listened to psychologist Oksana Sliepova. "Who has a dog?" she asked the group. The space quickly filled with shouts of "Me, me, me!"
Bice 被关在一个房间外面，大约 12 个孩子围坐在一张桌子旁。孩子们听了心理学家奥克萨娜·斯利波娃 (Oksana Sliepova) 的讲话。“谁有狗？” 她问小组。空间里很快就充满了“我我我！”的叫喊声。
One young man said his dog was named Stitch. Another child announced he had a total of five dogs. But he said he could not remember all their names. This drew laughter from the group.
一位年轻人说他的狗名叫斯蒂奇。另一个孩子宣布他总共有五只狗。但他说他记不住他们所有的名字。这引来了群里的笑声。
 
As the children waited to meet Bice, the setting looked very similar to a school classroom. But members of this group have personal war stories to tell.
当孩子们等待与 Bice 会面时，场景看起来与学校教室非常相似。但是这个群体的成员有个人的战争故事要讲。
Some witnessed Russian soldiers invading their hometowns and beating family members. Others are the sons, daughters, brothers or sisters of soldiers who are on the front lines or who were killed during the war.
一些人目睹了俄罗斯士兵入侵他们的家乡并殴打家人。其他人是在前线或在战争中阵亡的士兵的儿子、女儿、兄弟或姐妹。
 
When the time finally came for the youngsters to meet Bice, they could not contain their excitement. The children smiled and their faces lit up when the door opened and the dog ran into the room.
当孩子们终于见到 Bice 的时候，他们无法抑制自己的兴奋。当门打开，狗跑进房间时，孩子们笑了，脸上也放光了。
 
Darina Kokozei is Bice's owner and trainer. She asked the children to come over one by one to say hello. Bice performed several tricks on command. The group then formed a group hug with the therapy animal. For more than 30 minutes, Bice let everybody touch and hug him, without ever barking.
Darina Kokozei 是 Bice 的主人和教练。她让孩子们一一过来打招呼。Bice 在命令下执行了几个技巧。然后，该小组与治疗动物形成了一个集体拥抱。在 30 多分钟的时间里，Bice 让每个人都抚摸和拥抱他，从不吠叫。
 
It was the first time Sliepova had worked with a dog as part of her therapy work. She said she had researched the method and learned that working with dog "rehabilitators" can help children reduce anxiety and deal with traumatic experiences.
作为她治疗工作的一部分，这是斯利波娃第一次与狗一起工作。她说她研究过这种方法，了解到与狗“康复师”一起工作可以帮助孩子减少焦虑和处理创伤经历。
 
Sliepova observed how some children were afraid of loud noises, such as a window closing or the sound of an airplane. After hearing noises, some members of the group dropped to the floor or started asking whether a bomb shelter was close by.
Sliepova 观察到一些孩子是如何害怕大声的声音，例如窗户关闭或飞机的声音。听到声音后，该小组的一些成员跌倒在地或开始询问附近是否有防空洞。
 
Among the children were a brother and sister from Kupyansk, a city in the eastern area of Kharkiv. Sliepova said the children had witnessed Russian soldiers breaking into their home. The troops, armed with machine guns, took hold of their grandfather, then put a bag on his head and beat him.
这些孩子中有来自哈尔科夫东部地区城市库皮扬斯克的一对兄妹。斯利波娃说，孩子们目睹了俄罗斯士兵闯入他们的家。士兵们拿着机枪，抓住他们的祖父，然后用一个袋子套在他的头上并殴打他。
 
"Each child is psychologically traumatized in different ways," Sliepova said.
“每个孩子都以不同的方式受到心理创伤，”斯利波娃说。
 
When Bices's owner was asked to identify the best message the dog can give the children, she answered: "Freedom." She added, "Freedom from problems, and happiness."
当 Bices 的主人被问及这条狗能给孩子们的最好信息时，她回答说：“自由。” 她补充说，“没有问题，幸福。”