我们终于知晓了树的秘密
<p>“<span word="I">I</span> <span word="am">am</span> <span word="vertical">vertical</span>/<span word="But">But</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="rather">rather</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="horizontal">horizontal</span>,” <span word="wrote">wrote</span> <span word="Sylvia">Sylvia</span> <span word="Plath">Plath</span>, <span word="meditating">meditating</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="consequences">consequences</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="treelike">treelike</span> <span word="existence">existence</span>. <span word="A">A</span> <span word="team">team</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="researchers">researchers</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Vienna">Vienna</span> <span word="University">University</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Technology">Technology</span> <span word="recently">recently</span> <span word="announced">announced</span> <span word="another">another</span> <span word="perspective">perspective</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="arboreal">arboreal</span> <span word="repose">repose</span>. <span word="Using">Using</span> <span word="sophisticated">sophisticated</span> <span word="laser">laser</span> <span word="scanners">scanners</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="created">created</span> <span word="images">images</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="trees">trees</span> <span word="during">during</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="night">night</span>, <span word="when">when</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="metabolic">metabolic</span> <span word="processes">processes</span> <span word="slow">slow</span> <span word="down">down</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="found">found</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="branches">branches</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="perceptibly">perceptibly</span> <span word="drooped">drooped</span>. <span word="They">They</span> <span word="had">had</span> “<span word="gone">gone</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="sleep">sleep</span>”, <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="team">team</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="words">words</span>.</p><p>“<span word="I">I</span> <span word="am">am</span> <span word="vertical">vertical</span>/<span word="But">But</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="rather">rather</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="horizontal">horizontal</span>（我是直立的/但我宁愿自己是水平的），”思考了像树一样的生存状态是什么样子之后，西尔维娅•普拉思(<span word="Sylvia">Sylvia</span> <span word="Plath">Plath</span>)这样写道。维也纳科技大学(<span word="Vienna">Vienna</span> <span word="University">University</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Technology">Technology</span>)的一个研究小组最近宣布了一种看待树木的睡眠的新角度。他们通过精密的激光扫描仪，对夜晚的树木成像，发现夜间新陈代谢过程放慢时，这些树木的的枝条明显下垂。用这个小组的话来说，这些树“睡着了”。</p><p><span word="It">It</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="hardly">hardly</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="revelation">revelation</span>: <span word="if">if</span> <span word="your">your</span> <span word="fluid">fluid</span> <span word="pressure">pressure</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="reduced">reduced</span>, <span word="you">you</span> <span word="sag">sag</span>. <span word="What">What</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="interesting">interesting</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="researchers">researchers</span>’ <span word="language">language</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="resorting">resorting</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ancient">ancient</span> <span word="metaphor">metaphor</span> <span word="of">of</span> “<span word="sleep">sleep</span>”. <span word="Finding">Finding</span> <span word="analogies">analogies</span> <span word="between">between</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="physical">physical</span> <span word="forms">forms</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="processes">processes</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="trees">trees</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="own">own</span> <span word="vertical">vertical</span> <span word="life">life</span> <span word="seems">seems</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="compulsive">compulsive</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="habit">habit</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="goes">goes</span> <span word="back">back</span> <span word="through">through</span> <span word="Plath">Plath</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Romantic">Romantic</span> <span word="poets">poets</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="beyond">beyond</span>. <span word="We">We</span> <span word="anthropomorphise">anthropomorphise</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="directly">directly</span> <span word="corporeal">corporeal</span> <span word="way">way</span>. <span word="We">We</span> <span word="talk">talk</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="limbs">limbs</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="crowns">crowns</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="trunks">trunks</span>. <span word="When">When</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="tree">tree</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="felled">felled</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="see">see</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="body">body</span>, <span word="severed">severed</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="earthly">earthly</span> <span word="roots">roots</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="killed">killed</span>. <span word="Our">Our</span> <span word="empathy">empathy</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="understandable">understandable</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="helps">helps</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span> <span word="seem">seem</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="joined">joined</span>-<span word="up">up</span> <span word="place">place</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="does">does</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="huge">huge</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="damaging">damaging</span> <span word="injustice">injustice</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="tree">tree</span> <span word="world">world</span>.</p>
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