? ? Bully a plant, a live experiment with two IKEAplants and with thousands of children, to help to raise awareness aroundAnti-Bullying Day on 4th May in theMiddle East.

? ? 中東的五月四日是反霸凌日，為了提升人們的反霸凌意識，宜家用兩株植物讓數(shù)千名孩子一起做了一個現(xiàn)場實驗：霸凌一株植物。

? ? The live experiment involved IKEA taking two ofits very own plants and installing them at the school, where one plant was fedcompliments and words of encouragement, while the other was verbally bulliedwith hateful words.

? ? 在這個實驗中，宜家把他們家的兩株植物放置在學(xué)校里，其中一株植物會被贊美的話語來喂養(yǎng)，而另一株則會被仇恨的話語所口頭霸凌。

? ? The students were encouraged to record theirown voices to share their love with the first plant and give words of criticismto the second.

? ? 學(xué)生們被鼓勵著錄下他們與第一株植物分享愛的聲音以及對第二株植物的批評的話語。

? ? After 30 days – while the complimented plantcontinued to thrive, the bullied plant was visibly struggling, and looking dullwith droopy brown leaves.

? ? 三十天后，被贊美的植物繼續(xù)茁壯生長，而被霸凌的植物明顯在掙扎，有著棕色的葉子并且看起來了無生氣。

? ? Both plants were treated strictly the same:with the same amount water. Exposed with of sunlight, water and fertiliser. Theonly difference being, we said words of criticism to one plant, and words ofencouragement to the other, for a span of 30 days. By the end of theexperiment, the impressive results spoke for themselves.

? ? 兩株植物都是同樣被對待的：都被澆了同量度的水。被陽光照射，有水也有肥料。唯一的不同就是在三十天內(nèi)，對期中一株植物說了批評的話語而對另一株說了鼓勵的話。在試驗的最后，令人印象深刻的結(jié)果解釋了一切。

? ? 連植物都尚且如此，更何況是人... 所以，無論是現(xiàn)實生活中還是在虛擬的網(wǎng)絡(luò)中，我們都不要成為一個站在制高點去霸凌別人的人，因為受欺負(fù)人的心中，可不止是枯萎的葉子這么簡單...