Why are we hot or cold? 愈胖愈耐寒？
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- 最后更新于 2024年5月25日
- 发布于 2011年5月25日
- 作者：Mike Lee
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Susan had just arrived at her boyfriend Dennis’s house: 苏珊刚到她男朋友丹尼斯家：
D: Welcome to my humble abode! Here, let me take your coat.
欢迎光临寒舍，要不要把外套脱下来？
S: I’d rather keep it on. I’m freezing!
我还是宁愿穿着它，我冷死了。
D: I’d be cold too if I didn’t have this beer belly to keep me warm.
若不是我的啤酒肚帮我保暖，我也会觉得很冷。
S: I hate to admit that your oversized gut could have any advantage, but you’re right: a higher body fat percentage does help you retain heat.
我极不愿意承认你那大肚子也有好处，不过你是对的，脂肪多确实有助于保暖。
D: I knew there was a reason I’d been cultivating this corpulent silhouette!
我就知道确有理由，我一向很照顾我的美好胖子形象。
S: Not so fast. The greater the area of your skin, the more heat you’ll lose.
别急，其实你皮肤面积愈大，丧失的体温愈多。
D: Sounds like a catch-22. My body fat is a natural insulator, but because I need so much skin to cover it, I’ll lose heat regardless?
听起来很矛盾，我的体脂是天生绝缘体，但因为我需要这大面积的皮肤来覆盖脂
肪，所以我就得丧失体温。
S: Pretty much, which is why women are usually colder than men; even at the same body weight, a woman’s surface-to-mass ratio is greater.
没错，所以女性通常体温比男性低。即使男女体重相同，女体的表面积与重量之比仍较大。
D: Those sexy curves may make you cold, but they sure set my blood boiling!
身体的玲珑曲线虽使人的体温较低，但却让我血脉贲张。
S: Better watch it then. Your blood regulates your body temperature too, you know.
那你可得小心，要知道血液也是协助调节体温的。
D: That I do know! When I’m hot, my blood moves close to my skin so the heat can escape.
那我当然知道！我体温高时，血液就流向皮肤去散热。
S: Like now? Your face is awfully red. Things must be warming up in here!
就像现在？你的脸红通通的，这儿一定是愈来愈热了！
－by Francoise Raunet
Vocabulary
单词发音
abode [əˋbod] n.【书】住所，住处[C][S1]
cultivate [ˋkʌltə͵vet] v. 培养；陶冶; 养成
corpulent [ˋkɔrpjələnt] adj.【正式】肥胖的; 臃肿的
silhouette [͵sɪlʊˋɛt] n. 侧面影像﹐黑色轮廓像﹐剪影
catch-22【俚】进退维谷; 互相抵触之规律或条件所造成的无法脱身的困窘
insulator [ˋɪnsə͵letɚ] n.〔尤指不导电的〕绝缘体; 隔音材料
ratio [ˋreʃo] n. 比；比率；【数】比例
Sentence of the Day
Who knows what might happen in the heat of the moment?
谁晓得情急之下会发生甚么事？
in the heat of the moment 在(一时)盛怒(或激动、心烦意乱)中