2025考研英语：《经济学人》中英读译Day77

英语阅读能力依靠什么？必然是词汇的积累，但，仅仅是词汇的积累是不够了，更应该了解英语句式，不同句型所表达意义。如何培养自己的阅读语感呢？那么就跟着聚创考研网小编每天学一点英语，一起为考研筑起坚实的地基。阅读是需要积累的，就像我们需要经常和人沟通才会促进我们的表达能力一样~小伙伴跟着小编一起，每天坚持打卡，培养英语阅读能力及语感，了解文章一些经典词汇的用法。

经济学人：夏季如何迅速降温？(4)

Ok, that makes sense. What about running my hands or forehead under a cold tap?That’s your postrun remedy today, right?Heller says that’s smart. The water is cool but not freezing, and you’re getting it onto the AVAs in your palms and your face.What about air conditioning? Does that help at all?AC is good. It’s not the fastest cool down, but it definitely helps.You can also drink cold water. That will bring your core temperature down pretty quickly. Be careful not to guzzle a huge amount, though.Too much water dilutes the fluids that carry signals amongst your cells, and that can lead to heart trouble and seizures, among other things.Yeah, we talked about that on the last Your Health, Quickly episode.
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好，这说得通。那么，在冷水龙头下冲手或额头怎么样?这就是你跑步后的补救方法，对吗?海勒说这很聪明。水很凉，但不冰。手掌和脸上的动静脉吻合血管(AVAs)处都沾上了水。开空调怎么样? 这有用吗?空调也不错。这不是最快的降温方式，但绝对有用。你也可以喝冷水。这会让你的核心温度快速下降。不过，要注意不能猛喝。水过量会稀释细胞中携带信号的液体，这会导致心脏病和癫痫等疾病。是的，我们在上一期“健康快播”节目中谈到了这个问题。

 

What about a towel soaked in cold water, draped over my neck?That’s actually a terrible idea, according to our body heat expert.Wait, really?

The reason is the brain has a thermostat that it uses to trigger the body’s natural cooling mechanisms, like sweating or passing blood through those AVAs.That brain region is located near the back of the neck.It uses neck skin temperature, and blood temps in major vessels there, to measure how hot you are.So your cold towel is going to fool the brain’s thermostat into thinking that your body has cooled down.It’s going to shut down all your other natural cooling methods.And you’ll stay uncomfortably and sometimes dangerously hot.
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在脖子上披一条浸过冷水的毛巾怎么样?根据体温专家的说法，这实际上是一个糟糕的想法。等等, 真的吗?原因是大脑有一个用来触发身体自然冷却机制的恒温器，比方说，当出汗或血液流经这些动静脉吻合血管时就会触发。那个大脑区域位于脖后方。它用颈部皮肤温度与主要血管的血液温度来测量体温是否过热。冷毛巾会欺骗大脑的恒温器，让它认为你的身体已经降温了。使用冷毛巾会关闭所有的自然冷却方法。你会感到不舒服，有时还会热得要命。

Wow, good to know! I guess I will stick with splashing cool water on my face and hands.That is the mammal-approved heat fix. And it should certainly help you chill out.Your Health, Quickly is produced by Tulika Bose, Jeff DelViscio and Kelso Harper.It’s edited by Elah Feder and Alexa Lim. Our music is composed by Dominic Smith.Our show is a part of Scientific American’s podcast, Science, Quickly.You can subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.

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哇，幸好知道了! 我想我会继续往脸上和手上泼凉水。这是哺乳动物认可的降温法。这肯定会帮助你把体温降下来。“健康快播”由图里卡·博斯、杰夫·德尔维西奥和凯尔索·哈珀制作。本节目由以拉·菲德尔和亚历克莎·林编辑，由多米尼克·史密斯编曲。我们的节目是《科学美国人》播客“科学快播”的一部分。无论你从哪里收听播客，都可以订阅我们的节目。