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#英語思維#
How come women who have around 10% more body fat for men, are more sensitive for cold?【譯】為什么女性比男性多10%的體脂，對寒冷更敏感？【單詞】fat [fat][ft] n. 脂肪【單詞】sensitive ['sen-si-tiv]['senstv] adj. 靈敏的；敏感的
Well for one, a decent amount of the extra fat is located around the organs hey have and we don't, uterus, ovaries, fat acts as extra cushioning and protection.【譯】首先，相當數量的多餘脂肪分布在男性沒有的器官周圍，例如子宮和卵巢等，脂肪起到了額外的緩衝和保護作用。【單詞】decent ['dee-suhnt]['disnt] adj. 相當好的；體面的；適當的；正派的【單詞】extra ['ek-struh]['ekstr] adj. 額外的 n. 額外之物；adv. 特別【單詞】located 原型：locate ['loh-keyt, loh-'keyt][l'ket] vt. 找出；把 …… 設置在；使坐落於【單詞】organs 原型：organ ['awr-guhn]['ɡn] n. 器官【單詞】hey [hey][he] int. 嗨【單詞】uterus ['yoo-ter-uhs]['jutrs] n. 子宮【單詞】ovaries ['vri] n. 卵巢；[植]子房【單詞】cushioning 原型：cushion ['koosh-uhn]['kn] vt. 加墊褥；放在墊子上；保護；減緩；為 …… 裝墊子【單詞】protection [pruh-'tek-shuhn][pr'tekn] n. 保護；防衛
And second, male metabolisms are slightly different from female ones.【譯】第二，男性的新陳代謝與女性略有不同。【單詞】metabolisms [muh-'tab-uh-liz-uhm]['mtblzmz] 代謝機制【單詞】slightly [slahyt]['slatli] adv. 些微地；稍微；瘦小【單詞】female ['fee-meyl]['fimel] adj. 女性的；雌性的 n. 女性；雌性動物；[植]雌株
On average males have a higher metabolism which means we burn energy and heat up faster, and on top of that, there's evidence that testosterone (a mainly male hormone) actually Desensitizes nerves to the cold and makes you "feel" warmer, (remember that kid in highschool who would wear shorts even when it was close to freezing outside? there's a decent chance he wasn't crazy and that he was actually comfortable wearing that)【譯】一般來說，男性的新陳代謝更高，這意味著我們燃燒能量和熱量更快，除此之外，有證據表明睪酮（一種主要是男性具有的荷爾蒙）實際上會使神經對寒冷脫敏，讓你「感覺」更暖和，（還記得高中時的那個孩子，即使在外面快凍僵的時候也會穿短褲？他很有可能不是瘋了，而且他穿起來很舒服）【單詞】average ['av-er-ij, 'av-rij]['vrd] adj. 平均的；一般的；通常的【單詞】metabolism [muh-'tab-uh-liz-uhm][m'tblzm] n. 新陳代謝【單詞】burn [burn][bn] v. 燃燒；燒著【單詞】heat [heet][hit] n. 熱度；熱；熱烈；激烈【單詞】testosterone [tes-'tos-tuh-rohn][te'ststrn] n. 睪丸激素（男性荷爾蒙的一種）【單詞】mainly ['meyn-lee]['menli] adv. 主要地；大部分地【單詞】hormone ['hawr-mohn]['hmn] n. 荷爾蒙；激素【單詞】nerves 原型：nerve [nurv][nv] n. 神經；勇氣【單詞】highschool [has'kul] n. 高中【單詞】wear [wair][we] v. 磨損；穿戴；使疲勞【單詞】freezing 原型：freeze [freez][friz] v. 凍結；冷凍；僵硬；凝固 n. 嚴寒；凍結【單詞】crazy ['krey-zee]['krezi] adj. 瘋狂的；荒唐的【單詞】comfortable ['kuhmf-tuh-buhl, 'kuhm-fer-tuh-buhl]['kmftbl] adj. 舒適的；充裕的【單詞】wearing 原型：wear [wair][we] v. 磨損；穿戴；使疲勞【專有名詞】Desensitizes [dee-'sen-si-tahyz][di'senstaz] vt. 減少感光性；使不敏感
So it's really more that men on average just are/feel warmer than women, so we turn the A/C on more, and freeze them out.【譯】所以男人比女人更容易感到溫暖，因此男性把空調開得更大，讓她們凍凍（呵呵）。【單詞】freeze [freez][friz] v. 凍結；冷凍；僵硬；凝固 n. 嚴寒；凍結
Women have a lower basal metabolic rate than men.【譯】女性的基礎代謝率比男性低。【單詞】basal ['bey-suhl, -zuhl]['besl] adj. 基礎的；基本的【單詞】metabolic [met-uh-'bol-ik][met'blk] adj. 新陳代謝的【專有名詞】Women ['wim-in]['wmn] n. 女人們；婦女，名詞woman的複數形式.
That is they burn less fuel, so they produce less heat.【譯】也就是說，它們燃燒的燃料更少，所以產生的熱量也更少。【單詞】fuel ['fyoo-uhl]['fjul] n. 燃料；刺激因素
Also, in my informal observation, women tend to often be on calorie-restricted diets, which lowers their metabolic rates, which means they produce less heat.【譯】另外，在我的非正式觀察中，女性往往傾向於限制卡路裡的飲食，這會降低她們的新陳代謝率，也就是說她們產生的熱量更少。【用法】tend to表示「朝某方向；趨向；偏重」，後面接動詞原形。如：We tend to make mistakes when we do things in a hurry.忙中不免出錯。【單詞】informal [in-'fawr-muhl][n'fml] adj. 非正式的；不拘形式的【單詞】observation [ob-zur-'vey-shuhn][bz'ven] n. 觀察；觀察力；注意；評論【單詞】tend [tend][tend] v. 趨向；易於；朝向 v. 照料；照管【單詞】diets 原型：diet ['dahy-it]['dat] n. 日常食物；規定飲食；節食 v. 節食；照規定飲食；餵食
Two things:【譯】兩方面：
The ratio of skin to body mass is different.【譯】皮膚和身體質量的比例是不同的。【單詞】ratio ['rey-shoh, -shee-oh]['rei] n. 比率；比例【單詞】skin [skin][skn] n. 皮膚；外皮【單詞】mass [mas][ms] n. 大量；塊；眾多，這裡指質量、重量
Women generally have the same surface area as men, but are physically smaller, without the really dense muscle you see in males.【譯】女性的體表面積一般與男性相同，但體型較小，沒有你在男性身上看到的那種真正緻密的肌肉。【單詞】surface ['sur-fis]['sfs] adj. 表面的；膚淺的 【單詞】physically ['fiz-ik-lee]['fzkli] adv. 身體上地；實際上【單詞】dense [dens][dens] adj. 密集的；稠密的；濃密的【單詞】muscle ['muhs-uhl]['msl] n. 肌肉
Women's clothing sucks at being warm.【譯】另外女性的服裝一般不保暖。【單詞】clothing 原型：clothe [klohth][kl] vt. 穿上；賦予 clothed / clad clothed /【單詞】sucks 原型：suck [suhk][sk] vi. <俚>爛【單詞】warm [wawrm][wm] adj. 溫暖的；暖和的
For example, in an office environment, you would commonly see men dressed in pants and jackets, while women are wearing thin dresses and leggings.【譯】例如，在辦公室環境中，你通常會看到男人穿著褲子和夾克，而女人則穿著單薄的連衣裙和緊身褲。【短語】for example 例如；例句：You can buy fruit here - oranges and bananas, for example. 你可以在這裡買水果，例如買柑橘和香蕉。【單詞】commonly ['kom-uhn-lee]['kmnli] adv. 一般地；通常地；普通【單詞】dressed 原型：dress 動詞過去式 [dres][dres] v. 打扮；穿衣；穿著；給（某人）穿衣【單詞】pants 原型：pant [pant][pnt] 這裡pants指「褲子」【單詞】jackets 原型：jacket ['jak-it]['dkt] n. 短上衣；茄克衫【單詞】thin [thin][θn] adj. 薄的；瘦的；稀的【單詞】dresses 原型：dress [dres][dres] n. 服裝；女裝【單詞】leggings 原型：legging ['leg-ing]['leg] n. 綁腿；緊身褲，打底褲