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#英語思維#
25 degrees (C) is a nice warm day, yet 25 degrees is a horribly cold bath by comparison, why does water at the same temperature as air feel so significantly colder?【譯】25度（攝氏度）是一個讓人覺得暖洋洋的好天兒，但是相比之下，洗浴時25度的水卻會被覺得是很冷的水，為什麼與與空氣溫度相同的水會感覺如此明顯的冷？【單詞】nice [nahys][nas] adj. 好的；美妙的；友好的；令人愉快的【單詞】warm [wawrm][wm] adj. 溫暖的；暖和的【單詞】horribly ['hrbli] adv. 可怕；極其【單詞】bath [bath, bahth][bɑθ] n. 洗澡；沐浴 v. 洗澡【單詞】comparison [kuhm-'par-uh-suhn][km'prsn] n. 比較；比喻【單詞】temperature ['tem-per-uh-cher]['temprt] n. 氣溫；體溫；溫度【單詞】significantly [sig-'nif-i-kuhnt][sɡ'nfkntli] adv. 意味深長地；意義深遠；重要地；較大地
And the reverse.【譯】反之亦然。
I can get in a bath at 38 degrees (C) and it's relaxing but the hottest day of the year at 32C is unbearable!?【譯】我可以在38度（攝氏度）的溫度下洗澡，這很舒適，但是一年中最熱的時候，32攝氏度的溫度下我就無法忍受了!?【單詞】relaxing 原型：relax [ri-'laks][r'lks] v. 休息；放鬆；…… 放鬆【單詞】unbearable [uhn-'bair-uh-buhl][n'berbl] adj. 無法忍受的
We don't feel a specific temperature, but rather, how quickly heat is moving out of us.【譯】我們不會感覺到特定的溫度，而是感覺到熱量從我們體內流失的速度。【單詞】heat [heet][hit] n. 熱度；熱
Humans produce a certain amount of heat in a certain amount of time, as do all warm blooded mammals.【譯】人類和所有溫血哺乳動物一樣，在一定時間內產生一定量的熱量。【單詞】blooded ['bluhd-id]['bldd] adj. 有血的【單詞】mammals 原型：mammal ['mam-uhl]['mml] n. 哺乳動物
At about 25 degrees Celsius, air pulls away heat at just the right rate that we don't get any warmer ourselves.【譯】在大約25攝氏度時，空氣以合適的速度吸走熱量，從而我們自己不會越來越熱。【單詞】pulls 原型：pull [pool][pl] v. 拉；拖；牽；拔；吸引 n. 拉；拉力；引力；划船；影響力【單詞】ourselves [ahr-'selvz][ɑ'selvz] pron. 我們自己【專有名詞】Celsius ['sel-see-uhs]['selsis] adj. 攝氏的 n. 攝氏
Water has the capacity to hold much more heat than air, so at 25 degrees Celsius, it pulls away significantly more heat in the same amount of time.【譯】水比空氣能容納更多的熱量（所謂的比熱容高），所以在25攝氏度時，它在同樣的時間內會帶走更多的熱量。【單詞】capacity [kuh-'pas-i-tee][k'psti] n. 容量；容積；能力
This means our core temperature is actually getting lower in the water.【譯】這意味著我們的核心溫度在水中變低了。【單詞】core [kawr, kohr][k] n. 核心；要點
Water is 1000 times more dense than air.【譯】水的密度是空氣的1000倍。【單詞】dense [dens][dens] adj. 密集的；稠密的；濃密的
This allows it to conduct heat far more efficiently than air.【譯】這使得它能夠比空氣更有效地傳導熱量。【短語】far more 多得多的，更……的多的；例句：A bicycle's often far more convenient than a car in busy cities. 在熱鬧的都市裡騎自行車往往比坐汽車方便得多。【單詞】conduct [kuhn-'duhkt][kn'dkt] v. 引導；指揮 vt. 導電；傳熱【單詞】efficiently [ih-'fish-uhnt]['fntli] adv. 高效率地；有效地
So if you're in a position where you are hotter than the water, it will drain your heat far faster than air of the same temperature.【譯】所以，如果你（的體溫）比水更熱，它會比同樣溫度的空氣更快地排走熱量。【單詞】drain [dreyn][dren] v. 排出；排乾；喝光；耗盡
This causes you to feel like the water is very cold.【譯】這會讓你覺得水很冷。
As for the hot example, you're not spending 22 hours a day in your hot bath tub.【譯】至於熱的例子，你不會每天花22個小時泡在熱水浴缸裡。【短語】as for 關於，至於，就……方面來說，比如為了……；例句：As for me, I teach art. 至於我自己，我教藝術。What are you going to dress up as for Halloween? 比如到了萬聖節你會穿什麼？【單詞】spending 原型：spend [spend][spend] v. 花費；浪費；度過【單詞】tub [tuhb][tb] n. 桶；浴盆
If you did, it would get horribly uncomfortable to do anything that you would normally do in air.【譯】如果你這樣做了，做任何你通常在空氣中做的事情都會讓你感到非常不舒服。【單詞】uncomfortable [uhn-'kuhmf-tuh-buhl][n'kmftbl] adj. 不舒服的；不自在的【單詞】normally ['nawr-muh-lee]['nmli] adv. 通常；正常地
Likewise, you can take an hour in high heat air decently well.【譯】同樣，你也可以在高溫空氣中呆上一個小時。【單詞】Likewise 原型：likewise ['lahyk-wahyz]['lakwaz] adv. 同樣地；此外；（表示感覺相同）我也是【單詞】decently ['dee-suhnt]['disntli] adv. 正派；體面地；大方地；有禮地
Water transmits heat approximately 20 times faster that air does.【譯】水的傳熱速度大約是空氣的20倍。【單詞】transmits 原型：transmit [trans-'mit, tranz-][trns'mt] vt. 傳達；傳送【單詞】approximately [uh-'prok-suh-mit-lee]['prksmtli] adv. 大約；近似地
Hence why just a wet patch on a t-shirt will feel colder that the rest of the t-shirt.【譯】因此，這就是為什麼T恤衫如果溼了一塊，會讓你覺得這一塊比T恤衫上其他地方更涼。【單詞】Hence 原型：hence [hens][hens] adv. 因此【單詞】patch [pach][pt] n. 小片；補丁【單詞】t-shirt ['tee-shurt]['ti:,:t] n. T恤衫