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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?【译】25度（摄氏度）是一个让人觉得暖洋洋的好天儿，但是相比之下，洗浴时25度的水却会被觉得是很冷的水，为什么与与空气温度相同的水会感觉如此明显的冷？【单词】nice [nahys][naɪs] adj. 好的；美妙的；友好的；令人愉快的【单词】warm [wawrm][wɔːm] adj. 温暖的；暖和的【单词】horribly ['hɒrəbli] adv. 可怕地；极其【单词】bath [bath, bahth][bɑːθ] n. 洗澡；沐浴 v. 洗澡【单词】comparison [kuhm-'par-uh-suhn][kəm'pærɪsn] n. 比较；比喻【单词】temperature ['tem-per-uh-cher]['temprətʃə] n. 气温；体温；温度【单词】significantly [sig-'nif-i-kuhnt][sɪɡ'nɪfɪkəntli] adv. 意味深长地；意义深远地；重要地；较大地
And the reverse..【译】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 32•C is unbearable!?【译】我可以在38度（摄氏度）的温度下洗澡，这很舒适，但是一年中最热的时候，32摄氏度的温度下我就无法忍受了！？【单词】relaxing 原型：relax [ri-'laks][rɪ'læks] v. 休息；放松；使 ... 放松【单词】unbearable [uhn-'bair-uh-buhl][ʌn'beərəbl] adj. 无法忍受的
We don't feel a specific temperature, but rather, how quickly heat is moving out of us.【译】我们不会感觉到特定的温度，而是感觉到热量从我们体内流失的速度。【单词】heat [heet][hiːt] n. 热度；热
Humans produce a certain amount of heat in a certain amount of time, as do all warm blooded mammals.【译】人类和所有温血哺乳动物一样，在一定时间内产生一定量的热量。【单词】blooded ['bluhd-id]['blʌdɪd] adj. 有血的【单词】mammals 原型：mammal ['mam-uhl]['mæml] n. 哺乳动物
At about 25 degrees Celsius, air pulls away heat at just the right rate that we don't get any warmer ourselves.【译】在大约25摄氏度时，空气以合适的速度吸走热量，从而我们自己不会越来越热。【单词】pulls 原型：pull [pool][pʊl] v. 拉；拖；牵；拔；吸引 n. 拉；拉力；引力；划船；影响力【单词】ourselves [ahr-'selvz][ɑː'selvz] pron. 我们自己【专有名词】Celsius ['sel-see-uhs]['selsiəs] adj. 摄氏的 n. 摄氏
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.【译】水比空气能容纳更多的热量（所谓的比热容高），所以在25摄氏度时，它在同样的时间内会带走更多的热量。【单词】capacity [kuh-'pas-i-tee][kə'pæsəti] n. 容量；容积；能力
This means our core temperature is actually getting lower in the water.【译】这意味着我们的核心温度在水中变低了。【单词】core [kawr, kohr][kɔː] n. 核心；要点
Water is 1000 times more dense than air.【译】水的密度是空气的1000倍。【单词】dense [dens][dens] adj. 密集的；稠密的；浓密的
This allows it to conduct heat far more efficiently than air.【译】这使得它能够比空气更有效地传导热量。【短语】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. 在热闹的都市里骑自行车往往比坐汽车方便得多。【单词】conduct [kuhn-'duhkt][kən'dʌkt] v. 引导；指挥 vt. 导电；传热【单词】efficiently [ih-'fish-uhnt][ɪ'fɪʃntli] 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.【译】所以，如果你（的体温）比水更热，它会比同样温度的空气更快地排走热量。【单词】drain [dreyn][dreɪn] v. 排出；排干；喝光；耗尽
This causes you to feel like the water is very cold.【译】这会让你觉得水很冷。
As for the hot example, you're not spending 22 hours a day in your hot bath tub.【译】至于热的例子，你不会每天花22个小时泡在热水浴缸里。【短语】as for 关于，至于，就……方面来说，比如为了……；例句：As for me, I teach art. 至于我自己，我教艺术。What are you going to dress up as for Halloween? 比如到了万圣节你会穿什么?【单词】spending 原型：spend [spend][spend] v. 花费；浪费；度过【单词】tub [tuhb][tʌb] n. 桶；浴盆
If you did, it would get horribly uncomfortable to do anything that you would normally do in air.【译】如果你这样做了，做任何你通常在空气中做的事情都会让你感到非常不舒服。【单词】uncomfortable [uhn-'kuhmf-tuh-buhl][ʌn'kʌmftəbl] adj. 不舒服的；不自在的【单词】normally ['nawr-muh-lee]['nɔːməli] adv. 通常；正常地
Likewise, you can take an hour in high heat air decently well.【译】同样，你也可以在高温空气中呆上一个小时。【单词】Likewise 原型：likewise ['lahyk-wahyz]['laɪkwaɪz] adv. 同样地；此外；（表示感觉相同）我也是【单词】decently ['dee-suhnt]['diːsntli] adv. 正派地；体面地；大方地；有礼地
Water transmits heat approximately 20 times faster that air does.【译】水的传热速度大约是空气的20倍。【单词】transmits 原型：transmit [trans-'mit, tranz-][træns'mɪt] vt. 传达；传送【单词】approximately [uh-'prok-suh-mit-lee][ə'prɒksɪmətli] adv. 大约；近似地
Hence why just a wet patch on a t-shirt will feel colder that the rest of the t-shirt.【译】因此，这就是为什么T恤衫如果湿了一块，会让你觉得这一块比T恤衫上其他地方更凉。【单词】Hence 原型：hence [hens][hens] adv. 因此【单词】patch [pach][pætʃ] n. 小片；补丁【单词】t-shirt ['tee-shurt]['ti:,ʃɜ:t] n. T恤衫
