斗酷暑战高温|Dog days are the hottest days in summer
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近日来，全国各地气温纷纷升高，越来越多的地区进入了“烧烤模式”。今年的三伏天（Dog days：the hotperiod between early July and early September; a period of inactivity）也是“加长版”——共40天，（其中7月17日“初伏”，7月27日“中伏”，8月16日“末伏”，8月25日“出伏”。）高温让地面可以生煎鸡蛋，手摸地灯瞬起水泡……这么热的天，全球各地纷纷使出行（丧）之（心）有（病）效（狂）防暑绝招。有书英语共读为大家整理了3种抵抗高温的奇葩杀手锏，请书友品鉴。
Open-air Swimming Pool
It is barely half a century since parts of the Thames were declared ‘biologically dead’ because the river was so dirty. But its present water is much cleaner than at any time in living memory. Some entrepreneurs want to build up a £10 million open-air swimming pool in the middle of the Thames in Central London.
半个世纪以前，泰晤士河部分水域的污染程度严重到被认定生物无法生存。但现在泰晤士河的水质比以往任何时候都清澈干净，一些企业家计划耗资一千万英镑（约为人民币9345万）在伦敦市中心的泰晤士河中部打造露天泳池。
The lido will have changing rooms, a 130ft ramp leading from the shore to the water, a plunge pool and a children’s paddling area. At the meanwhile, a 4ft-high glass balustrade will protect swimmers from waves caused by river traffic.
这个公共露天游泳池将建有更衣室、一个跌水潭和一个儿童嬉水区，且还有一条130英尺(约等于40米)长的斜坡从岸边一直延伸到水里。泳池外围还将建成4英尺（约为1.2米）高的玻璃护栏，防止内河交通产生的波浪影响游泳者。
Self-service Beer Concept
"I was hanging out with my friends at a Baltimore sports bar before an Orioles game," he said. "We just couldn't get another beer served to us quickly."
“那是在一次金莺队比赛前，我和朋友去巴尔的摩（Baltimore）的一家运动酒吧打发时间，服务员迟迟不给我们上另一杯啤酒。”
Even more than being annoyed, Goodman was struck by how much money the bar must be losing. Almost immediately, he came up with working on a self-service beer concept.
除了感到恼火，古德曼更震惊的是这样这家酒吧会损失多少收入。他几乎立即就有了研制自助啤酒机的想法。
Within a few months, Goodman had launched PourMyBeer in Chicago. He invested $20,000 of his own funds and partnered with a U.S. manufacturer to make beer tables with two to four self-service taps.
仅仅几个月后，古德曼就在芝加哥创立了PourMyBeer公司。他自己投入了两万美元的资金并与一家美国制造商合伙生产带有两到四个自助啤酒龙头的啤酒桌。
PourMyBeer has expanded to over 200 restaurants and bars in 28 states and Canada. The concept will roll out in Chicago's O'Hare International Airport this week and in Italy and Brazil later this year.
PourMyBeer自助啤酒机已扩张至美国28个州和加拿大的200多家酒吧和餐馆，并计划本周入驻芝加哥奥黑尔国际机场，今年晚些时候进军意大利和巴西。
Watching Another Person Shiver Can Cause
Just watching another person shiver can cause our own temperature to drop that scientists have found out.
科学家发现，看着别人发抖，我们自己的体温也会下降。
Volunteers who viewed videos of actors plunging their hands into ice-cold water, experienced a simultaneous drop in the temperature with their own hands.
当视频中的演员将手放入冰冷的水中时，观看视频的志愿者们自己的手部温度也会同时下降。
Neuroscientist Neil Harrison, from the University of Sussex said: ‘We believe that this mimicry of people’s bodily response helps us understand how they are feeling.
苏塞克斯大学（The University of Sussex）的神经系统科学家尼尔·哈里森（NeilHarrison）说，“我们认为这种人体反应的模拟行为可以帮助我们理解他人的感受。
It’s believed that ‘mirror neurons’ in the brain are behind the phenomenon.
科学家认为，这种现象的背后是大脑中的“镜像神经元”在起作用。
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☞ 作者：刘亚南，英语共读负责人，85后