如果你住在浴缸里，你的身体会发生什么变化？：英语精读讲义

Nothing's more relaxing than a long soak in warm water 語法

没有什么比在温水里泡个长澡更让人放松的了

following a tough day at the office.

尤其是在办公室度过了艰难的一天之后。

Foam up some bubble bath,

弄点泡泡浴，

select a favorite playlist,

选个最爱的歌单，

and simply let the hot water massage 講解

就让热水按摩

away all those fears and woes.

驱散所有的恐惧与烦恼。

But what would happen if we simply stayed put right there 講解

但是如果我们一直待在浴缸里

in the bathtub and didn't budge? 用詞

一动不动，会发生什么呢？

Is there a period of time when winding down gets dangerous? 短語動詞

放松的时间有没有一个界限，过了就会变得危险？

How long is too long when it comes to taking a bath? 短語搭配

洗澡到底洗多久才算太久？

Today we'll find out

今天我们将一探究竟，

in this episode of The Infographics Show.

欢迎收看本期《信息图表秀》。

What would happen to your body

如果你住在浴缸里，

if you lived in the bathtub?

你的身体会发生什么变化？

First up, 表達脈絡

首先，

let's note with caution that heat and water

我们要谨慎地指出，高温和水

aren't always our best bedfellows. 習語

并不总是我们最好的搭档。

In 2010,

在2010年，

at the World Sauna Championships,

在世界桑拿锦标赛上，

yes, such a tournament does exist, 語法

没错，确实有这么个比赛，

one of the finalists,

决赛选手之一

Vladimir Ladyzhensky,

弗拉基米尔·拉季任斯基，

died tragically of burns while competing

在与老对手蒂莫·考科宁的竞争中，

with veteran rival Timo Kaukonen.

不幸被烧伤致死。

The temperature and the duration 表達脈絡

“温度和时间

aren't the worst parts.

还不是最可怕的部分。

It's the humidity

而是湿度，

with 0.5L of water tossed on the hot stones

有0.5升水被浇在滚烫的石头上，

every 30 seconds,

每30秒就浇一次，”

said fellow Finnish sauna champion competitor

一位芬兰桑拿冠军选手

after the event.

赛后这样说道。

While no record seems to exist 表達脈絡

虽然似乎没有

for length of time inside a bathtub,

待在浴缸里最长时间的记录，

we do know that staying in the tub

但我们确实知道，如果在浴缸里待上

for more than a day would certainly make you wrinkly. 語法

超过一天，肯定会让你的皮肤起皱。

Most people think that this wrinkly condition is

大多数人认为这种起皱现象是

because the body is simply absorbing too much water,

因为身体吸收了太多水分，

but this is not really the case. 短語搭配

但实际上并非如此。

The wrinkly skin phenomenon is actually

皮肤起皱的现象其实是

our body trying to find a way to improve its grip 短語搭配

我们的身体在试图寻找一种方法来增强

in these new slippery aquatic conditions.

在这种新的湿滑水环境中的抓地力。

In 2002,

在2002年，

Tim Yarrow spent 10 days submerged 語法

蒂姆·亚罗在水下待了10天，

in a small tank of water

那个小水箱位于

in a Johannesburg shopping mall.

约翰内斯堡的一家商场里。

Yarrow beat a previous world record set in 1986

亚罗打破了1986年创下的前世界纪录，

and had to sleep,

并且必须在水下睡觉、

eat,

吃饭、

and even use the bathroom all underwater.

甚至上厕所。

After the ordeal,

经历这场磨难后，

Yarrow had hands that looked like they belonged

亚罗的双手看起来就像是

to a 200-year-old,

一个200岁老人的手，

and images of his wrinkly record-breaking hands

他那破纪录的起皱双手的照片

subsequently went viral on the internet. 短語搭配

随后在互联网上疯传。

Jerry Hall from Tennessee

来自田纳西州的杰里·霍尔

set the world record for the longest scuba dive, 短語搭配

创下了最长水肺潜水的世界纪录，

spending more than 6 days living on a platform

他在平台上生活了6天多，

15 ft below the surface of South Holston Lake.

那个平台位于南霍尔斯顿湖水面以下15英尺处。

He clocked up a total of 145 hours underwater, 短語動詞

他在水下总共待了145个小时，

and when he finally surfaced,

当他最终浮出水面时，

his hands and feet were extremely shriveled.

他的手和脚极度萎缩起皱。

"I got cold,

“我很冷，

and I don't like to be cold,"

我不喜欢挨冻，”

Hall said when back ashore.

霍尔回到岸上时说道。

"I'm hungry too.

“我也很饿。

I'm ready to eat,"

我准备大吃一顿了，”

he added.

他补充道。

Hall wasn't short for entertainment 短語搭配

霍尔在水下并不缺乐子，

as he had an underwater TV

因为他有一台水下电视，

where he watched his favorite movies,

他在上面看最喜欢的电影，

including Planet of the Apes,

包括《人猿星球》、

True Grit,

《大地惊雷》，

and Fast and Furious.

还有《速度与激情》。

He also listened to music

他还听音乐，

and played checkers with visiting divers.

并和来访的潜水员下西洋跳棋。

In China,

在中国，

the government has been accused of taking political prisoners 表達脈絡

政府被指控逮捕政治犯

and leaving them submerged in water

并将他们浸泡在水中，

in a practice known as Chinese water torture.

这种做法被称为“中国水刑”。

This Chinese water torture renders the victims 語法

这种中国水刑会使受害者

unable to stand or have use of their limbs

无法站立，四肢无法活动，

after immersion in water

仅仅在水中浸泡

for a period of just a few days,

几天之后就会这样，

suggesting once again that spending too much time

这再次表明，花太多时间

in the bathtub might not be an altogether great idea. 語氣意圖

待在浴缸里可能完全不是个好主意。

But just what do we know of the science

但是关于一直待在浴缸里

behind the dangers of staying in the bathtub

迟迟不出来的危险性，

long after the cows have come home? 習語

我们又了解多少科学依据呢？

Dr. Fromal who spoke with

弗罗梅尔博士曾在一篇相关文章中

the Digg editorial team in an article on the subject.

接受 Digg 编辑团队采访。

In essence, 表達脈絡

“从本质上讲，

prolonged immersion in water supersaturates the skin 用詞

长时间浸泡在水中会使皮肤过度饱和，

and leads to skin breakdown, 短語搭配

并导致皮肤破裂，”

he said.

他说。

You will literally waste away hanging out in the tub. 短語動詞

你如果在浴缸里待着，简直是在慢慢消瘦枯竭。

But this would all take a little time.

但这一切都需要一点时间。

To be fair, 語氣意圖

公平地说，

you would have about 2 days in the bathtub 語法

你大概会在浴缸里待上两天，

before you'd form vesicles.

皮肤才会长出水泡。

That's bubbles between the layers of skin,

就是皮肤各层之间的水泡，

and following the onset of vesicles, 用詞

在长出水泡之后，

your skin would slowly begin to separate

你的皮肤会慢慢开始分离，

until it began to actually peel away 短語動詞

直到它开始真正地

from itself like that of a banana.

像香蕉皮一样自行剥落。

While the skin is peeling away,

当皮肤剥落时，

you would become subject to infection 短語搭配

你很容易受到感染，

not just from that 2-day old water 語法

感染源不仅来自那两天没换的水——

that by this point would have become a tepid stew 講解

到这个时候，这水已经成了

of your own porous excretions,

混着你从毛孔排出的分泌物的温热浓汤，

but also from the air around.

还来自周围的空气。

After maybe a week,

大约一周后，

you'd be in a state of infection,

你将处于感染状态，

peeling,

皮肤剥落，

bleeding,

流血，

and you might be dead,

你可能也会死掉，

if not from the infections and sores 語法

即便不是死于不可避免的暴露

brought on by the inevitable exposure, 短語動詞

引发的感染和溃疡，

then from blood clots that have built up 短語動詞

也会死于不断积聚的血栓，

and are preventing oxygen from flowing through the body, 語法

这些血栓阻碍氧气在体内流动，

leaving you in no wonder 短語搭配

让你毫不怀疑

as to why the Chinese use this method for torture.

为什么中国人会用这种方法进行折磨。

So be careful while you bathe

所以洗澡时要小心，

and try to cut that me-time down to an hour at the most 講解

尽量把洗澡时间缩短到最多一个小时，

as it is certainly true in this case

因为在这个情况下，毫无疑问，

that one can have too much of a good thing 習語

好事过头也会变成坏事，

when it comes to laying in the tub. 語法

尤其是当你躺在浴缸里的时候。

So,

那么，

what's the longest you've ever spent in the bathtub? 語法

你在浴缸里待过的最长时间是多久？

Let us know in the comments.

请在评论区告诉我们。

Also,

此外，

be sure to check out our other video

一定要去看看我们的另一个视频，

called How Fast Can Humans Go?

名字叫《人类能移动得多快？》。

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感谢您的观看，

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