如果你住在浴缸裡，你的身體會發生什麼變化？：英語精讀講義

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

沒有什麼比在溫水裡泡個長澡更讓人放鬆的了

following a tough day at the office.

尤其是在辦公室度過了艱難的一天之後。

Foam up some bubble bath,

弄點泡泡浴，

select a favorite playlist,

選個最愛的歌單，

and simply let the hot water massage 講解

就讓熱水按摩

away all those fears and woes.

驅散所有的恐懼與煩惱。

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

但是如果我們一直待在浴缸裡

in the bathtub and didn't budge? 用詞

一動也不動，會發生什麼呢？

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

放鬆的時間有沒有一個界限，過了就會變得危險？

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

洗澡到底洗多久才算太久？

Today we'll find out

今天我們將一探究竟，

in this episode of The Infographics Show.

歡迎收看本期《資訊圖表秀》。

What would happen to your body

如果你住在浴缸裡，

if you lived in the bathtub?

你的身體會發生什麼變化？

First up, 表達脈絡

首先，

let's note with caution that heat and water

我們要謹慎地指出，高溫和水

aren't always our best bedfellows. 慣用語

並不總是最完美的搭檔。

In 2010,

在2010年，

at the World Sauna Championships,

在世界桑拿錦標賽上，

yes, such a tournament does exist, 文法

沒錯，確實有這麼個比賽，

one of the finalists,

決賽選手之一

Vladimir Ladyzhensky,

弗拉基米爾·拉季任斯基，

died tragically of burns while competing

在與老對手蒂莫·考科寧的競爭中，

with veteran rival Timo Kaukonen.

不幸被燒傷致死。

The temperature and the duration 表達脈絡

「溫度和時間

aren't the worst parts.

還不是最可怕的部分。

It's the humidity

而是濕度，

with 0.5L of water tossed on the hot stones

有0.5公升水被澆在滾燙的石頭上，

every 30 seconds,

每30秒就澆一次，」

said fellow Finnish sauna champion competitor

一位芬蘭桑拿冠軍選手

after the event.

賽後這樣說道。

While no record seems to exist 表達脈絡

雖然似乎沒有

for length of time inside a bathtub,

待在浴缸裡最長時間的紀錄，

we do know that staying in the tub

但我們確實知道，如果在浴缸裡待上

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

超過一天，肯定會讓你的皮膚起皺。

Most people think that this wrinkly condition is

大多數人認為這種起皺現象是

because the body is simply absorbing too much water,

因為身體吸收了太多水分，

but this is not really the case. 片語搭配

但實際上並非如此。

The wrinkly skin phenomenon is actually

皮膚起皺的現象其實是

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

我們的身體在試圖尋找一種方法來增強

in these new slippery aquatic conditions.

在這種新的濕滑水環境中的抓地力。

In 2002,

在2002年，

Tim Yarrow spent 10 days submerged 文法

蒂姆·亞羅在水下待了10天，

in a small tank of water

那個小水箱位於

in a Johannesburg shopping mall.

約翰尼斯堡的一家商場裡。

Yarrow beat a previous world record set in 1986

亞羅打破了1986年創下的前世界紀錄，

and had to sleep,

並且必須在水下睡覺、

eat,

吃飯、

and even use the bathroom all underwater.

甚至上廁所。

After the ordeal,

經歷這場磨難後，

Yarrow had hands that looked like they belonged

亞羅的雙手看起來就像是

to a 200-year-old,

一個200歲老人的手，

and images of his wrinkly record-breaking hands

他那破紀錄的起皺雙手的照片

subsequently went viral on the internet. 片語搭配

隨後在網路上瘋傳。

Jerry Hall from Tennessee

來自田納西州的傑里·霍爾

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

創下了最長水肺潛水的世界紀錄，

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.

那個平台位於南霍爾斯頓湖水面以下15英尺處。

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

他在水下總共待了145個小時，

and when he finally surfaced,

當他最終浮出水面時，

his hands and feet were extremely shriveled.

他的手和腳極度萎縮起皺。

"I got cold,

「我很冷，

and I don't like to be cold,"

我不喜歡挨凍，」

Hall said when back ashore.

霍爾回到岸上時說道。

"I'm hungry too.

「我也很餓。

I'm ready to eat,"

我準備大吃一頓了，」

he added.

他補充道。

Hall wasn't short for entertainment 片語搭配

霍爾在水下並不缺樂子，

as he had an underwater TV

因為他有一台水下電視，

where he watched his favorite movies,

他在上面看最喜歡的電影，

including Planet of the Apes,

包括《人猿星球》、

True Grit,

《真實的勇氣》，

and Fast and Furious.

還有《玩命關頭》。

He also listened to music

他還聽音樂，

and played checkers with visiting divers.

並和來訪的潛水員下西洋跳棋。

In China,

在中國，

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

並將他們浸泡在水中，

in a practice known as Chinese water torture.

這種做法被稱為「中國水刑」。

This Chinese water torture renders the victims 文法

這種中國水刑會使受害者

unable to stand or have use of their limbs

無法站立，四肢無法活動，

after immersion in water

僅僅在水中浸泡

for a period of just a few days,

幾天之後就會這樣，

suggesting once again that spending too much time

這再次表明，花太多時間

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

待在浴缸裡可能完全不是個好主意。

But just what do we know of the science

但是關於一直待在浴缸裡

behind the dangers of staying in the bathtub

遲遲不出來的危險性，

long after the cows have come home? 慣用語

我們又了解多少科學依據呢？

Dr. Fromal who spoke with

弗羅梅爾博士曾在一篇相關文章中

the Digg editorial team in an article on the subject.

接受 Digg 編輯團隊採訪。

In essence, 表達脈絡

「從本質上講，

prolonged immersion in water supersaturates the skin 用詞

長時間浸泡在水中會使皮膚過度飽和，

and leads to skin breakdown, 片語搭配

並導致皮膚破裂，」

he said.

他說。

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

你如果在浴缸裡待著，簡直是在慢慢消瘦枯竭。

But this would all take a little time.

但這一切都需要一點時間。

To be fair, 語氣意圖

公平地說，

you would have about 2 days in the bathtub 文法

你大概會在浴缸裡待上兩天，

before you'd form vesicles.

皮膚才會長出水泡。

That's bubbles between the layers of skin,

就是皮膚各層之間的水泡，

and following the onset of vesicles, 用詞

在長出水泡之後，

your skin would slowly begin to separate

你的皮膚會慢慢開始分離，

until it began to actually peel away 片語動詞

直到它開始真正地

from itself like that of a banana.

像香蕉皮一樣自行剝落。

While the skin is peeling away,

當皮膚剝落時，

you would become subject to infection 片語搭配

你很容易受到感染，

not just from that 2-day old water 文法

感染源不僅來自那兩天沒換的水——

that by this point would have become a tepid stew 講解

到這個時候，這水已經成了

of your own porous excretions,

混著你自身毛孔分泌物的溫熱濃湯，

but also from the air around.

還來自周圍的空氣。

After maybe a week,

大約一週後，

you'd be in a state of infection,

你將處於感染狀態，

peeling,

皮膚剝落，

bleeding,

流血，

and you might be dead,

你可能也會死掉，

if not from the infections and sores 文法

即便不是死於不可避免的暴露

brought on by the inevitable exposure, 片語動詞

引發的感染和潰瘍，

then from blood clots that have built up 片語動詞

也會死於不斷積聚的血栓，

and are preventing oxygen from flowing through the body, 文法

這些血栓阻礙氧氣在體內流動，

leaving you in no wonder 片語搭配

讓你毫不懷疑

as to why the Chinese use this method for torture.

為什麼中國人會用這種方法進行折磨。

So be careful while you bathe

所以洗澡時要小心，

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

盡量把洗澡時間縮短到最多一個小時，

as it is certainly true in this case

因為在這個情況下，毫無疑問，

that one can have too much of a good thing 慣用語

好事過頭也會變成壞事，

when it comes to laying in the tub. 文法

尤其是當你躺在浴缸裡的時候。

So,

那麼，

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

你在浴缸裡待過的最長時間是多久？

Let us know in the comments.

請在留言區告訴我們。

Also,

此外，

be sure to check out our other video

一定要去看看我們的另一個影片，

called How Fast Can Humans Go?

名字叫《人類能移動得多快？》。

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感謝您的觀看，

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