20090801 -- Cool Ideas for Hot Weather (1)

Cool Ideas for Hot Weather

Tips to help you keep cool this summer

Finding ways to beat the summer heat can be difficult but not impossible! Try a few of these fun ideas, and you'll cool off in no time.

Eat spicy food
Spicy food causes you to sweat. And as the sweat evaporates, it cools your body down.

Use cold sheets
Put away your blankets and sleep between sheets. Put your sheets in a plastic bag and then in the refrigerator about two hours before bedtime. Cold sheets can help lower your body temperature, which should help you fall asleep more easily.

Keep it light
Because dark colors absorb heat, wearing light-colored clothing keeps you more comfortable on hot days. Also, natural material like cotton lets air pass through, which cools your body.

Add water
Water also helps get rid of the heat. But if you're at school or work, it's not possible to take a nice, refreshing shower. Do the next best thing and run cool water on your wrists. In addition, you can run some on a towel and put it on the back of your neck.

Freeze some fruit
Snack on frozen watermelon and other fruit for a tasty way to beat this summer's heat!


beat v. 打/打敗
beat beat beaten
=> overcome
eg: We can beat the dinner crowd by getting to the restaurant early.
eg: For Josh, playing on-line games always beats other kinds of entertainment.
eg: Our swimming team beat their opponents and won the championship.

temperature n. 溫度
=> a measure of how hot or cool of something
eg: Today, the temperature is much cooler than yesterday.

vapor n. 水蒸氣
evaporate v. 蒸發
=> chage to something in the air
eg: Alcohol added to syrup(糖漿) makes it evaporate easily.

evaporate v. 消失/不復存在
eg: Enthusiasm for learning can quickly evaporate if a teacher keeps criticizing his or her students.

absorb v. 吸收
eg: Use a cloth to absorb the spilled juice.
eg: The medicine can be absorbed by the body in just 20 minutes.

absorb v. 學習/吸收知識
eg: Students absorb what is being taught better if they participate in a related activity.

refreshing adj. 提神的;清涼的
=> let you feel less tired and feel that you have more energy
eg: On hot nights during the summer, I like to go for a refreshing swim.

wrist n. 腕/腕關節
eg: Tom fell off his bicycle and broke his wrist.

put away 把...收起/放好
eg: Mom asked his children to put away their toys after playing them.

sheet n. 床單
blanket n. 毛毯/毯子

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cool v. 使一樣東西變涼
cool v. 冷靜
cool adj.涼爽的

eg: Hey, cool it. 冷靜下來
=> calm down

cool off 降溫/冷卻
=> calm down or became less angry or became less warm

doze off 打盹/睡著
put off => delay 耽擱
rip someone off => cheat someone 敲某人的竹槓

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Try a few of these fun ideas, and you'll cool off in no time.

in no time
=> almost immediately
=> very quickly

eg: If you take the subway, you'll get to the train station in no time.
eg: If we all work together, we can get the house chores done in no time.