Name: 冬天冷颼颼怎麼辦？ ⏲️ 6分鐘學英文 (How do we adapt to the cold? ⏲️ 6 Minute English)
Uploaded: 2026-03-19T16:36:29.000Z
Duration: 6 min 16 s

Six Minute English from BBCLearningEnglish.com hello, this is Six Minute English from BBC Learning English.

BBCLearningEnglish.com 的 Six Minute English，大家好，這裡是 BBC Learning English 的 Six Minute English。

Six Minute English listeners are truly global, coming from all over the world, including some of the coldest countries on Earth.

Six Minute English 的聽眾真的遍佈全球，來自世界各地，包括地球上一些最寒冷的國家。

Places like Finland, where winter temperatures drop to -20 degrees Celsius.

像是芬蘭，那裡的冬季氣溫會降到零下 20 攝氏。

Are you good at dealing with the cold, Phil?

I'm not sure, but I do know that I don't like it.

我不確定，但我知道我討厭寒冷。

Well, I'd rather be too hot and cool down than too cold and try to warm up.

嗯，我寧願太熱然後降溫，也不要太冷然後想辦法取暖。

Here in the UK it never gets as cold as Finland, but

在英國，這裡的氣溫不像芬蘭那麼冷，但是

it's not unusual to see some people dressed in T shirts while others are wrapped up in warm clothes.

常常會看到有人穿著 T恤，也有人穿著厚重的保暖衣物。

Why do people feel the cold so differently?

為什麼大家對寒冷的感受差異這麼大呢？

That's what we'll be discussing in this episode, as well as learning some useful new words and phrases.

這就是我們這集要討論的，也會學到一些實用的新詞彙和片語。

And as always, you'll find all the vocabulary from this episode, plus a quiz and worksheet on our website, bbclearningenglish.com but now I have a question for you, Becca.

當然，你可以在我們的網站 bbclearningenglish.com 上找到這集的所有詞彙、小測驗和練習題，不過現在我要問你一個問題，Becca。

According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the lowest temperature ever recorded was a, very cold minus 89 degrees Celsius.

根據金氏世界紀錄，有紀錄以來最低的溫度是零下 89 度攝氏，非常非常冷。

A, the Arctic, B, Antarctica, or C, the top of Mount Everest?

A，北極，B，南極，還是 C，聖母峰頂？

Okay, well, we'll find out the answer at the end of the program.

好的，我們會在節目最後揭曉答案。

Our experience of cold depends on many things, including our genes, culture and place of birth.

我們對寒冷的感受，取決於很多因素，包括我們的基因、文化和出生地。

But perhaps the most obvious thing is the clothes we wear.

但最明顯的，可能就是我們穿的衣服了。

Professor Gunild Sartran lives on the icy island of Svalbard, 800 miles inside the Arctic Circle.

Gunild Sartran 教授住在冰島斯瓦爾巴，那裡位於北極圈內 800 英里。

Here, she advises presenter Caroline Steele on how to dress against the cold for BBC World Service programme Crowd Science.

在這裡，她為 BBC 世界臺節目 Crowd Science 的主持人 Caroline Steele 提供如何穿著以抵抗寒冷的建議。

So what should we consider when choosing our clothes?

那麼，我們在選擇衣服時，應該考慮些什麼呢？

First and foremost, I would say that perhaps the gender differs.

首先，我會說，性別可能有所不同。

So male often are more tolerant, perhaps, than females.

所以男性通常比女性更能忍受寒冷。

Then it's of course, what you're used to.

Gunhild says that first and foremost, men and women feel the cold differently.

Gunhild 說，首先，男性和女性對寒冷的感受不同。

She uses the phrase first and foremost to mean more than anything else.

她用「首先」這個詞，意思是「比任何事情都重要」。

She wants to emphasize that something, in this case someone's gender, is the most important thing to consider.

她想強調某件事，在這裡是性別，是需要考慮的最重要因素。

There is some debate about whether men or women are more tolerant of the cold.

關於男性或女性哪個更能忍受寒冷，有一些辯論。

Being tolerant of something means being able to endure it without getting hurt.

容忍某件事，就是能夠忍受它而不受傷害。

Another important factor is whether you are used to the cold.

另一個重要的因素是，你是否習慣了寒冷。

If being in cold environments is something you're familiar with, it might sound obvious.

如果你熟悉身處寒冷環境，這聽起來可能很明顯。

That someone born in Arctic Svalbard would feel less cold than someone born in Brazil.

出生在北極斯瓦爾巴的人，會比出生在巴西的人感覺沒那麼冷。

But apart from environmental factors, are there actual physical differences that allow people to cope better with the cold?

但是，除了環境因素之外，是否真的有身體上的差異，讓某些人更能應付寒冷呢？

Kara Okabok studies reindeer herders in northern Finland, people who live in cold temperatures every day and have done for centuries.

研究芬蘭北部的馴鹿牧民，他們世世代代每天都生活在寒冷的氣溫中。

She measures their reaction to extreme cold and compares it to ordinary fins from warmer parts of the country.

她測量他們對極度寒冷的反應，並與來自該國較溫暖地區的普通芬蘭人進行比較。

Here, Cara shares her findings with Caroline still from BBC World Services.

在這裡，Cara 與 BBC World Service 的 Caroline 分享她的發現。

CrowdScience okay, and my guess is the reindeer herders deal better in the cold.

Crowd Science 好的，我猜馴鹿牧民在寒冷的天氣裡表現會比較好。

The more data we collect within this area, the more confusing the picture gets.

我們收集的數據越多，情況就越令人困惑。

I can say that subjectively at this point, the reindeer herders at least kind of mentally handle the cold far better.

我可以說，主觀上來說，至少馴鹿牧民在心理上更能應付寒冷。

So do the reindeer herders deal better with the cold?

所以馴鹿牧民真的比較能適應寒冷嗎？

The answer is yes and no, a phrase meaning partly and partly not used when there's no clear answer to a question.

答案是有的，也有沒有，這句話的意思是部分如此，部分不如此，當問題沒有明確答案時使用。

However, Cara does say, subjectively, the herders manage better.

不過 Cara 說，主觀上來說，馴鹿牧民更能應付。

Subjectively means based on your personal inner experience rather than objective facts.

主觀上來說，意思是指基於你個人的內在感受，而不是客觀事實。

And physically, there are differences too.

Reindeer herders are less likely to shiver, the shaky movement that cold muscles make to try and warm them up.

馴鹿牧民比較不容易發抖，發抖是寒冷的肌肉為了試圖暖和身體而產生的顫抖動作。

In fact, how we experience the cold is probably a combination of everything we've discussed, including genetic adaptations passed on from parents to children.

事實上，我們感受寒冷的方式，很可能包含了我們討論過的各種因素，包括從父母傳給子女的基因適應。

Right, I'm off to find my gloves and woolly hat, so why don't you reveal the answer to the question?

沒錯，我要去找我的手套和毛帽了，所以你是不是要揭曉問題的答案了？

Yes, I asked where the lowest temperature on Earth was ever recorded.

是的，我問的是地球上有紀錄以來的最低溫在哪裡。

The lowest temperature ever recorded on Earth was at the Vostok Research Station in Antarctica in 1983.

地球上紀錄到的最低溫，是在 1983 年南極的沃斯托克研究站。

Let's recap the vocabulary we've learned, starting with the phrase first and foremost, meaning more than anything else, a person who is tolerant of something is able to endure it without being hurt.

我們來複習一下學到的詞彙，首先是 first and foremost，意思是「最重要、首要」，一個 tolerant of something 的人，表示他能夠忍受，而不會受到傷害。

If you're used to something, you're familiar with it.

如果你 used to something，表示你對它很熟悉。

The idiom yes and no means partly and partly not and is used when you can't give a clear answer to a question.

慣用語 yes and no，表示「部分是，部分不是」，當你無法清楚回答問題時就會用到。

The adverb subjectively means in a way that's based on your personal experience rather than objective facts.

副詞 subjectively 的意思是，以你個人的經驗為基礎，而不是客觀事實。

And finally, a shiver is the shaking movement made by your muscles when you feel cold or afraid.

最後，a shiver 是你感覺寒冷或害怕時，肌肉產生的顫抖動作。

But remember, you'll find a quiz and a worksheet for this episode on our website, bbclearningenglish.com See you there soon.

但請記得，在這個單元的測驗和學習單，都可以在我們的網站 bbclearningenglish.com 上找到。下次見！

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