4. Maybe you will feel surprised when you are told that hot drink you're drinking could actually make you colder.
And that's not the only thing making it hard to stay warm when the temperature continues to drop around you. You're going to need all the advice you can get to stay warm this winter.
Below are 5 things that'll help you avoid having to do this all winter.
1. Loneliness can lower your body temperature.
The lack of social contact can lead to physical consequences. In other words, giving someone the "cold shoulder" can actually make them feel colder.
2. Hot drinks might actually cool you off.
When having a hot drink, your tongue nerves “tells” the rest of your body that something "hot" is coming and you need to start sweating. This will not help you become warm. On the opposite, consuming too much of a cold drink can actually warm you up because it causes your blood vessels to tighten.
3. You don't catch a cold because of cold weather.
Exposure to lower temperatures doesn't give you a cold by itself. Instead, the rise in sickness and colds in the winter months is mainly because people spending more time indoors, which allows
germsto spread between people more easily.
4. Wearing white might actually be the warmest color.
Usually we wear white in summer and darker clothes in winter because black clothes get more heat from the sun and white clothing reflects it, but this common idea might be wrong. Some researchers say that white's function as a reflector also applies to(适用于) body heat, that is to say, wearing white may trap your natural heat close to your body. Dark clothes may be less likely to trap your body heat in.
5. The cold weather can help you lose weight.
In cold temperatures the body works harder to warm itself up, not only burning more calories but also activating(激活) brown fat, which burns them more efficiently than white fat. So, some people believe that punishing themselves with icy-cold temperatures can help them lose more weight.
【小题1】 We can read this passage possibly in ___________.
| A．a textbook | B．a sports magazine |
| C．a science magazine | D．a novel |
【小题2】The underlined word
“germs”in the passage probably means_______ in Chinese.
【小题3】According to the passage , if we want to get warm in winter, what clothes may be the best for us?
| A．The black one. | B．The white one |
| C．The dark one | D．The brown one |
【小题4】Which is not true according to this passage? ________
| A．In winter, people are more likely to catch colds because they often stay indoors. |
| B．Someone who is lonely may feel cold more often. |
| C．Hot drinks can keep you warmer. |
| D．If you want to lose more weight, it is better for you to stay in cold temperatures. |
