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1. It may give you the feeling that you’re getting warmer, but that’s just an illusion: really, alcohol makes you more susceptible to the cold.
喝酒可以給你一種暖和的幻覺，但那僅僅是幻覺，喝酒實(shí)際上讓你更容易受寒冷的影響。

illusion n. 幻覺，錯(cuò)覺，錯(cuò)誤的信仰(或觀念)

如：I thought I saw a ghost but it was just an optical illusion.
我以為我看見鬼了，其實(shí)只是一種幻覺。

I was under the illusion that he was honest until he was caught stealing some money.
他偷錢當(dāng)場(chǎng)被人抓住，在此之前我一直誤以為他是個(gè)老實(shí)人。

susceptible adj. 易受外界影響的，易受感染的

如：He's so susceptible that she easily gained his affection.
他易受感情影響，所以她很輕易就得到了他的愛。

The plant is not susceptible to disease.
這種植物不容易受病害侵襲。

2.In cold weather, the body reacts by routing blood away from the skin toward the internal organs.
在寒冷的天氣，身體中的血液會(huì)從皮膚流向身體內(nèi)的各個(gè)器官。

rout v. 使 ... 潰敗，使 ... 敗逃

如：We put the enemy to rout.
我們擊潰了敵人。

Our party was routed at the election.
我們黨在競(jìng)選中被徹底擊敗了。

3.You could lose enough heat to begin hypothermia and not even realize it.
你的體溫一直降低，但是你卻無法察覺。
hypothermia n. [醫(yī)]體溫過低

如：Every winter some old people die from hypothermia.
每年冬天都有些老人死于體溫過低。