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Put a Bottle of Water On Your Desk

在桌上放一瓶水

You may have taken on board the 6 –8 glasses of water per day message, but do you really manage that?

你也許知道每天應(yīng)該喝6-8杯水，但你真的做到了嗎？

If you do, do you find yourself gulping down water when you get thirsty, after spending a morning or afternoon dehydrated?

如果做到了，你是不是發(fā)現(xiàn)自己在感到口渴，經(jīng)歷了一早上或者一下午脫水之后才大口喝水呢？

One of the simplest tricks for drinking more wateris to keep a bottle of it on your desk.

一個多喝水的小秘訣就是把一瓶水放在你的桌上。

It's easy to take a swig regularly if you've got water in arm's reach –and if you keep the cap on the bottle, there's no chance of a spillage。

如果你伸手就能拿到水，規(guī)律飲水就會更加容易。只要把瓶子蓋好，水也不會灑出來。

【知識點津】

gulp n.吞咽； 一大口（尤指液體）

例句：

She took down the tablets in one gulp.

她把那些藥片一口吞了下去。

dehydrate vi.（人體的）脫水，失水

例句：

People can very quickly dehydrate in the desert.

人在沙漠里很快就會脫水。

swig n.痛飲，大喝

例句：

He took a deep swig from the bottle.

他從瓶子里喝了一大口。

spillage n.溢出，溢出量

例句：

Put the bottle in a plastic bag in case of spillage.

把瓶子裝在塑料袋里，以免灑得到處都是。

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