Welcome to the worlds coldest village欢迎来到世界上最冷的村庄
作者: 刘恩锁在没有暖气的情况下,很多人可能连零度的气温都受不了。但是有这么一个地方,常年零下几十度,一出门睫毛就会结冰,但仍有不少人在这里快乐地生活着。
The average people have no ideawhat a deep freeze feels like. We get hitwith a foot of snow or read a thermometer(温度计) that says 22 degrees Fahrenheit(华氏度) and immediately find ourselvesbarely able to cope.
Well, there’s a tiny village in Siberiawhere such conditions are laughable, almostcomparable to a day at the beach.The residents there have successfully acclimatedto some of the coldest temperatureson Earth. Welcome to Oymyakon.
It’s a small community, made up ofroughly 500 people. The children are expectedto attend school right up until temperaturessink to -62 degrees. And eventhat doesn’t touch the coldest temperaturesthat villagers endure annually. Oymyakononce made international headlines aftertemperatures dropped so low—-80 degreesFahrenheit.
If you can’t quite grasp just how coldthat is, consider this: Your refrigerator’sfreezer has an average temperature ofabout 0 degrees Fahrenheit. That meansthat, in theory, you wouldn’t need a properrefrigerator in Oymyakon to get by! Indeed,life in Oymyakon isn’t for the faint ofheart. But if you want to get creative withyour eyelash decorations, it might be worththe trip.
The people and the animals that livethere get by with smiles on their faces andsometimes tongues hanging out! If you’rean adventurer, then this Siberian village isdefinitely a place you’ll want to considervisiting. It really is magical!
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