三伏天防曬攻略

Corresponding to "dog days" in English, the hottest days of the year in China is called "Fu" (Chinese: 伏), 20-29 days after Summer Solstice. According to the Chinese solar terms, "Fu" appears between Minor Heat and Beginning of Autumn, divided into three phases. In 2018, the first phase of "Fu" will be on the days of July 17 to 26, the second phase will be on July 27 to Aug 15, and the third will continue 10 more days. That is to mean, we are entering "Fu" in one week.

和英文中的“dog days”相對應(yīng)，在中國，夏至后的20-29天是一年中最熱的時間，被稱為“伏”。根據(jù)中國節(jié)氣，“伏”出現(xiàn)在小暑和立秋之間，分為三個階段。2018年的頭伏為7月17-26日，中伏為7月27日-8月15日，末伏會再持續(xù)10天。這也就是說，不到一周的時間就要“入伏”了。

During the scorching days, Chinese women seek many creative ways to escape the sun so that they will not get tanned, as Chinese always regard white skin as beauty. And another reason is that ultraviolet rays of the sun are very harmful to people, burning and aging the skin, or even causing some diseases, like sun related eye and skin complications.

由于中國人以白為美的緣故，在炎熱的天氣中，中國女性找到了不少防止曬黑的創(chuàng)意防曬方法。而防曬的另一個原因則是因為太陽所發(fā)射的紫外線對人體相當有害，會導(dǎo)致曬傷和衰老，甚至引發(fā)某些疾病，如與陽光相關(guān)的眼疾和皮膚病。

The most popular ways of sun protection in China are sunscreen, sunshade, sunglasses, sunscreen masks, sunscreen clothes. Sometimes in the beach they even use facekini. Chinese women seldom use only one way to escape the sun. Instead, they use various combinations to intensify the effect.

最受中國人歡迎的防曬方式是防曬霜、遮陽傘、墨鏡、防曬面罩、防曬衣等。有時人們在海灘上甚至?xí)蒙夏樆?。中國女性很少會只用一種方式來防曬，而是會將多種方式結(jié)合起來，加強防曬功效。

Here are some tips for sun protection:

以下是一些防曬妙招：

1. Choose a suitable sunscreen. Use sunscreen with SPF20 to 35 (PA+ to PA++) in the outdoors while use sunscreen with SPF 50 on the beach. Sunscreen below SPF20 is enough for indoors.

1. 選擇一款合適的防曬霜。戶外活動和海邊分別使用SPF20-35(PA+ - PA++)和SPF 50的防曬霜。室內(nèi)使用SPF低于20的防曬霜就足夠了。

2. Smear sunscreen every two hours to make sure it works.

2.每兩個小時補涂一次防曬霜，確保其發(fā)揮功效。

3. Darker umbrellas have better UV protection.

3. 顏色較暗的傘紫外線防護效果更好。

4. Physical sunblock, like sunscreen clothes and masks, is sometimes more useful than sunscreen.

4. 防曬衣和防曬面罩等物理防曬有時比防曬霜更管用。

Besides sun protection, it is a tradition for Chinese people for more than 1,000 years ago to eat cool and refreshing food, such as balsam pear, mung bean soup and cold noodles, to relieve summer heat during the three phases of "Fu".

除了防曬之外，在三伏天食用苦瓜、綠豆湯和涼面等清涼提神的食物去暑也是中國人一千多年來的傳統(tǒng)。