Shouts & Murmurs

How We’re Beating the Heat

我们如何战胜酷暑
A man in business casual clothes hugs a large fan as the sun beats down on him.
Photograph by John Cumming / Getty

1. Misting ourselves incessantly until we develop a gelatinous outer layer of cooling algae.

1. 不停地往身上喷水雾,直到皮肤表面长出一层凝胶状的降温藻类。

2. Boozy adult milkshakes on sloping rooftops.

2. 在倾斜的屋顶上喝含酒精的成人奶昔。

3. Converting the hot-zone suit into a kicky little romper.

3. 把高温防护服改成一件俏皮的小连体裤。

4. Chilled one-dollar Gowanus oysters.

4. 一美元一个的冰镇戈瓦努斯生蚝。

5. Skinny-dipping at the T.W.A. Hotel pool.

5. 在环球航空酒店泳池裸泳。

6. Temporarily shutting down thousands of heat-producing bitcoin-mining operations—investors won’t mind.

6. 暂时关停几千台产生巨大热量的比特币矿机——投资人不会介意的。

7. Checking into an Airbnb on that chunk of freshly afloat Greenlandic ice sheet.

7. 在那块刚漂离的格陵兰冰盖上订一间爱彼迎。

8. Filibustering in loose, breathable outfits.

8. 穿着宽松透气的衣服搞冗长演讲阻挠议事。

9. Kim Kardashian must have something cool planned—ask permission to tag along?

9. 金·卡戴珊肯定安排了什么清凉活动——求她让我们跟着去?

10. Conducting an orderly insurrection at the Vince Lombardi Service Plaza’s Slushy Pagoda.

10. 在文斯·隆巴迪服务区的思乐冰宝塔发起一场井然有序的暴动。

11. An air-conditioned boardwalk “escape room” that we can’t manage to escape from, no matter how hard we try; please don’t bother calling the fire department—this lock seems to be broken from the inside.

11. 一个有空调的木板道“密室逃脱”,我们怎么也逃不出去,不管多努力都不行;请别费心叫消防队——这把锁好像从里面坏掉了。

12. Taking a Lyft the full length of the Appalachian Trail.

12. 打一辆来福车走完整条阿巴拉契亚山道。

13. Finally investing in a good set of coconut machetes.

13. 终于投资买一套好用的开椰子砍刀。

14. Bathing suit, Yeezy slides, hammock slung above a bodega freezer chest—heaven?

14. 泳衣、椰子鞋、吊在杂货店冰柜上方的吊床——这不就是天堂?

15. Getting our hobbity feet waxed.

15. 给我们毛茸茸的霍比特人脚丫做蜜蜡脱毛。

16. Bribing our way onto a summer-long sequestered mob jury.

16. 行贿混进一个持续整个夏天的隔离式黑帮陪审团。

17. Mentholated everything.

17. 万物皆可加薄荷脑。

18. Body-painting on a tuxedo so that we can attend black-tie events in the buff.

18. 在身上画一套燕尾服,这样就能光着身子出席正装晚宴了。

19. Petitioning Elon Musk to put all his time and money into a Shade Locator app.

19. 请愿埃隆·马斯克把所有时间和金钱都投入开发一款“阴凉定位”应用。

20. Reporting a brush fire, kicking back in a lawn chair, and waiting for the Forest Service to arrive with a bucket drop.

20. 报告一起灌木火灾,然后往草坪椅上一靠,等着林务局派飞机来洒水。

21. Putting on a cotton sundress and spinning around in a field, all wild and free.

21. 穿一件棉布太阳裙,在田野里转圈,野性又自由。

22. Dangling our tootsies in the zen waterfall in our therapist’s waiting room.

22. 把脚丫子伸进心理治疗师候诊室里的禅意瀑布里晃荡。

23. Quick jaunt to the summit of Everest, strapped to the back of a Sherpa that we definitely plan to tip.

23. 绑在一个我们肯定会给小费的夏尔巴人背上,速登一趟珠峰。

24. Shaving off our thick coat of bristly underfur.

24. 剃掉我们那层又厚又硬的底层绒毛。

25. Apartment-swapping with someone at the McMurdo research station.

25. 和麦克默多科考站的人换公寓住。

26. Reluctantly removing several muslin scarves from our Captain Jack Sparrow costume.

26. 不情不愿地从杰克·斯派洛船长戏服上拆掉几条薄纱围巾。

27. Sneaking into Gwyneth Paltrow’s house and stealing frozen jackfruit before she uses it in a post-workout smoothie.

27. 溜进格温妮丝·帕特洛家,在她把冷冻菠萝蜜打进健身后奶昔之前偷走它。

28. Just hopin’ the sun burns out real soon.

28. 就盼着太阳赶紧烧完拉倒。

29. Visiting a ski resort and aiming snow-machine chute directly at our armpits.

29. 去滑雪场,把造雪机的喷口直接对准腋下。

30. Having a few more crates of Alaskan seafood overnighted, just for the dry ice.

30. 再多隔夜空运几箱阿拉斯加海鲜,就为了要里面的干冰。

31. Ordering a Cameo from Coolio.

31. 在Cameo上订一个Coolio的祝福视频。

32. Flash-freezing Crocs.

32. 速冻洞洞鞋。

33. Staying perfectly still, communicating only with a coquettish smile and a wink or two.

33. 保持绝对静止,只用卖弄风情的微笑和一两下眨眼来交流。

34. Asking our buddy Jeff Bezos if we can bum a ride to the moon.

34. 问问我们哥们儿杰夫·贝佐斯,能不能蹭个便车去月球。

35. Why not add a few more razor slashes to this ol’ Van Halen tank top?

35. 何不在这件老范海伦背心上再多划几道口子?

36. Dialling back hot-sauce selection from “Ass-pocalypse” to “Tongue Reaper.”

36. 把辣酱选择从“屁股末日”降级到“舌头收割者”。

37. Installing produce misters on our underwear waistbands.

37. 在内裤松紧带上安装蔬果喷雾器。

38. Summer internship in walk-in freezer.

38. 在步入式冷库里做暑期实习。

39. Confidently claiming to be a member of the Fountain Police and wading around in various fountains, “solving crimes.”

39. 自信地声称自己是喷泉警察,在各种喷泉里蹚水“破案”。

40. Forging Ice Cream Sommelier credentials and conducting daily quality checks at various grocery stores.

40. 伪造冰淇淋侍酒师资质,每天去各家超市做质量检查。

41. Climbing into glacier gap after chiselling out frozen Neanderthals

41. 凿出冰封的尼安德特人后,爬进冰川裂隙里。

42. Going underground, joining up with the mole people.

42. 转入地下,加入鼹鼠人一族。

43. Filling a footbath with gazpacho.

43. 用西班牙冷汤泡脚。

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