夏天，办公室空调的温度应该开几度？
其实，办公室温度不仅和舒适度有关，还对工作有影响。
新研究发现，把空调温度调高有利于提高女性的工作效率，而低温则有利于男性更好地工作。
一项在德国开展的研究测试了500名男性和女性在各种温度下执行一系列任务的能力。
研究发现，在较高的温度下，女性做数学题和文字题时表现更好，男性则正好相反。
并且女性工作效率的提高幅度比男性工作效率的下降幅度"明显更大”。
因此，男女混合的工作场所中或许可以通过调高室温来提高工作效率。
另外一项研究显示，女性所适合的办公室平均温度大约比男性高3度。
该研究发现，女性的代谢速率明显低于男性。
男性在22度左右时感觉很舒适，而女性则会觉得22度有点儿冷。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 夏天 | xià tiān | summer |
| 办公室 | bàn gōng shì | office; business premises |
| 空调 | kōng tiáo | air conditioning / air conditioner (including units that have a heating mode) |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 温度 | wēn dù | temperature |
| 应该 | yīng gāi | ought to; should; must |
| 开 | kāi | (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start / to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run |
| 几 | jǐ | how much / how many |
| 度 | dù | degree (angles, temperature etc) / kilowatt-hour |
| 其实 | qí shí | actually; in fact; really |
| 不仅 | bù jǐn | not just; not limited to / (as a correlative conjunction) not only (..., but also ...) |
| 和 | hé | and; together with |
| 舒适 | shū shì | cozy / snug |
| 有关 | yǒu guān | to have sth to do with / to relate to / to concern |
| 还 | hái | still, still in progress, yet |
| 对 | duì | towards; at; for / concerning; regarding |
| 工作 | gōng zuò | job / work / task |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 影响 | yǐng xiǎng | influence / effect |
| 新 | xīn | new; newly |
| 研究 | yán jiū | research / a study |
| 发现 | fā xiàn | to notice; to become aware of / to discover; to find; to detect |
| 把 | bǎ | (used to put the object before the verb: 把[ba3] + {noun} + {verb}) |
| 调 | tiáo | to harmonize / to reconcile / to blend / to suit well / to adjust / to regulate / to season (food) / to provoke / to incite |
| 高 | gāo | high / tall / above average / loud |
| 有利 | yǒu lì | advantageous; favorable |
| 于 | yú | (of time or place) in; at; on / (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for / (indicating a source) from; out of / (used in comparison) than / (used in the passive voice) by |
| 提高 | tí gāo | to raise / to increase / to improve |
| 女性 | nǚ xìng | woman / the female sex |
| 效率 | xiào lǜ | efficiency |
| 而 | ér | but (not) / yet (not) / (indicates contrast) |
| 低温 | dī wēn | low temperature |
| 则 | zé | (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then |
| 男性 | nán xìng | the male sex / a male |
| 更 | gèng | more / even more / further / still / still more |
| 好 | hǎo | good / appropriate; proper |
| 地 | de | -ly / structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 项 | xiàng | classifier for principles, items, clauses, tasks, research projects etc |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 德国 | Dé guó | Germany |
| 开展 | kāi zhǎn | to launch / to develop / to unfold / (of an exhibition etc) to open |
| 测试 | cè shì | to test (machinery etc) / to test (a person's skill in a particular area) |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 名 | míng | classifier for people |
| 各种 | gè zhǒng | every kind of; all kinds of; various |
| 下 | xià | down / downwards / below |
| 执行 | zhí xíng | to implement / to carry out / to execute / to run |
| 一系列 | yī xì liè | a series of / a string of |
| 任务 | rèn wu | mission; assignment; task; duty; role |
| 能力 | néng lì | capability / ability |
| 较 | jiào | (before an adjective) relatively; comparatively; rather |
| 做 | zuò | to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc) |
| 数学 | shù xué | mathematics |
| 题 | tí | topic / problem for discussion / exam question / subject |
| 文字 | wén zì | character / script / writing / written language / writing style / phraseology |
| 时 | shí | when |
| 表现 | biǎo xiàn | expression / manifestation / show / display / performance (at work etc) / behavior |
| 正好 | zhèng hǎo | just right / just enough |
| 相反 | xiāng fǎn | opposite / contrary |
| 并且 | bìng qiě | and; besides; moreover; furthermore; in addition |
| 幅度 | fú dù | width / extent / range / scope |
| 比 | bǐ | (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun} / (in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese) |
| 下降 | xià jiàng | to decline / to drop / to fall / to go down / to decrease |
| 明显 | míng xiǎn | clear / distinct / obvious |
| 大 | dà | big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest |
| 因此 | yīn cǐ | thus; consequently; as a result |
| 男 | nán | (bound form) male |
| 女 | nǚ | female |
| 混合 | hùn hé | to mix; to blend |
| 场所 | chǎng suǒ | location / place |
| 中 | zhōng | within; among; in |
| 或许 | huò xǔ | perhaps; maybe |
| 可以 | kě yǐ | can / may / possible / able to |
| 通过 | tōng guò | by means of; through; via |
| 室温 | shì wēn | room temperature |
| 来 | lái | (between two verbs) in order to |
| 另外 | lìng wài | additional / separate / other |
| 显示 | xiǎn shì | to show / to illustrate / to display / to demonstrate |
| 所 | suǒ | particle introducing a relative clause or passive |
| 适合 | shì hé | to fit; to suit |
| 平均 | píng jūn | average; on average |
| 大约 | dà yuē | approximately |
| 该 | gāi | that / the above-mentioned |
| 代谢 | dài xiè | replacement / substitution / metabolism (biol.) |
| 速率 | sù lǜ | speed; rate |
| 低 | dī | low |
| 左右 | zuǒ yòu | approximately |
| 感觉 | gǎn jué | to feel; to perceive |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite |
| 会 | huì | to be likely to; to be sure to |
| 觉得 | jué de | to think that ...; to feel that ... |
| 有点儿 | yǒu diǎn r | slightly / a little / somewhat |
| 冷 | lěng | cold |