炎热的夏天，让人不舒服的除了高温，还有讨厌的蚊子。
但是很多人感觉今年的蚊子好像变少了，尤其是在北京。
其实，今年蚊子比去年还多，但是为什么大家感觉蚊子变少了呢？
其实是因为大家在日常生活中被蚊子咬得更少了，而这多亏了最近的持续高温天气。
在温度比较高的时候，尤其是超过35度以后，蚊子就会变懒，不爱活动了，所以咬人次数减少了。
但是，即便如此，大家在日常生活中还是要好好预防蚊子，比如经常更换花瓶里的水、家里保持干燥等。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 炎热 | yán rè | blistering hot / sizzling hot (weather) |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 夏天 | xià tiān | summer |
| 让 | ràng | to permit / to let sb do sth / to have sb do sth / to make sb (feel sad etc) |
| 人 | rén | person; people |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 舒服 | shū fu | comfortable / feeling well |
| 除了 | chú le | apart from; besides; in addition to |
| 高 | gāo | high / tall / above average / loud |
| 温 | wēn | (bound form) temperature / (TCM) fever / epidemic; pestilence |
| 还有 | hái yǒu | in addition |
| 讨厌 | tǎo yàn | disagreeable / troublesome / annoying |
| 蚊子 | wén zi | mosquito |
| 但是 | dàn shì | but; however |
| 很多 | hěn duō | many; a lot of |
| 感觉 | gǎn jué | to feel; to perceive |
| 今年 | jīn nián | this year |
| 好像 | hǎo xiàng | to seem like |
| 变 | biàn | to change / to become different / to transform / to vary |
| 少 | shǎo | few / less |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 尤其 | yóu qí | especially; particularly |
| 是 | shì | indeed (used for emphasis) |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 北京 | Běi jīng | Beijing municipality, capital of the People's Republic of China |
| 其实 | qí shí | actually; in fact; really |
| 比 | bǐ | (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun} / (in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese) |
| 去年 | qù nián | last year |
| 还 | hái | even more, still more |
| 多 | duō | many; much; more; a lot of |
| 为什么 | wèi shén me | why? / for what reason? |
| 大家 | dà jiā | everyone |
| 呢 | ne | (sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?") |
| 因为 | yīn wèi | because; owing to; on account of |
| 日常 | rì cháng | day-to-day; daily; everyday |
| 生活 | shēng huó | life / livelihood |
| 中 | zhōng | within; among; in |
| 被 | bèi | used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb) / (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes |
| 咬 | yǎo | to bite / to nip |
| 得 | de | structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc |
| 更 | gèng | more / even more / further / still / still more |
| 而 | ér | and so / (indicates causal relation) |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 多亏 | duō kuī | thanks to / luckily |
| 最近 | zuì jìn | recently |
| 持续 | chí xù | to continue / to persist / to last |
| 天气 | tiān qì | weather |
| 温度 | wēn dù | temperature |
| 比较 | bǐ jiào | comparatively / relatively / quite |
| 时候 | shí hou | time / length of time / moment / period |
| 超过 | chāo guò | to surpass / to exceed / to outstrip |
| 度 | dù | degree (angles, temperature etc) / kilowatt-hour |
| 以后 | yǐ hòu | after / later / afterwards / following / later on / in the future |
| 就 | jiù | in that case; then |
| 会 | huì | to be likely to; to be sure to |
| 懒 | lǎn | lazy |
| 爱 | ài | to be inclined (to do sth); to tend to (happen) |
| 活动 | huó dòng | to exercise; to move about; to work out |
| 所以 | suǒ yǐ | therefore / as a result / so |
| 次数 | cì shù | number of times / frequency / order number (in a series) / power (math.) / degree of a polynomial (math.) |
| 减少 | jiǎn shǎo | to lessen; to decrease; to reduce; to lower |
| 即便 | jí biàn | even if / even though / right away / immediately |
| 如此 | rú cǐ | like this; so; such |
| 还是 | hái shi | still (as before) |
| 要 | yào | will; shall; about to / need to; should / if |
| 好 | hǎo | good / appropriate; proper |
| 预防 | yù fáng | to prevent / to take precautions against / to protect / to guard against |
| 比如 | bǐ rú | for example; for instance; such as |
| 经常 | jīng cháng | frequently; constantly; regularly; often |
| 更换 | gēng huàn | to replace (a worn-out tire etc) / to change (one's address etc) |
| 花瓶 | huā píng | flower vase / (fig.) female employee considered to be just a pretty face (attractive but not very competent) |
| 里 | lǐ | lining / interior / inside |
| 水 | shuǐ | water / (after a name) ... River / (bound form) additional cost; extra income |
| 家 | jiā | home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) |
| 保持 | bǎo chí | to keep / to maintain / to hold / to preserve |
| 干燥 | gān zào | (of weather, climate, soil etc) dry; arid / (of skin, mouth etc) dry / (fig.) dull; dry; boring |
| 等 | děng | and so on; etc.; et al. / (used to end an enumeration) |