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心不正，不为师 2005年辽宁阅读全文翻译 译者：王泽超 单句版 A When building houses, people used to think about not only the climate of the areas but also the building materials and the fashions for their houses. 建造房子是，人们过去常常考虑的不仅是这个地区的气候，还要考虑房屋的材料和时 尚元素。 However, since electricity became more and more expensive, people began to pay much more attention to the energy they could get for their houses and the new ways they could find to protect their houses from both cold and heat. 可是，由于电变得越来越贵，人们开始更加注意他们能够得到的能源，以及新的让房 屋冬暖夏凉方法。 Now, houses of an old yet new type have been widely built. 现在，一个古老而又新型房屋已被广泛建造。 In some parts of the world, people share their houses with their livestock （家畜）. 世界上一些地方，人们和他们的家畜共用房屋。 During cold weather, they gather their cows, goats, or other animals and keep them on the first floor of their houses. 寒冷的天气，他们把他们的牛，山羊或者其他动物聚集起来，在他们房子的一楼饲养 这些动物。 The reasons are that the animals can be protected from the cold and that they can help to heat the houses as well. 这样做的理由是房屋能够帮助动物保暖，动物们也可以让房屋升温。 The body heat given off by the animals rises to the second floor of the houses, where people live. 动物们散发的体温上升到房子的二楼，也就是人们住的地方。 By sharing their houses with their livestock, people gain a source of heat. 通过和家畜公用房子，人们得到了一种热源。 People who live in or near cities do not usually keep livestock. 住在城市或者离城市近的人们通常不养家畜。 However, home builders use the fact that heat rises. 可是，房屋建造者利用这个热上升的原理。 This natural law can be used in building houses in these areas. 这个自然的法则可以用来造房子在这些地区。 Instead of keeping livestock on the first floor, builders fill it with large rocks. 不在一楼饲养动物，建造者们在一楼放大石头。 1 心不正，不为师 As they are open to the sun’s rays during cold weather, these rocks take in heat. 以为在寒冷的天气，它们被太阳光照，这些石头吸收热量。 They also give off the heat, and, of c