Freezing to Death for Beauty
People in Beijing wear a lot of clothing during winter to fend (抵御) off the cold. In the United States, however, people wear
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, partly because the car is the primary mode of transportation. Cars take
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straight to their workplaces, which are heated well. The American diet is full of calories, so the
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can afford to burn heat more quickly.
Fewer layers of clothing give people the opportunity to stay
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. Lots of Yale girls wear skirts
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when it"s 10 degrees Centigrade (摄氏温度) outside. Some of them at least wear boots, tights, and leg-warmers. Some, however, really just go for the look
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the risk of health. These girls have nothing to prevent their legs
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the wind, and no socks to protect their feet. A mini skirt and a pair of stilettos (高跟鞋) are all that they wear.
Typically, the ones pursuing fashion are
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with little body fat. Just by the nature of their bodies, they are already at a disadvantage compared with normal people in
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weather. I have always
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, whenever I pass these girls, how they manage to refrain from shivering and just smile like spring had arrived.
And then there are the guys. The girls can be said to
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health for beauty. But why do guys
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so little It is not like, once they shed (脱掉) some layers, they suddenly become better-looking. They are not exactly being fashionable when they
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wear sporty (花哨的) shorts and shower slippers in the midst of winter. It"s not cute.
Of course, people have the freedom to look whatever
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they want. I am just surprised that, given the vast difference between winter and summer temperatures in Connecticut, they can still
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like they are partying on the beach in the middle of February.