揭秘13个接吻趣味细节

 　　接吻有很多有趣的事情和细节

　　Everybody seems to know how to kiss. The question is: Are you aware of a variety of interesting facts and details about a kiss? Is kissing good or bad for you? Can you slim down by kissing too much? Below are some of the most curious things about kissing。

　　谁都知道怎么接吻。问题是：你知不知道关于接吻还有很多有趣的事情和细节？接吻对你是好还是不好？经常接吻能减肥么？下面这些就是与接吻有关的有趣事情。

　　1. Sensitivity of the lips is 200 times higher than that of the fingers。

　　嘴唇的敏感度是手指的200倍。

　　2. Every other person on the planet has his first amorous¹ kiss before reaching the age of 14.

　　这个地球上，每两个人中就有一个人在14岁之前有了初吻。

　　每两个人中就有一个人在14岁之前有了初吻

　　3. On the average, a person spends 20,160 minutes (two weeks) of his life on kissing。

　　平均来说，人一生中花在接吻上的时间是20160分钟，大约是两周。

　　人一生中花在接吻上的时间是20160分钟

　　4. According to U.S. statistics, an American woman would kiss an average of 80 men before she gets married。

　　根据美国的统计数字，美国女性在结婚之前平均会亲吻80个男人。

　　5. A kiss that lasts one minute can relieve your body of 26 calories。

　　接吻一分钟，可以消耗26卡路里的热量。

　　接吻一分钟可以消耗26卡路里热量

　　6. A quick romantic kiss will burn about 2-3 calories, whereas French kiss (an openmouthed kiss with tongue contact) will obliterate² more than 5 calories。

　　一个飞快的轻吻可以消耗2-3卡路里，而法式热吻(张开嘴的舌吻)则会消耗至少5卡路里的热量。

　　7. As a rule, 66 percent of people keep their eyes closed while kissing. The rest take pleasure in watching the emotions run the gamut³ on the faces of their partners。

　　作为一种习惯，66%的人在接吻时会闭上眼睛。另外一些人则喜欢观察他们的伴侣在接吻时脸上的表情变化。

　　66%的人在接吻时会闭上眼睛

　　8. It is thought that men who kiss their wives goodbye before going to work live five years longer than those who just slam the door. Men of the latter category are said to be more prone⁴ to traffic accidents。

　　据说那些在出门前跟妻子吻别的男人比那些直接关上门离开的男人要长寿5岁。后面那种男人更容易发生车祸。

　　9. Kissing can help women relax and ease the effects of stress。

　　接吻能帮助女性放松，并缓解压力造成的不适。

　　接吻能缓解压力造成的不适

　　10. An act of kissing puts 29 facial muscles in motion. In other words, kissing can be used as an effective exercise to prevent the development of wrinkles。

　　接吻过程过程中要动用29块面部肌肉。换句话说，接吻是一种有效地预防皱纹的运动。

　　11. Lovers swap⁵ saliva⁶ containing various substances e.g. fats, mineral salts, proteins while kissing. According to latest studies, the exchange of the above substances can give a boost to the production of antibodies which are made specifically to deal with the antigens associated with different diseases as they are encountered。

　　情人接吻时交换的唾液含有多种成分，比如脂肪、矿物质、蛋白质等。根据最新的研究，这些物质的交换可以增强抗体的产生，这些抗体是在面对疾病的不同抗原所特别产生的。

　　接吻会产生一种物质，其麻醉的效果

　　12. Smooching passionately⁷ for 90 seconds will elevate blood pressure and cause the pulse rate to go racing⁸. It will also increase the level of hormones⁹ in the blood, thus reducing life by one minute。

　　90秒钟热吻会升高血压、加速脉搏，还会增加血液中的荷尔蒙，由此会导致生命缩短一分钟。

　　13. The bodies of those engaged in kissing produce a substance that is 200 times more powerful than morphine in terms of narcotic¹⁰ effect. That is why the kissing partners can experience feelings of euphoria and bliss¹¹ in the process。

　　接吻会产生一种物质，其麻醉的效果比吗啡强200倍。这也就是为什么在接吻的时候，人们会有种轻飘飘的幸福感。

1 amorous   

adj.多情的；有关爱情的

参考例句：

• They exchanged amorous glances and clearly made known their passions.二人眉来眼去，以目传情。
• She gave him an amorous look.她脉脉含情的看他一眼。

2 obliterate   

v.擦去，涂抹，去掉...痕迹，消失，除去

参考例句：

• Whole villages were obliterated by fire.整座整座的村庄都被大火所吞噬。
• There was time enough to obliterate memories of how things once were for him.时间足以抹去他对过去经历的记忆。

3 gamut   

n.全音阶，(一领域的)全部知识

参考例句：

• The exhibition runs the whole gamut of artistic styles.这次展览包括了所有艺术风格的作品。
• This poem runs the gamut of emotions from despair to joy.这首诗展现了从绝望到喜悦的感情历程。

4 prone   

adj.(to)易于…的，很可能…的；俯卧的

参考例句：

• Some people are prone to jump to hasty conclusions.有些人往往作出轻率的结论。
• He is prone to lose his temper when people disagree with him.人家一不同意他的意见,他就发脾气。

5 swap   

n.交换；vt.交换，用...作交易

参考例句：

• I will swap you my bicycle for your radio.我想拿我的自行车换你的收音机。
• This comic was a swap that I got from Nick.这本漫画书是我从尼克那里换来的。

6 saliva   

n.唾液，口水

参考例句：

• He wiped a dribble of saliva from his chin.他擦掉了下巴上的几滴口水。
• Saliva dribbled from the baby's mouth.唾液从婴儿的嘴里流了出来。

7 passionately   

ad.热烈地，激烈地

参考例句：

• She could hate as passionately as she could love. 她能恨得咬牙切齿，也能爱得一往情深。
• He was passionately addicted to pop music. 他酷爱流行音乐。

8 racing   

n.竞赛，赛马；adj.竞赛用的，赛马用的

参考例句：

• I was watching the racing on television last night.昨晚我在电视上看赛马。
• The two racing drivers fenced for a chance to gain the lead.两个赛车手伺机竞相领先。

9 hormones   

n. 荷尔蒙，激素 名词hormone的复数形式

参考例句：

• This hormone interacts closely with other hormones in the body. 这种荷尔蒙与体內其他荷尔蒙紧密地相互作用。
• The adrenals produce a large per cent of a man's sex hormones. 肾上腺分泌人体的大部分性激素。

10 narcotic   

n.麻醉药，镇静剂；adj.麻醉的，催眠的

参考例句：

• Opium is classed under the head of narcotic.鸦片是归入麻醉剂一类的东西。
• No medical worker is allowed to prescribe any narcotic drug for herself.医务人员不得为自己开处方使用麻醉药品。

11 bliss   

n.狂喜，福佑，天赐的福

参考例句：

• It's sheer bliss to be able to spend the day in bed.整天都可以躺在床上真是幸福。
• He's in bliss that he's won the Nobel Prize.他非常高兴，因为获得了诺贝尔奖金。