Hello. This is 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English. I'm Beth. And I'm Neil. I have a confession忏悔 to make, Neil. I love the hot weather. It's a chance to get outside, maybe get a suntan, but sometimes it gets too hot, even for me. Yes, depending where in the world you live, you've probably noticed that it's getting hotter year after year. 2023 is the hottest year on record记录, with heat waves in many countries around the world, even Britain.
When it gets too hot, the human body knows how to cool使…冷却 down. It sweats, passing salty water, called sweat, through the skin to lose heat. But unlike the body, houses don't know how to keep cool, and in hot parts of the world where air conditioning is unavailable难以获得的 or unaffordable, this is a real problem.
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