地球上最冷的地方：零下71℃的俄罗斯村庄奥伊米亚康_BEC初级作文

地球上最冷的地方：零下71℃的俄罗斯村庄奥伊米亚康

与想象中正相反，“奥伊米亚康”实际上是“不冻之水”的意思，这个名字取自附近的温泉。在奥伊米亚康，大多数家庭仍然烧煤取暖，所能享受的现代化的便利设施也不多。

Nothing grows there so people eat reindeer meat and horsemeat. A single shop provides the town's bare necessities and the locals work as reindeer-breeders, hunters and ice-fisherman.

那里没有作物生长，人们以驯鹿肉和马肉为食。只有一家商店给村庄里的人们供应必需品，刚刚够得上人们生活，当地人以喂养驯鹿、打猎、破冰打渔为生。

Doctors say the reason the locals don't suffer from malnutrition is that their animals' milk contains a lot of micronutrients.

医生说，当地人中之所以没有营养不良的现象是因为他们蓄养的动物的奶中含有很多微量元素。

Unsurprisingly, locals are hardened to the weather and unlike in other countries - where a flurry of snow brings things grinding to a halt, Oymyakon's solitary school only shuts if temperatures fall below -52C.

当地人抵抗严寒的能力比起其他国家的人来说要强得多，这当然丝毫不让人惊讶。在其他地方，一阵大雪就能让所有活动终止，但是奥伊米亚康唯一的这所学校只有在温度降到-52℃时才停课。

The village is located around 750 metres above sea level and the length of a day varies from 3 hours in December to 21 hours in the summer. And despite its terrible winters, in June, July and August temperatures over 30c are not uncommon.