Stay hydrated
补水
When youre hot and flushed, hydrating yourself is the first and foremost step to cooling down, said Wendell Porter, a senior lecturer emeritus in agricultural and biological engineering at the University of Florida.
佛罗里达大学农业和生物工程系名誉高级讲师温德尔波特提到，当你热得满脸发红时，为自己补充水分是最重要的事情。
The temperature of the water doesnt matter since your body will heat it, he added. If your body is suffering from the heat and needs to cool itself, it cant do that without enough moisture, since the body cools itself by sweating.
他补充说，你喝的是热水还是凉水都无所谓，由于你的身领会加热它。因为人体需要通过出汗来降温，假如没摄入足够的水分，你的身体就没办法在高温状况下自行冷却。
Take a cold shower or bath
洗冷水浴
Taking a cold shower or bath helps cool your body by lowering your core temperature, Porter said.
波特说，冲凉或洗个冷水澡可以减少核心体温，从而叫你凉快起来。
For an extra cool blast, try peppermint soap. The menthol in peppermint oil activates brain receptors that tell your body something youre eating or feeling is cold.
假如想要更凉快的话，可以试试看看薄荷肥皂。薄荷油中的薄荷醇会激活大脑受体，叫你的身体对正在吃或者用的东西产生凉爽的感觉。
Use cold washrags on your neck or wrists
在脖子或手腕上敷冷毛巾
Place a cold washrag or ice bags on your wrists or drape it around your neck to cool your body. These pulse points are areas where blood vessels are close to the skin, so youll cool down more quickly.
你可以在手腕上放一块冷毛巾或者几个冰袋，也可以把冷毛巾挂在脖子上来减少体温。这类脉搏点的血管离皮肤近，在这类地区冷敷可以更快地给身体降温。
Use box fans
用箱式风扇
Place box fans facing out of the windows of rooms youre spending time in to blow out hot air and replace it with cold air inside.
让箱式风扇朝着你所在房间的窗外吹，把热空气吹出去，用冷空气取而代之。
If the weather in your area tends to fall between 50 and 70 degrees Fahrenheit in the mornings and evenings, opening the windows on both sides of the house during those times can facilitate a cross-flow ventilation system. If you do this, you can opt to use or not use the fans, but the fans would help cool the house faster, Porter said. The outdoors can pull the hot air from your home, leaving a cooler temperature or bringing in the breeze. Just be sure to close windows as the sun comes out, then open them when the weather is cool again.
假如你所在的区域早晚气温介于50-70华氏度（10-21摄氏度）之间，在这期间内打开房屋两侧的窗户便可以在室内形成对流。波特说这样的情况用不需要风扇都可以，但风扇能让室内温度降得更快。对外通风可以带走室内的热空气，减少室温，让微风吹进去。不过必须要在太阳出来时关上窗户，等到天气凉爽时再重新开窗。
Just resting near a fan would reduce your body temperature as well.
在风扇旁边休息也可以减少你的体温。
Close your curtains or blinds
拉上窗帘或百叶窗
If you have windows that face the suns direction in the morning through afternoon, close the curtains or blinds over them to keep the sun from coming directly into the house and heating up inside, Porter said.
假如你家有从早到晚被太阳直射的窗户，记得拉上窗帘或百叶窗，波特说如此可以防止阳光直射让室内升温。
You could also install blackout curtains to insulate the room and reduce temperature increases that would happen during the day.
你也可以安装遮光窗帘来阻隔阳光，降低日间可能发生的升温。
If you do turn the air conditioning on, dont set it below 70 degrees Fahrenheit in an effort to cool the house faster, said Samantha Hall, managing director of Spaces Alive, an Australia-based design research company helping to create healthy, sustainable buildings.
澳大利亚设计研究公司Spaces Alive的总经理萨曼莎霍尔说，假如你开了空调，不要为了迅速减少室温而把空调调到21摄氏度以下。
It just runs for longer to reach that temp and will keep going until you start to feel a bit chilly and is then hard to balance, she added. Instead, keep the unit temperature as high as possible while still comfortable.
她补充道：为了达到设定温度，空调会持续制冷，直到你感觉凉飕飕的，你会感觉很难适应。你应该在体感舒适的首要条件下尽可能把空调温度设置得高中一年级些。
Sleep in breathable linens
用透气的床上用品
Cotton is one of the most breathable materials, so cotton sheets or blankets could help keep you cool through the night.
棉布是最透气的面料之一，用棉布床单或棉毯可以帮你一整夜维持凉爽。
The lower the thread count of the cotton, the more breathable it is, Porter said. Thats because higher thread counts have more weaving per square inch.
波特说，棉支数越低，就越透气。这是由于支数越高，织物密度越高。
Use the exhaust fan in your kitchen and/or bathroom
用厨房或浴室中的排气扇
Flip the switch for the exhaust fan in your kitchen to pull hot air that rises after you cook or in your bathroom to draw out steam after you shower.
打开厨房或浴室的排气扇，抽走做饭或洗澡时产生的热空气和水蒸气。
Enjoy frozen treats
享用冷冻食品
Eating an ice pop or ice cream to cool down may help for a moment. But dont go overboard on the sugar if youre overheated or at risk of being overheated, Porter said.
吃一根冰棍或者冰激凌可以暂时助你降温。但波特指出，假如你感到很热，简直快要热晕，就不要摄入太多糖。
Sugar would run your metabolism up and youd start feeling internally hot, he said. So the cool treat might be good, but the extra sugar might not.
波特说：糖分会加速新陈代谢，叫你产生内热。因此吃冷冻食品或许非常爽，但过多的糖分对你却没好处。