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dào le Hàndài ，huánggōng lǐ xiàjì biàn yǒu le “qīngliáng diàn ”，nèi yǒu duōchóng jiàngwēn zhuāngzhì ，yǐ shítou wèi chuáng ，yòng yù jīng pán zhuāng bīngkuài ，háiyǒu rén zhàn zài yīpáng duì zhe shān shànzi ，qīngliáng wúbǐ 。

In the Han Dynasty, the palace had a "cool hall" in the summer, with multiple cooling devices inside, such as a stone bed, plates made from jade crystals to store ice cubes and people using fans. The coolness was incomparable.

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古代没有空调、电风扇，只能靠扇子纳凉，古人称之为“摇风”“凉友”。

gǔdài méiyǒu kōngtiáo 、diànfēngshàn ，zhǐnéng kào shànzi nàliáng ，gǔrén chēngzhīwéi “yáofēng ”“liángyǒu ”。

In ancient times, there were no air conditioners and electric fans. People had only fans to keep cool. They gave these fans names such as "shaking the wind" and "cool companions”.

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遥想公瑾当年，小乔初嫁了，雄姿英发。羽扇纶巾，谈笑间，樯橹灰飞烟灭。故国神游，多情应笑我，早生华发。人生如梦，一樽还酹江月。

yáo xiǎng Gōngjǐn dāngnián ，Xiǎoqiáo chū jià le ，xióngzī yīngfā 。yǔshàn guānjīn ，tán xiào jiān ，qiánglǔ huīfēiyānmiè 。gùguó shényóu ，duōqíng yīng xiào wǒ ，zǎo shēng huáfà 。rénshēng rú mèng ，yī zūn hái lèi jiāng yuè 。

Thinking back all the way to Zhou Yu's military campaign at the red cliffs, when he had just married the beautiful Xiao Qiao, and how they made such a radiant couple, beauty matching bravery. The silk hat on his head, fanning himself lightly with a feather fan, reducing the formidable enemy army to ashes amid idle chat and laughter. But what is point of me sitting here pontificating? You might laugh at me, that it's my sentimentality that made my hair go white all over so prematurely. Life is like a passing dream, so we might as well pour a drink into to the river, to drink a toast to the moon's reflection in the river!

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又来了！每次出门都不关灯，实在是浪费电！连电风扇都开着，搞什么？

yòuláile ！měicì chūmén dōu bù guāndēng ，shízài shì làngfèi diàn ！lián diànfēngshàn dōu kāi zhe ，gǎoshénme ？

Again! Every time anyone leaves the house they leave the lights on, it's such a waste of electricity! Even the electric fan is on, what the hell!

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话不是这么说，就算是一下子也不应该，没人在却开着电灯电扇，不但浪费电，而且很危险啊，万一电线走火怎么办？他们不要命，别人还要。

huàbùshì zhèmeshuō ，jiùsuàn shì yīxiàzi yě bù yīnggāi ，méi rén zài què kāi zhe diàndēng diànshàn ，bùdàn làngfèi diàn ，érqiě hěn wēixiǎn ā ，wànyī diànxiàn zǒuhuǒ zěnme bàn ？tāmen bù yàomìng ，biérén hái yào 。

You can't say that, even if they're just going out for a little while they shouldn't leave the lights and the fan on, it's not only a waste of electricity, it's also dangerous, what if the wires catch fire? If they don't care if they live or die, other do.

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迈克，你怎么开电风扇了？

Màikè ，nǐ zěnme kāi diànfēngshàn le ？

Mike, why are you turning on the fan?

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我觉得这里好像不是我自己的家，连能不能开空调和风扇也是别人决定。

wǒ juéde zhèlǐ hǎoxiàng bùshì wǒ zìjǐ de jiā ，lián néng bu néng kāi kōngtiáo hé fēngshàn yě shì biérén juédìng 。

I feel like this isn't even my own house. Even whether or not I run the air conditioner or the fan is somebody else's decision.

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刚说完，只听“啪”的一下，足球打破了一扇窗户。

gāng shuōwán ，zhǐ tīng “pā ”de yīxià ，zúqiú dǎpò le yī shàn chuānghu 。

Just after Wang Qiang said this, there was a crash and a soccer ball broke through a window.

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