A 9-year-old Central California boy braved strong currents and cold water to swim from San Francisco to Alcatraz Island and back.

加州中部一名9岁的男孩不顾湍急的水流和冰冷的海水，从旧金山游到了恶魔岛，然后又游了回来。

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In Finland, say tour guides, people pour molten lead into cold water to divine the year ahead from the shape the metal sets in.

据导游说，在芬兰，人们会把熔化的液体铅倒进冷水里，通过铅在水中形成的形状来占卜新的一年的命运。

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He baths in cold water all the year round.

他一年四季用冷水洗澡。

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That is why the Treasury is not ruling out some changes to the monetary policy framework this year, even as it pours a bit of cold water on the nominal GDP debate.

BBC: The Bank of England, the chancellor, and the target

The government has a target of the end of the year to bring the plant to a cold shutdown, when the reactors are stable and the water inside them is no longer boiling.

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