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.

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Roach says bank reserve requirements and rises in interest rates, combined with Beijing's recent "administrative edicts" to rein in investments, will throw cold water on the "China mania" gripping investors who blithely assume 11% growth every year.

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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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