Everyone is a rock star in the bathroom.

浴室里的每個(gè)人都是搖滾明星。

Admit it. You’ve grabbed the showerhead to bust1 out a song or two in theshower once or twice in your life. There’s just something completely satisfyingabout singing in the shower.

承認(rèn)吧。你在生活中有過(guò)一兩次在洗澡時(shí)抓住淋浴噴頭突然唱出一兩首曲子的情況。洗澡時(shí)唱歌有一種完全令人滿意的感覺(jué)。

Have you ever wondered about this phenomenon2？ Some of us wouldn’t singin public. Yet we’ll sing in the shower without embarrassment. Believe it or not，there’s a scientific explanation behind it.

你有沒(méi)有想過(guò)這種現(xiàn)象？我們中的一些人不會(huì)在公共場(chǎng)合唱歌。然而，我們會(huì)在洗澡時(shí)唱歌而不會(huì)尷尬。信不信由你，在這背后有一個(gè)科學(xué)的解釋。

First， let’s look at why we’re relaxed enough in the shower to burst into song.Think about it—you don’t sing when you’re sad （unless you’re singing the blues，of course）. For many people， shower time is the only time they’re alone all day.You’re in a warm， small， safe environment. You’re comfortable enough！ Stressliterally3 washes off you. When you relax， your brain releases4 dopamine5， whichcan give your creative juices a jumpstart.

首先，讓我們來(lái)看看為什么我們?cè)谙丛钑r(shí)放松到可以放聲歌唱。想想看，你不會(huì)在悲傷的時(shí)候唱歌（當(dāng)然，除非你在唱藍(lán)調(diào)音樂(lè)）。對(duì)許多人來(lái)說(shuō)，洗澡時(shí)間是他們一整天唯一獨(dú)處的時(shí)間。你在一個(gè)溫暖、狹小、安全的環(huán)境中。你是足夠舒服的！壓力真的會(huì)被一沖而光。當(dāng)你放松時(shí)，你的大腦會(huì)釋放多巴胺，這會(huì)讓你的創(chuàng)造力快速重啟。

Warm water is rushing over you， and now you’re relaxed and feeling good. Itturns out that singing makes you feel even better. Singing， because of the breathingyou put into it， gets more oxygen6 into the blood. This gives you better circulation7，which in turn improves your body and mood. And because you have to breathe alittle deeper to belt out8 a song， you get relaxation and mind-clearing benefits9.Another great thing is that when you’re singing， you really can’t think about yourproblems—more stress relief10.

溫暖的水從你身上流過(guò)，現(xiàn)在你放松了，感覺(jué)很好。事實(shí)證明，唱歌會(huì)讓你感覺(jué)更好。唱歌時(shí)，你的呼吸會(huì)讓更多的氧氣進(jìn)入血液。這會(huì)促進(jìn)你的血液循環(huán)，進(jìn)而改善你的身體和情緒。而且由于你必須深呼吸才能唱出一首歌，所以你可以獲得放松和清醒的益處。另一件巧妙的事情是，當(dāng)你唱歌的時(shí)候，你真的無(wú)法去想你的問(wèn)題———更多的壓力得到緩解。

But the best thing about singing in the shower？ The acoustics11！ You can’task for a better sound system than a bathroom. Because bathroom tiles12 don’tabsorb13 sound， your voice bounces14 back and forth around the room before fadingaway. And because the shower is a small space， it boosts15 your voice， making yoursinging sound more powerful. The sound bouncing also gives your singing areverb16 effect， which makes your voice hang in the air longer. It makes you soundbetter than you actually are， which is a confidence boost.

但是洗澡時(shí)唱歌最棒的地方是什么？音響效果！你再也找不到比浴室更好的音響系統(tǒng)了。因?yàn)樵∈掖纱u不吸收聲音，你的聲音在房間里來(lái)回反射，然后逐漸消失。因?yàn)樵∈铱臻g狹小，它可以提高你的聲音，使你的歌聲更加有力。聲音的反射也會(huì)給你的歌唱帶來(lái)混響效果，使你的聲音在空中回響的時(shí)間更長(zhǎng)。它讓你的聲音聽(tīng)起來(lái)比實(shí)際聲音更好聽(tīng)，這是一種信心的提升。

We don’t sing in the shower simply because we have some songs stuck in ourheads. It turns out we do it for many reasons： stress relief， happiness， greatacoustics， or maybe just because we like to hear our own voices. No matter whatthe reason， keep it up. It’s good for you. And if you’ve never tried it， pick a song，grab the showerhead and put on your own private concert.

我們?cè)谙丛钑r(shí)唱歌，不僅僅是因?yàn)槲覀兡X子里一直想著某些歌。原來(lái)我們這樣做有很多原因：減壓、快樂(lè)、出色的音響效果，或者可能只是因?yàn)槲覀兿矚g聽(tīng)到自己的聲音。不管是什么原因，都要保持下去。這對(duì)你有好處。如果你還從未嘗試過(guò)，那就選一首歌，拿起淋浴噴頭，舉辦你自己的私人音樂(lè)會(huì)吧。

（英語(yǔ)原文選自：science.howstuffworks.com）