Everyone is a rock star in the bathroom.

浴室里的每個人都是搖滾明星。

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.

承認吧。你在生活中有過一兩次在洗澡時抓住淋浴噴頭突然唱出一兩首曲子的情況。洗澡時唱歌有一種完全令人滿意的感覺。

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.

你有沒有想過這種現(xiàn)象？我們中的一些人不會在公共場合唱歌。然而，我們會在洗澡時唱歌而不會尷尬。信不信由你，在這背后有一個科學的解釋。

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，讓我們來看看為什么我們在洗澡時放松到可以放聲歌唱。想想看，你不會在悲傷的時候唱歌（當然，除非你在唱藍調(diào)音樂）。對許多人來說，洗澡時間是他們一整天唯一獨處的時間。你在一個溫暖、狹小、安全的環(huán)境中。你是足夠舒服的！壓力真的會被一沖而光。當你放松時，你的大腦會釋放多巴胺，這會讓你的創(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，現(xiàn)在你放松了，感覺很好。事實證明，唱歌會讓你感覺更好。唱歌時，你的呼吸會讓更多的氧氣進入血液。這會促進你的血液循環(huán)，進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，當你唱歌的時候，你真的無法去想你的問題———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。因為浴室瓷磚不吸收聲音，你的聲音在房間里來回反射，然后逐漸消失。因為浴室空間狹小，它可以提高你的聲音，使你的歌聲更加有力。聲音的反射也會給你的歌唱帶來混響效果，使你的聲音在空中回響的時間更長。它讓你的聲音聽起來比實際聲音更好聽，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.

我們在洗澡時唱歌，不僅僅是因為我們腦子里一直想著某些歌。原來我們這樣做有很多原因：減壓、快樂、出色的音響效果，或者可能只是因為我們喜歡聽到自己的聲音。不管是什么原因，都要保持下去。這對你有好處。如果你還從未嘗試過，那就選一首歌，拿起淋浴噴頭，舉辦你自己的私人音樂會吧。

（英語原文選自：science.howstuffworks.com）