The small boy's misunderstanding of the difference in measuring temperature on a Fahrenheit and a Celsius scale causes him to believe that he is dying of a high fever.

那个小男孩误解了华氏度和摄氏度在测量温度时的标准不同，导致他相信他达到了接近死亡的高温。

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The lowest possible temperature in the Celsius scale is minus 273.15 degrees Celsius. So that begs the notion of re-referencing our reference point, of changing our reference points.

在摄氏温标中,绝对零度是-273。15摄氏度5,这样，我们需要重新定义参考点,将零度的参考点取在绝对零度处，而不是0摄氏度处。

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Inventor of the Celsius temperature scale and the Celsius thermometer, he became professor of astronomy at the University of Uppsala in 1730.

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