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The warmer weather may make it tempting to keep your food as fresh as possible but putting bread, tomatoes and even cake in the fridge is a bad idea, according to experts.
随着天气变暖，人们可能会想尽量让食物保持新鲜。但专家指出，将面包、西红柿甚至蛋糕放入冰箱并不是个好主意。
Not only does it fail to make some foods last longer but can even ruin the taste of others such as coffee, the new guide warns.
新的指南提醒，不仅一些食物放入冰箱不能延长保鲜期，甚至会破坏其他食物的味道，如咖啡。
And if particularly pungent items such as onions are stored there, it can affect other items already in the fridge, says the advice from the Good Housekeeping Institute.
好管家研究所的建议称，如果将洋葱等特别有气味的食物存放在冰箱里，可能会影响冰箱中其他食物的味道。
In the guide called 'Nine Things You Shouldn't Store In The Fridge' the GHI warns that soaring temperatures can lead to fridges overstocked with food and drink as we fret about it going off in the heat.
在名为“九种不应存放在冰箱中的食物”的指南中，好管家研究所警告说，由于高温天气，人们担心食物变质，冰箱里可能堆满了食物和饮料。
It explains: 'During the summer our fridges are crammed full of extra goodies but there are some shelf hoggers than need to be evicted.'
该指南解释道：“在夏季，我们的冰箱常常堆满了额外的食物，但有些食物占据了过多空间，应该清理出去。”
'Or worse, are there foods that you keep in the fridge that would be far better, and last far longer, at room temperature?'
“更糟糕的是，你是否将一些食物放在冰箱中，而这些食物在室温下保存会更好，甚至能保存得更久？”
So what are the nine things that should not be kept there and why? Here's the rundown:
那么，哪些是不应存放在冰箱中的九种食物呢？其原因又是什么？接下来是具体介绍：
Bread - 面包
It dries and goes stale faster in an airless fridge than in the bread bin.
面包在不通风的冰箱中比放在面包盒里更容易干硬变质。
To keep it fresher for longer, use a bread bag in a cool, dry place.
为了保持面包更长时间的新鲜，可以将其放入面包袋，存放在阴凉干燥处。
Onions - 洋葱
Ditch the salad draw and pick a dry, ventilated area and keep it dark to avoid them sprouting.
不要将洋葱放在冰箱的蔬菜抽屉里，而应选择一个干燥通风的地方，并保持阴暗环境以防止发芽。
In the fridge, their aroma can taint other foods.
在冰箱中，洋葱的气味会影响其他食物的味道。
Garlic - 大蒜
Also needs to be kept in a dry, ventilated area to last longer.
大蒜也需要存放在干燥通风的地方才能保持新鲜。
The fridge does nothing to help it stay fresh for longer.
冰箱并不会帮助大蒜保持更长时间的新鲜。
Avocados - 鳄梨
Best kept in open brown bags if you don't want them to ripen too quickly.
如果不希望鳄梨过快成熟，最好将其放在开口的棕色袋子里。
If you do want to speed up the ripening process, put them in the fruit bowl next to a banana instead.
如果想加速成熟，可以将鳄梨与香蕉放在一起放在水果盘中。
Tomatoes - 西红柿
The colder they get, the more of their natural taste they tend to lose.
温度越低，西红柿的自然风味丧失得越多。
The best tasting tomatoes are those kept at room temperature.
最好吃的西红柿是那些保持在室温下的。
Honey - 蜂蜜
Literally the only food that never goes off, so there is absolutely no need for it to go anywhere except in the food cupboard.
蜂蜜几乎是唯一不会变质的食物，因此它完全不需要放在冰箱里，最好存放在厨房的橱柜中。
Cake - 蛋糕
With the exception of those made with real cream, almost all others will last for just as long in an airtight container.
除了使用真正奶油制作的蛋糕需要放冰箱外，几乎所有其他蛋糕放在密封容器中都能保持同样长的保质期。
Melons - 瓜类
Uncut, the fruits do not need to take up all that space on a fridge shelf.
未切开的瓜类完全不需要占用冰箱里的空间。
Once it's been cut, wrap it in clingfilm and put it in the fridge - but not before.
一旦切开，应该用保鲜膜包好并放入冰箱，但在切开之前不需要放冰箱。
Coffee - 咖啡
Although some foodies insist on having it stored cold, coffee actually absorbs the smells of other foods around it in the fridge.
尽管一些美食爱好者坚持将咖啡冷藏，但咖啡实际上会吸收冰箱中其他食物的气味。
Best kept in an airtight container instead.
最好将咖啡存放在密封容器中。
Vocabulary - 重点词汇
clingfilm: 保鲜膜
pungent: 刺激性强的，辛辣的
ripen: 成熟
ventilated: 通风的
aroma: 香气，气味
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