2015考研英语阅读空调行业
<p> <span word="Air">Air</span> <span word="conditioning">conditioning</span></p><p> 空调行业</p><p> <span word="Cool">Cool</span> <span word="innovation">innovation</span></p><p> 很酷的发明</p><p> <span word="An">An</span> <span word="upstart">upstart</span> <span word="hopes">hopes</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="make">make</span> <span word="rival">rival</span> <span word="cooling">cooling</span> <span word="companiessweat">companiessweat</span></p><p> 一家新贵公司有望使制冷方面的竞争对手汗流浃背</p><p> <span word="ON">ON</span> <span word="A">A</span> <span word="hot">hot</span> <span word="July">July</span> <span word="day">day</span> <span word="in">in</span> 1902, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span> <span word="s">s</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="air">air</span> <span word="conditioner">conditioner</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="switched">switched</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Brooklyn">Brooklyn</span>.</p><p> 1902年的炎热7月，世界上第一台空调在布鲁克林区开始运转。</p><p> <span word="Since">Since</span> <span word="then">then</span>, <span word="air">air</span> <span word="conditioning">conditioning</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="saved">saved</span> <span word="lives">lives</span>, <span word="raised">raised</span> <span word="productivity">productivity</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="made">made</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="AmericanSouth">AmericanSouth</span> <span word="liveable">liveable</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="summer">summer</span>.</p><p> 自从那时起，空调就开始拯救生命、提高生产力，并且让夏天的南非更适于生活。</p><p> <span word="Yet">Yet</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="turns">turns</span> 110, <span word="critics">critics</span> <span word="fume">fume</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="technology">technology</span> <span word="cooks">cooks</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="planet">planet</span> <span word="even">even</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="cools">cools</span> <span word="homes">homes</span>.</p><p> 时值110年后，批抨者们却很不满，因为这项科技成果既加热了地球，也加热了我们的家。</p><p> <span word="As">As</span> <span word="Stan">Stan</span> <span word="Cox">Cox</span> <span word="points">points</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="book">book</span>, <span word="Losing">Losing</span> <span word="Our">Our</span> <span word="Cool">Cool</span>: <span word="Uncomfortable">Uncomfortable</span> <span word="Truths">Truths</span> <span word="About">About</span> <span word="OurAir">OurAir</span>-<span word="Conditioned">Conditioned</span> <span word="World">World</span>,</p><p> 正如<span word="Stan">Stan</span> <span word="Cox">Cox</span>在他所写的《失去我们的清凉：我们这个被空调冷却的世界中，一些让人不安的事实》一书中指出的，</p><p> <span word="America">America</span> <span word="uses">uses</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="energy">energy</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="air">air</span> <span word="conditioning">conditioning</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="Africa">Africa</span> <span word="uses">uses</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="everything">everything</span>.</p><p> 美国在制冷方面消耗的能源比非洲总的能源消耗还多。</p>
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