你越来越怕热？都是空调把你惯的！
<p><span word="How">How</span>, <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="days">days</span> <span word="before">before</span> <span word="refrigeration">refrigeration</span>, <span word="before">before</span> <span word="electric">electric</span> <span word="fans">fans</span>, <span word="before">before</span> <span word="air">air</span>-<span word="conditioning">conditioning</span> — <span word="did">did</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="make">make</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="through">through</span> <span word="summer">summer</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="New">New</span> <span word="York">York</span>?</p><p>在没有冰箱的日子，在有电扇、空调之前，纽约人是怎么熬过夏天的?</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="short">short</span> <span word="answer">answer</span> <span word="is">is</span>: <span word="A">A</span> <span word="lot">lot</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="didn">didn</span>’<span word="t">t</span>. <span word="Nearly">Nearly</span> 1,500 <span word="New">New</span> <span word="Yorkers">Yorkers</span> <span word="died">died</span> <span word="during">during</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="heat">heat</span> <span word="wave">wave</span> <span word="in">in</span> 1896, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="nearly">nearly</span> 700 <span word="fell">fell</span> <span word="victim">victim</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="another">another</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="in">in</span> 1901.</p><p>简单说来，很多人没有熬过夏天。有将近1500名纽约人1896年的时候死于热浪，另有将近700人1901年的时候被热天害惨。</p><p><span word="There">There</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="roughly">roughly</span> 600 <span word="heat">heat</span> <span word="deaths">deaths</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="city">city</span> <span word="each">each</span> <span word="year">year</span> <span word="between">between</span> 2000 <span word="and">and</span> 2006, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="experts">experts</span> <span word="predict">predict</span> <span word="climate">climate</span> <span word="change">change</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="cause">cause</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="number">number</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="soar">soar</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="coming">coming</span> <span word="decades">decades</span> — <span word="but">but</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="conveniences">conveniences</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="modern">modern</span> <span word="life">life</span> <span word="mean">mean</span> <span word="they">they</span>’<span word="re">re</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="dangerous">dangerous</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="used">used</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span>.</p><p>2000年至2006年间，城市约有600例中暑身亡，专家预言气候变化会导致接下来数十年中暑人数飙升，但现代生活的便利意味着其实也不会像以前那么危险。</p>
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