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How, in the days before refrigeration, before electric fans, before air-conditioning — did people make it through summer in New York? 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? The short answer is: A lot of them didn’t. Nearly 1,500 New Yorkers died during a heat wave in 1896, and nearly 700 fell victim to another one in 1901. 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。 There were roughly 600 heat deaths in the city each year between 2000 and 2006, and experts predict climate change will cause that number to soar in the coming decades — but the conveniences of modern life mean they’re not as dangerous as they used to be. 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。 | 
