新概念优美背诵短文50篇：冰箱的由来（双语有声）.docVIP

新概念优美背诵短文50篇：冰箱的由来（双语有声） The Origin of Refrigerators冰箱的由来 By the mid-nineteenth century, the term “icebox” had entered the American language, but ice was still only beginning to affect the diet of ordinary citizens in the United States. The ice trade grew with the growth of cities. Ice was used in hotels, taverns, and hospitals, and by some forward-looking city dealers in fresh meat, fresh fish, and butter. After the Civil War(1861-1865),as ice was used to refrigerate freight cars, it also came into household use. Even before 1880,half of the ice sold in New York, Philadelphia, and Baltimor