Before refrigerators, homes usually had ice boxes.

在有冰箱之前，家庭通常都有冷藏库。

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Before refrigerators were invented, the next best thing was an ice box.

在电冰箱发明以前，“冰盒”是人们的最佳选择。

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So many people these days have these massive refrigerators, and there is this sense that we need to keep them well stocked. But there’s no way you can eat all that food before it goes bad.

“Bloom说，”而现在很多人都喜欢在冰箱里存储大量的东西，感觉这样就可以很好的保存，但实际上我们在它们变坏之前根本吃不完这些食物。

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Before refrigerators were invented, the next best thing was an ice box.

VOA: special.2009.11.30

Another report from Shanghai Securities News published the weekend before indicated that sales of washing machines, air conditioners and refrigerators increased by 6.5 percent, 0.5 percent and 22 percent, respectively, year on year in September.

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