上海虽地处中国南方,但每年10月中旬至来年3月底这段时间,依旧低温难耐。为了御寒过冬,上海居民曾采用过多种室内供暖方法,所用的燃料也品种繁多。本篇译文的原文作者细数了20世纪30年代上海居民使用最为广泛的燃料品种,并全面详尽地介绍了当时几类主流的室内供暖系统,从中可以了解当时上海的供暖状况。 Although Shanghai is located in southern China, but from mid-October to the end of March next year this period, still low-temperature patience. In order to keep the winter warm, Shanghai residents have used a variety of indoor heating methods, the fuel used is also a wide variety. The original author of this translation detailed the most widely used fuels used by Shanghai residents in the 1930s and gave a comprehensive and exhaustive account of several prevailing indoor heating systems at that time, from which he could understand the heating conditions of Shanghai at the time.