8.Compared with many other countries, Britain has considerable reserves of coal. It was the development of Britains coalfields which led to the Industrial Revolution. Today British coal mining is called a sick industry.
和其他许多国家相比,英国煤储备相当丰富。正是英国煤田的发展引起了工业革命,今天的英国媒业被称为生病工业。
9.Later nature gas was discovered in 1965 and oil in 1970 under the North Sea. Today Britain is not only self-sufficient in oil but also has a surplus for export.
过去天然气和石油分别在1965年和1970年在北海发现,今天的英国石油不仅能自给自足,还有盈余出口。
10.The Midlands has deposits of coal and iron located near each other. Because of these resource the Midlands became the center of steal industry. But today local supplies have became exhausted ore must be imported from SpainSweden and elsewhere. The original advantages of the location of many steal works in Britain have gone.
中部地区既有煤储藏也有铁矿石储藏,因此中部地区成为钢铁中心。但今天当地储备已枯竭,矿石必须从西班牙、瑞典和其他地方进口,英国许多钢铁厂原先的地理优势已经一去不返。
11.The main textile producing regions of Britain are the east Yorkshire and humberside, and northern Ireland. Britains textile industry has declined markedly especially in the cotton 、jute and linen production. But the production of high quality woolen goods has not been so severely affected.
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