British iron and steel industry is declining for the following reasons:
英國鋼鐵工業(yè)衰退的原因如下：
1. Local supplies of iron ore have become exhausted;
當(dāng)?shù)刭A備枯竭；
2. Old fashioned furnaces for making coke cannot recover valuable by-products;
他們生產(chǎn)焦炭的老式爐不能提取有價值的副產(chǎn)品，
3. Blast furnaces, steelworks, and rolling mills are often separated from each other and thus cannot perform as well as more compact operation;
高爐、鋼鐵廠和軋鋼廠經(jīng)常分開，導(dǎo)致不如更緊湊的企業(yè)出效益；
4. Many steelworks have to be closed down, causing major unemployment in an area.
許多鋼鐵廠倒閉，導(dǎo)致該地區(qū)的大批人失業(yè)。
The main textile producing regions of Britain are the East Midlands, Yorkshire, Humberside, and Northern Ireland.
New Industries
New industries include microprocessors and computers, biotechnology and other high-tech industries. There are three areas in Britain which have seen some high-tech industrial growth: (1).the area between London and South Wales, (2).the Cambridge area of East Anglia and (3).the area between Glasgow and Edinburgh in Scotland. The third area is the most spectacular of the three and is now often referred to as the "Silicon Glen". By the end of 1985 half of Britain's microchip output was estimated to have come from Scotland.
英國主要紡織基地是現(xiàn)在的中東部，約克郡和漢伯塞德郡及北愛爾蘭。
The reasons behind the decline of Britain's textile industry are:
英國紡織業(yè)的衰退原因如下：
(1) Exports of textiles have not competed well with those of other foreign producers who have managed to produce cheaper goods.
紡織品出口不能很好地與設(shè)法生產(chǎn)出更便宜商品的國外產(chǎn)家競爭。
(2) There has been a rise in cheaper imports of textiles to Britain from foreign producers.
英國增加了從外國產(chǎn)家進(jìn)口更廉價紡織品。
(3) Poor and outdated management decisions have caused problem.
薄弱及過時的管理決策導(dǎo)致許多問題。
(4) Substitutions of human-made fibres have been made for natural fibres.
人造纖維代替品已取代了天然纖維。
(5) An improvement of output per worker has been achieved, due to mechanization.
由于機械化，每個工人的生產(chǎn)量有了提高。
英國鋼鐵工業(yè)衰退的原因如下：
1. Local supplies of iron ore have become exhausted;
當(dāng)?shù)刭A備枯竭；
2. Old fashioned furnaces for making coke cannot recover valuable by-products;
他們生產(chǎn)焦炭的老式爐不能提取有價值的副產(chǎn)品，
3. Blast furnaces, steelworks, and rolling mills are often separated from each other and thus cannot perform as well as more compact operation;
高爐、鋼鐵廠和軋鋼廠經(jīng)常分開，導(dǎo)致不如更緊湊的企業(yè)出效益；
4. Many steelworks have to be closed down, causing major unemployment in an area.
許多鋼鐵廠倒閉，導(dǎo)致該地區(qū)的大批人失業(yè)。
The main textile producing regions of Britain are the East Midlands, Yorkshire, Humberside, and Northern Ireland.
New Industries
New industries include microprocessors and computers, biotechnology and other high-tech industries. There are three areas in Britain which have seen some high-tech industrial growth: (1).the area between London and South Wales, (2).the Cambridge area of East Anglia and (3).the area between Glasgow and Edinburgh in Scotland. The third area is the most spectacular of the three and is now often referred to as the "Silicon Glen". By the end of 1985 half of Britain's microchip output was estimated to have come from Scotland.
英國主要紡織基地是現(xiàn)在的中東部，約克郡和漢伯塞德郡及北愛爾蘭。
The reasons behind the decline of Britain's textile industry are:
英國紡織業(yè)的衰退原因如下：
(1) Exports of textiles have not competed well with those of other foreign producers who have managed to produce cheaper goods.
紡織品出口不能很好地與設(shè)法生產(chǎn)出更便宜商品的國外產(chǎn)家競爭。
(2) There has been a rise in cheaper imports of textiles to Britain from foreign producers.
英國增加了從外國產(chǎn)家進(jìn)口更廉價紡織品。
(3) Poor and outdated management decisions have caused problem.
薄弱及過時的管理決策導(dǎo)致許多問題。
(4) Substitutions of human-made fibres have been made for natural fibres.
人造纖維代替品已取代了天然纖維。
(5) An improvement of output per worker has been achieved, due to mechanization.
由于機械化，每個工人的生產(chǎn)量有了提高。