英文介绍英国的工业和经济The Economy and Industries of United Kingdom.pptVIP

The Economy and Industries of United Kingdom;The General Remark; The relative decline means that Britain is not poorer or producing less than it was in 1945. It has improved, but much slower than other capitalistic countries. UK’s economic power fall from the second to the sixth behind USA, Western Germany, France, Japan and Italy. ;Mrs. Thatcher’s recovering policy;The Current UK Economy; Britain’s agricultural sector is small (producing 1.4% of the national wealth) but efficient, producing 58% of the UK’s food needs with only 2% of its workforce. Three quarters of Britain’s land is used for agriculture, with about a quarter of that under crops --- wheat and barley are the two commonest. The rest is grazing for livestock, including cattle ( both for dairy products and beef), though sheep are the most numerous livestock. The livestock industry has been hit badly by BSE disease and “mouth-and –foot” disease. The fishing industry provides 55% of the UK demand for fish. Scottish ports land the majority of the fish caught. And the most national favorite fish is cod (鳕鱼）， which is often served with chips.;Fish and chips;The Energy Industries;SHELL (壳牌石油公司-英荷合资）;British Petroleum (BP);British Gas ;In the secondary sector of the economy, manufacturing industry remains important, producing 22% of national wealth. British companies are active in all major fields of manufacturing industry, but are particularly strong in pharmaceuticals ( the British company GlaxoSmithKline[葛兰素史克] is the biggest and most powerful drug company in the world);ICI (Imperial Chemical Industry) is the second largest paint manufacturer in the world.; The British aerospace industry is third in size of the world. It merged into two main aircraft groups: the British Aircraft Corporation, and Hawker-Siddeley Aviation, with Rolls-Royce as the main engine builder and Westland in helicopters.;Concorde Supersonic Passenger Airliner ;Hawker Siddeley Harrier ;Hawker Siddeley Harrier -2;Westland Lynx Helicop