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第十九期 7-2 (7/7) - 英语听力

第十九期 7-2 (7/7)-英语听力.mp3
[00:00.07]The British economy was the first to hav...
[00:00.07]The British economy was the first to have been fully industrialized among all the traditional powerful countries.
[00:07.94]Its Industrial Revolution took place between 1750 and 1850.
[00:14.60]The proportion employed in agriculture subsequently fell much further and is smaller than in any other European country.
[00:23.50]British agriculture does not produce enough food to meet the country's basic needs.
[00:29.78]Therefore,part of all vital foodstuffs has to be imported and fuel oil used to be wholly imported.
[00:38.47]But now Britain has been exporting much oil on account of the North Sea findings.
[00:44.59]Most of the important industrial raw materials used by British industry are purchased from other countries.
[00:52.09]The sale of manufactured goods and of services to pay for these imports is a condition of survival of its economy.
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