Reasons for the British coal mining is called a “sick” industry today.

　　英國煤礦被稱為“生病”工業的原因。

　　Today the coal industry in Britain is on the decline，the number of miners， collieries and the total output have been falling.

　　如今的英國煤礦業衰退，從而導致礦工、煤礦的數量和總產量都大大下降。

　　The reasons for the decline are as follows： exhaustion of old mines， costly operations of extraction， poor old equipment， little investment， fall in demand due to imports of cleaner， cheaper and more efficient fuels， etc.

　　煤工業衰退的原因包括：老煤礦的枯竭，昂貴的提煉費用，破舊的設備，極少的投資，由于進口更干凈、更便宜、更高效的燃料導致的需求下降等等。

　　Britain‘s oil and natural gas

　　英國的石油和天然氣

　　Natural 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. The transport and domestic heating systems mostly depend on oil. So does the food supply， because most agriculture is highly mechanized. Modern farming requires things which are all oil-based.

　　在1965年及1970年在北海發現天然氣和石油。今天英國的石油不僅能自給自足，還有盈余供出口。交通和家庭供熱系統主要依靠石油，因為大部分農業的高度機械化，食品供應也靠石油。

　　Main problems associated with Britain‘s iron and steel industry today.

　　如今英國鋼鐵工業的主要問題。.

　　British iron and steel industry is declining for the following reasons：

　　英國鋼鐵工業衰退的原因如下：.

　　1. Local supplies of iron ore have become exhausted；

　　當地貯備枯竭；.

　　2. Old fashioned furnaces for making coke cannot recover valuable by-products；

　　他們生產焦炭的老式爐不能提取有價值的副產品，

　　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、鋼鐵廠和軋鋼廠經常分開，導致不如更緊湊的企業出效益；

　　4. Many steelworks have to be closed down， causing major unemployment in an area.

　　許多鋼鐵廠倒閉，導致該地區的大批人失業。