And west of London, where many of Britain's high-tech firms are based, a new region is developing.

而在西伦敦，作为英国不少高科技企业的基地，一个新的区域正在形成。

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This “engineering gap” is a source of pride in India and consternation in America, which fears the cutting and pasting of high-tech jobs from West to East.

如此“工程技术差距”让印度志得意满，令美国错愕不已。 美国也开始担心西方高技术岗位“东渐”。

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Both are about as far south-west as you can go on their respective mainlands. Both have high-tech aspirations.

它们同处在各自大陆的最西南边，而且都对高科技充满热望。

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Before a crowd of 400, with music blaring and bright lights pulsing, four entrepreneur finalists, screened for their business plans, competed in a speed round of area code numbers for high-tech centers from west to east.

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This, the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in the high-tech corridor to the west of Chicago, and Northwestern University in nearby Evanston, together attract scientists from all over the world and, it is hoped, will help make the city a centre for nano- and other kinds of technology.

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