Industrial production fell by 2.8% in the year to March, the worst slide since the Second World War.

截至今年3月，过去一年的工业产量下滑了2.8%。这是二战以来最严重的一次下滑。

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Restarting an industrial civilisation might be a lot harder the second time round, because we have used up most of the easily available resources, from oil to high-grade ores.

重新创建一次工业文明要困难得多，因为我们已经用尽了大部分的可用资源，不论是石油还是高级矿石，那时都已经所剩不多。

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To create jobs, Mr. McCain will reduce the corporate tax rate — now at 35% the second highest among all industrial countries — to one that doesn't penalize firms for doing business here.

为创造工作机会，麦凯恩将削减公司税率——目前该税率为35%，在所有工业国家中高居第二位——使得公司税不是对在美国做生意的公司的一种惩罚。

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The second industrial revolution was driven by Ford, and others, who created mass production and moving assembly lines.

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The railroads were so domineering that the U.S. led the way in the Second Industrial Revolution and its economy boomed.

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Meanwhile, emergency crews have begun draining a second industrial reservoir at the spill site to prevent a repeat of the disaster.

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