2017考研英语阅读每日精选苏格兰的工程.docVIP

2017考研英语阅读每日精选：苏格兰的工程 　　在考研英语中，阅读分数可谓是占到了总分的半壁江山，正所谓“得阅读者得考研”。对于备考考研的同学们，在平时的复习中一定要拓展阅读思路，各类话题都要关注，这样才能在整体上提升考研英语阅读水平!一起来学习吧! 　　Scottish engineering 　　苏格兰的工程 　　From ships to satellites 　　从轮船到卫星的发展 　　How high-end engineering escaped industrialmeltdown 　　高端工程如何在崩溃的产业中逃过一劫 　　Box me up Scotty 　　把我组装成箱，苏格兰人 　　SCOTLAND may not have broken off from Britain last year, but at least it got into space.Overshadowed by the ballyhoo over the referendum, the first satellite built in Scotland, UKube-1 (pictured below), was launched. The same dimensions as a boxed bottle of whisky, it wasassembled on the banks of the river Clyde in central Glasgow by the countrys first satellitemanufacturer, Clyde Space. It is but one example of Scotlands surprisingly healthy engineeringindustry. 　　苏格兰去年未脱离英国，但至少进了太空。它大肆宣扬全民公决独立与否一事，声势之大，盖过其制造的第一颗卫星UKuble一号发射太空。该卫星大小与威士忌装盒相同，由英国首位卫星制造商克莱德航天公司在格拉斯哥中部的克莱德河河岸上组装而成，是苏格兰唯一健康发展的工程。 　　The clean room where Clyde Space makes its satellites affords an excellent view of Govan, oncea centre of world shipbuilding and now a reminder of how quickly huge industries can collapse.Rather than trying to build everything, therefore, as the Clyde shipyards used to, Craig Clark,the founder of Clyde Space, is trying to master one small, but growing, niche of his industry. Hebuilds only the smallest satellites, often costing as little as $50,000 (33,000) each, and alsomakes parts for bigger ones. The company was the first such to sell its products online. MrClarks firm, which employs 45 people, turned over 3m this year, and expects to double thatnext year. 　　克莱德航天公司制造卫星的地方宽敞明亮，可以欣赏到高湾的美景。高湾曾是世界轮船制造中心，而如今只是庞大工业迅速崩溃的受害者。因此，克莱德航天公司创始人克雷格·克拉克努力掌握航天业中不断发展的小众业务。他仅制造微小型卫星，每颗的花费通常只有5万美元(3.3万英镑)，同时还制作稍大卫星的零部件。该公司是同行中首个在网上销售产品的公司。克拉克的公司共有45名职工人员，今年的营业额为300万英镑，预计明年营业额翻一番。 　　A few big engineering firms remain in Scotland, such as Babcock Marine and Thales, both ofwhich supply defence equipment. But most of the countrys 7,500 engineering companiesbelong to a long, thin tail. Often famil