15 英国文化之英国经济 Microsoft PowerPoint 演示文稿.ppt

Chapter Fifteen economy of the United Kingdom ⅠRecent economic growth Ⅱ primary industries Ⅲ secondary industries Ⅳ tertiary industries Ⅴpound or euro Ⅵ Average total income by ethnic group According to official Treasury estimates, British GDP grew by 2?% in 2006 and is expected to grow by 3% in 2007. Growth is expected to slow slightly in 2008 to between 2% and 2?%. The forecast for 2009 and 2010 is to return to trend growth of between 2?% and 3%. GDP by sector (2006) primary industries Agriculture 2. Fishing 3. Coal, oil and gas Agriculture produces about 60% of food needs with less than 2% of the labor force and contributes around 2% of GDP Around two-thirds of the production is devoted to livestock, one-third to arable crops East Anglia and South East England have been centres for grain production East Anglia is a peninsula of eastern England, named after one of the ancient Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, consisting of Norfolk and Suffolk main crops are wheat, barley, oats, potatoes, sugar beets, fruits and vegetables. East Anglia The county of Kent was so well known for market gardening that it is often referred to as the Garden of England market gardening is the relatively small-scale production of fruits, vegetables and flowers as cash crops Kent is particularly noted for hop Kent and hop market garden The main livestock are cattle (both dairy and beef), chickens (the UK is the second largest poultry producer in Europe after France) and sheep Dairy farming is most prevalent in South West England Agriculture is subsidized by the European Unions Common Agricultural Policy, with a combination of price support and set-aside policy Set-aside is the modern name given to the practice of fallowing agricultural land, by which a proportion of a farms land resources are removed from production to prevent food surpluses and provide habitat for wild animals The UK retains a significant, although vastly reduced, fishing industry Kingston upon Hull, Gr