Steam engines are dangerous, and they had tremendous impact on the world, as you know -- industrial revolution and ships and locomotives.
蒸汽机是危险地，众所周知，蒸汽机对世界产生了巨大影响--工业革命，船只，汽车。Lowell was at the heart of the American textile industry and consequently at the forefront of the American Industrial Revolution.
它曾是美国纺织工业的心脏，并因此而处在美国工业革命的最前线。Lord Mandelson, his business secretary, talked of a new industrial revolution and said that there was "no high-carbon future" .
商业大臣曼德尔森爵士称其为新工业革命，表示未来不存在“高碳发展”。Since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, every economic boom has been followed by an economic bust.
自工业革命以来，每一次经济繁荣之后都将伴随一场经济萧条。Most mainstream scientists agree that the recent warming period was caused by an increase in carbon dioxide since the industrial revolution.
多数主流科学家同意最近的温暖时期是自工业革命以来的二氧化碳排放增多所致。The Industrial Revolution of the late 1700s and advanced farming techniques meant that it was no longer necessary to chase and catch food.
18世纪后期的工业革命和先进的农业技术意味着再也不必追逐和捕捉食物。Ever since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, the question of the future of energy supplies has occupied economists.
自从工业革命伊始，经济学家们就一直致力于讨论未来的能源供给问题。Thus, over the course of a few decades, the concentration of the gas in the atmosphere will return to pre-industrial levels.
因此，经过几十年的时间，大气中温室气体的浓度将能减低到工业革命之前的水平。This southern area was an important element in Britain's industrial revolution, as it had rich coal deposits.
这个南部区域是英国工业革命的重要部分，因为它拥有丰富的煤矿。