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This is the Technology Report
The textile and clothing industry in the United States
美国纺织服装产业
Is growing again after many years of decline
历经多年衰退后重焕生机
Many of the factories are competing against factories
众多工厂正与海外对手竞争
That pay low wages in countries like China
那些来自中国等地的低成本厂商
VOA visited the southern state of North Carolina
记者探访北卡罗来纳州南部
The textile industry there was once
当地纺织业曾是该州
One of the most important businesses in the state
最重要的经济支柱之一
It has reinvented itself using technology
如今正借力科技涅槃重生
And employing fewer people than before
雇佣的人手比从前更少
Robots do most of the work
机器人承担了大部分工作
At the National Spinning Company factory
在国家纺纱公司的厂房里
In Burlington
伯灵顿市
North Carolina
北卡罗来纳州
The factory dyes more than 110000 kilograms of yarn
工厂每周染制逾11万公斤纱线
Every week in many different colors
色彩缤纷 种类繁多
The yarn is sent to clothing and furniture makers
这些纱线被送往服装与家具制造商
Both in the U
无论在美国本土
S
还是
And around the world
世界各地
Michael Hankensen is one of only two workers
迈克尔·汉肯森是仅有的两名操作员之一
Who take care of the dye producing machines
负责照管这些染色设备
As you see
正如所见
Most of this is extremely heavy
这些工序极其繁重
Cumbersome
且笨拙费力
And trying to move it around
试图重新调整工序流程
In the order that these robots do it
按照这些机器人的运作方式
It would take an army of men
需要一整支人力大军
To accomplish what these robots do
才能完成这些机器人的工作
said Hankensen
汉肯森说道
Technology is helping the company
科技正助力这家企业
Compete with factories in other countries
与海外工厂展开竞争
That pay workers only a few dollars a day
那些工厂日薪仅需支付工人几美元
The National Spinning Company factory pays
国家纺纱公司工厂支付
Its 100 employees between 10 and 20 an hour
其100名员工每小时10至20美元工资
Ed Atkins manages the factory
埃德·阿特金斯管理着这家工厂
He says it is important for the company to limit labor costs
他表示控制人力成本对公司至关重要
But he says
但他强调
It must also make high quality products
必须同时保证产品质量
And he says
他还指出
The company must provide good customer service
公司必须提供优质的客户服务
To compete in the international market place
为在国际市场争得一席之地
We've diversified ourselves
我们已实现多元化转型
Looked for markets
寻找那些
That depended on the quick response
依赖快速响应的细分市场
That you can provide from American-made products
这正是美国制造能提供的优势
Little niche markets
那些利基市场
I mean we don't try to compete
我们并不打算
In the generic cotton business or anything like that
在普通棉纺领域与人竞争
Because it's not where our strengths are
因为这并非我们的优势所在
said Atkins
阿特金斯说道
Deborah Wince-Smith is the president of the Council on Competitiveness
黛博拉·温斯-史密斯是美国竞争力委员会主席
She says the textile industry must continue to develop technology
她表示纺织行业必须持续推动技术革新
Companies and enterprises are really bringing
企业正在真正将
Their core activities to where they have a skilled workforce
核心业务布局在技术工人聚集地
Where they have innovation talent
创新人才汇聚之处
And where they're actually able
真正能施展抱负的领域
To develop the next generation of innovation
孕育新一代创新浪潮
That drives manufacturing
推动制造业变革前行
said Wince-Smith
温斯-史密斯如是说
The textile industry has built 23 factories
纺织业已新建23座工厂
In the last three years
过去三年间
It has also increased its exports by 30 percent
出口额更攀升三成
To the surprise of many
令许多人惊讶的是
The American textile industry is showing new signs of life
美国纺织业正焕发新生机
And that's the Technology Report from VOA Learning English
这里是VOA慢速英语科技报道