which was basically that.

基本就持上述观点
Some of the inventions that I briefly describe in your reading,

我在书里大致描述了一些当时的发明
the spinning jenny, etc., refer to that.

比如珍妮纺织机之类就引自这本书
That kind of analysis led one to concentrate on England,

上述观点使人们把注意力集中到英国
where the Industrial Revolution began,

那里是工业革命的发源地
and to view industrialization as being a situation of

工业化在他们眼里变成了一场
winners and losers, by not going fast.

有输有赢的比赛你要是慢你就会输
In your reading I give you some pretty obvious examples of

书里面我列出了一些明显的理由
reasons for the Industrial Revolution first coming to England

说明工业革命为什么最先在英国发生
the location of resources,

比如资源的地理位置
particularly coal; a country in which nowhere is

特别是煤矿全国所有地方
more than seventy-five miles away from the sea;

距离海岸线都不超过75英里