【2000年阅读Text 1,第2段】
It was inevitable that this primacy should have narrowed as other countries grew richer. Just as inevitably, the retreat frompredominance proved painful. By themid-1980s Americans had found themselves at a loss over their fading industrial competitiveness. Some huge American industries, such as consumer electronics,had shrunk or vanished in the face of foreign competition.
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