In a factory in Gateshead, engineers carefully wind(缠绕；上发条) metal wires around iron cores to go in electric motors. Here, workers produce a smaller “pancake motor(薄饼电机（扁平状电机）)”, which generates higher torque(扭矩，转矩) than conventional versions for supercars or construction equipment.
在盖茨黑德的一家工厂里，工程师们小心翼翼地将金属线缠绕在铁芯上，用于制造电动机。在这里，工人们生产一种更小的“薄饼电机”，其产生的扭矩比传统电机更大，用于超级跑车或工程机械。
These workers form part of north-east England’s automotive industry, which has experienced a long line of(一连串的) political disruption(中断，扰乱)s, from Margaret Thatcher(玛格丽特·撒切尔，英国前首相)’s efforts to attract international investment, through Brexit and now Andy Burnham(安迪·伯纳姆，英国政客，大曼彻斯特市长)’s reindustrialisation strategy.
这些工人是英格兰东北部汽车业的一部分。该行业经历了一系列政治动荡，从玛格丽特·撒切尔吸引国际投资的努力，到脱欧，再到如今安迪·伯纳姆的再工业化战略。
Across the Gateshead factory, which is owned by Turntide, more people are readying(准备（ready的现在分词）) tools to assemble 2.5-tonne prototype(原型，样机) battery packs for Hitachi’s hybrid(混合动力的) trains, also to be built in the north-east.
在 Turntide 旗下的盖茨黑德工厂里，还有更多工人正在准备工具，组装用于日立混合动力列车的2.5吨重原型电池组，这些列车也将在东北部建造。
Brexit threats
脱欧威胁
Electric shocks
电动冲击