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Unit Five English Chunnel Pre-reading Questions 1.In terms of word formation, Chunnel is a blend of two parts, what are them? 2.What do you know about the Chunnel? 3.What do you want to know about the English Chunnel? An information chart To know about the Chunnel, we must make sure of the following information. Now please fill in the following chart: countries linked time proposed time of opening persons who inaugurate the opening people’s attitudes toward the Chunnel Language Points: 1. lobby: A hall or waiting room at or near the entrance to a building, such as a hotel or theater. the lobby of a hotel [theater] lobbyman n. 1(戏院 、剧场等的)收票员 2a group of persons engaged in trying to influence legislators or other public officials in favor of a specific cause: the banking lobby; the labor lobby. V. lobbied the bill through Congress;. 2. soon-to-be-opened compound adjective formed by an elliptical attributive clause; may also be written in full as “The English Channel that is to be opened”. an easy-to-perform task a difficult-to-use camera the soon-to-be-completed Metro 3. be about to do sth.= on the point of doing sth./ just going to do sth. He’s about to leave for London. I was about to tell the truth when you interrupted me. 4. I’d rather England become the 51st state….. ---------would rather here introduces a clause with its own subject. This construction is used to show that one would rather prefer somebody to do sth. As a rule, the verb in the subordinate clause is in the past form when referring to a present or future act; in the past perfect form when referring to the past: I’d rather you stayed with us this weekend.’ He’d rather John hadn’t called on him. 5. forebode: forebode disaster Black clouds forebode a storm. 6. shudder: to shiver convulsively, as from fear or revulsion He shuddered when he saw the dead animal. shudder (at; to do) shudder at the thought of (=shudder to think of) 想到...就发抖[毛骨悚然] 7.He nodded,…. his pale blue eyes filled w