(2020年编辑)裕兴版新概念英语第二册第64课lesson64详细笔记.pdfVIP

欢迎来主页 Lesson 64 The Channel Tunnel海峡隧道 First listen and then answer the question. 听录音，然后回答以下问题。 Why was the first tunnel not completed? In 1858, a French engineer, Aime Thome de Gamond, arrived in England with a plan for a twenty-one-mile tunnel under the English Channel. He said that it would be possible to build a platform in the centre of the Channel. This platform would serve as a port and a railway station. The tunnel would be well-ventilated if tall chimneys were built above sea level. In 1860, a better plan was put forward by an Englishman, William Lo