新概念英语第二册笔记第64课.docxVIP

Lesson 64 The Channel Tunnel 海峡隧道 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 Low. He suggested that a double railway-tunnel should be built. This would solve the problem of ven