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新概念英语第二册第 64 课_The Channel Tunnel 新概念英语其次册第 64 课_The Channel Tunnel 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 Low. He suggested that a double railway-tunnel should be built. This would solve the problem of ventilation, for if a train entered this tunnel, it would draw in fresh air behind it. 第1页 共11页 欢迎您阅读并下载本文档，本文档来源于互联网，如有侵权请联系删除！我们将竭诚为您提供优质的文档！ Forty-two years later a tunnel was actually begun. If, at the time, the British had not feared invasion, it would have been completed. The world had to wait almost another 100 years for the Channel Tunnel. It was officially opened on March 7,1994, finally connecting Britain to the European continent. 参考译文 1858 年，一位名叫埃梅.托梅.德.干蒙的法国工程师带着建立一 条长 21 英里、穿越英吉利海陕的隧道安排到了英国。他说，可以在隧 道中心建立一座平台，这座平台将用作码头和火车站。假如再建些伸 出海面的高大的烟囱状通风管，隧道就具备了良好的通风条件。1860 年，一位名叫威廉.洛的英国人提出了一项更好的安排。他提议建一条 双轨隧道，这样就解决了通风问题。因为假如有列火车开进隧道，它 就把簇新空气随之抽进了隧道。42 年以后，隧道实际已经起先建了。 假如不是因为那时英国人胆怯 入侵，隧道早 已建成 了。世界不得不 再等将近 100年才看到海峡隧道竣工。它于 1994年3 月7 日正式开通， 将英国与欧洲大陆连到了一起。 New words and Expressions 生词和短语 第2页 共11页 欢迎您阅读并下载本文档，本文档来源于互联网，如有侵权请联系删除！我们将竭诚为您提供优质的文档！ tunnel n.隧道 port n.港口 ventilate v.通风 ch