Lesson 64
The Channel Tunnel
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. (1)___________________________. 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. (2)__________________________. This would solve the problem of ventilation, for if a train entered this tunnel, it would draw in fresh air behind it. 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.(3)___________________________.
New words and expressions
tunnel n. 隧道
port n. 港口
ventilate v. 通风
chimney n. 烟囱
sea level 海平面
double adj. 双的
ventilation n. 通风
fear v. 害怕
invasion n. 入侵，侵略
officially adv. 正式地
connect v. 连接
European adj. 欧洲的
continent n. 大陆
1 He said it would be possible to build a platform in the centry of the channel.
2 He suggested that the dubble railway tunnel should be built .
3 It was officially opened on March seventh 1994,finally connecting Britain to the European continent.
1. he said that would be possible to build a platform in the center of the channel.
2.he suggested that double railway tunnel should be built.
3.it was officially open on March 7,1994, finally contecting Britain to the European continent.
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