Lesson 64 The Channel Tunnel
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. 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.
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任務(wù)配置：L0+L4
知識筆記：
tunnel ?英?/'t?nl/ ?n. 隧道丸升；坑道酣胀；洞穴通道 vt. 挖旅挤；在…打開通道蝎土；在…挖掘隧道 vi. 挖掘隧道优构；打開通道
platform?英?/'pl?tf??m/ ?n. 平臺；月臺逻翁，站臺龙填；壇；講臺
ventilate?英?/'vent?le?t/ ?vt. 使通風(fēng)尸曼；給…裝通風(fēng)設(shè)備们何；宣布
chimney?英?/'t??mn?/ ??n. 煙囪
put forward?v. 提出；拿出骡苞；放出垂蜗；推舉出
ventilation?英?/,vent?'le??(?)n/ ??n. 通風(fēng)設(shè)備；空氣流通
fear?英?/f??/ ?n. 害怕解幽；恐懼贴见；敬畏；擔(dān)心 vt. 害怕躲株；敬畏片部；為…擔(dān)心 vi. 害怕；敬畏霜定；為…擔(dān)心
invasion?英?/?n've??(?)n/ ?n. 入侵档悠，侵略；侵襲望浩；侵犯
continent?英?/'k?nt?n?nt/ ?n. 大陸辖所，洲，陸地 adj. 自制的磨德，克制的
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