全文 11 句(男女对话)· 13 个生词和短语(加粗 + 红色音标 / 词性 / 释义)
作者1. In 1858, a French engineer, Aimé Thomé de Gamond, arrived in England with a plan for a twenty-one-mile tunnel /'tʌnl/ n. 隧道 under the English Channel.
作者2. He said that it would be possible to build a platform in the centre of the Channel.
作者3. This platform would serve as a port /pɔːt/ n. 港口 and a railway station.
作者4. The tunnel would be well-ventilated /'ventɪleɪtɪd/ v. 通风 if tall chimneys /'tʃɪmniz/ n. 烟囱 were built above sea level /'siː-levl/ 海平面.
作者5. In 1860, a better plan was put forward by an Englishman, William Low.
作者6. He suggested that a double /'dʌbl/ adj. 双的 railway-tunnel should be built.
作者7. This would solve the problem of ventilation /ˌventɪ'leɪʃn/ n. 通风, for if a train entered this tunnel, it would draw in fresh air behind it.
作者8. Forty-two years later a tunnel was actually begun.
作者9. If, at the time, the British had not feared /fɪəd/ v. 害怕 invasion /ɪn'veɪʒn/ n. 入侵,侵略, it would have been completed.
作者10. The world had to wait almost another 100 years for the Channel Tunnel.
作者11. It was officially /ə'fɪʃəli/ adv. 正式地 opened on March 7, 1994, finally connecting /kə'nektɪŋ/ v. 连接 Britain to the European /ˌjʊərə'piːən/ adj. 欧洲的 continent /'kɒntɪnənt/ n. 大陆.
作者1. 1858年,一位名叫埃梅·托梅·德·干蒙的法国工程师带着建造一条长21英里、穿越英吉利海峡的隧道计划到了英国。
作者2. 他说,可以在海峡的中心建造一个平台。
作者3. 这个平台将当作港口和火车站。
作者4. 如果高高的烟囱建在海平面以上,隧道就能得到良好的通风。
作者5. 1860年,一位名叫威廉·洛的英国人提出了一项更好的计划。
作者6. 他提议建造一条双轨铁路隧道。
作者7. 这样就会解决通风的问题,因为如果一列火车开进隧道,它后面就会带进新鲜空气。
作者8. 42年之后,隧道终于开始修建了。
作者9. 如果不是因为那时英国人害怕入侵,隧道早就建成了。
作者10. 世界不得不再等将近100年才看到海峡隧道竣工。
作者11. 它于1994年3月7日正式开通,终于把英国和欧洲大陆连接起来。