课文对话 · The Channel Tunnel 海峡隧道（课本 Lesson 64，印刷页 292-295）
1In 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.
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。
2He said that it would be possible to build a platform in the centre of the Channel.
他说，可以在海峡的中心建造一个平台。
3This platform would serve as a port /pɔːt/ n. 港口 and a railway station.
这个平台将当作港口和火车站。
4The 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.
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。
5In 1860, a better plan was put forward by an Englishman, William Low.
1860年，一位名叫威廉·洛的英国人提出了一项更好的计划。
6He suggested that a double /'dʌbl/ adj. 双的 railway-tunnel should be built.
他提议建造一条双轨铁路隧道。
7This 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.
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。
8Forty-two years later a tunnel was actually begun.
42年之后，隧道终于开始修建了。
9If, 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.
如果不是因为那时英国人害怕入侵，隧道早就建成了。
10The world had to wait almost another 100 years for the Channel Tunnel.
世界不得不再等将近100年才看到海峡隧道竣工。
11It 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.
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。
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