新概念英語第二冊
Lesson 64 The Channel Tunnel
1 . The tunnel would be well-ventilated if tall chimneys were built above sea level.隧道就具備了良好的通風條件。
2 . 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.1858年，一位名叫埃梅。托梅。德。干蒙的法國工程師帶著建造一條長21英里、穿越英吉利海陝的隧道計劃到了英國。
3 . Forty-two years later a tunnel was actually begun.42年以後，隧道實際已經開始建了。
4 . In 1860, a better plan was put forward by an Englishman, William Low.1860年，一位名叫威廉。洛的英國人提出了一項更好的計劃。
5 . He suggested that a double railway-tunnel should be built.他提議建一條雙軌隧道，這樣就解決了通風問題。
6 . This platform would serve as a port and a railway station.如果再建些伸出海面的高大的煙囪狀通風管，
7 . It was officially opened on March 7,1994, finally connecting Britain to the European continent.它於1994年3月7日正式開通，將英國與歐洲大陸連到了一起。
8 . He said that it would be possible to build a platform in the centre of the Channel.他說，可以在隧道中央建造一座平台，這座平台將用作碼頭和火車站。
9 . This would solve the problem of ventilation, for if a train entered this tunnel, it would draw in fresh air behind it.因為如果有列火車開進隧道，它就把新鮮空氣隨之抽進了隧道。
10 . If, at the time, the British had not feared invasion, it would have been completed.如果不是因為那時英國人害怕入侵，隧道早已建成了。
11 . The world had to wait almost another 100 years for the Channel Tunnel.世界不得不再等將近100年才看到海峽隧道竣工。