Lesson 64 The Channel Tunnel
海峽隧道
First listen and then answer the question.
聽(tīng)錄音，然后回答以下問(wèn)題。
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.
1858年，一位名叫埃梅.托梅.德.干蒙的法國(guó)工程師帶著建造一條長(zhǎng)21英里、穿越英吉利海陜的隧道計(jì)劃到了英國(guó)。
He said that it would be possible to build a platform in the centre of the Channel.
他說(shuō)，可以在隧道中央建造一座平臺(tái)，
This platform would serve as a port and a railway station.
這座平臺(tái)將用作碼頭和火車站。
The tunnel would be well-ventilated if tall chimneys were built above sea level.
如果再建些伸出海面的高大的煙囪狀通風(fēng)管，隧道就具備了良好的通風(fēng)條件。
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(guó)人提出了一項(xiàng)更好的計(jì)劃。
He suggested that a double railway-tunnel should be built.
他提議建一條雙軌隧道，
This would solve the problem of ventilation, for if a train entered this tunnel, it would draw in fresh air behind it.
這樣就解決了通風(fēng)問(wèn)題。因?yàn)槿绻辛谢疖囬_(kāi)進(jìn)隧道，它就把新鮮空氣隨之抽進(jìn)了隧道。
Forty-two years later a tunnel was actually begun.
42年以后，隧道實(shí)際已經(jīng)開(kāi)始建了。
If, at the time, the British had not feared invasion, it would have been completed.
如果不是因?yàn)槟菚r(shí)英國(guó)人害怕入侵，隧道早已建成了。
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。
It was officially opened on March 7,1994, finally connecting Britain to the European continent.
它于1994年3月7日正式開(kāi)通，將英國(guó)與歐洲大陸連到了一起。
海峽隧道
First listen and then answer the question.
聽(tīng)錄音，然后回答以下問(wèn)題。
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.
1858年，一位名叫埃梅.托梅.德.干蒙的法國(guó)工程師帶著建造一條長(zhǎng)21英里、穿越英吉利海陜的隧道計(jì)劃到了英國(guó)。
He said that it would be possible to build a platform in the centre of the Channel.
他說(shuō)，可以在隧道中央建造一座平臺(tái)，
This platform would serve as a port and a railway station.
這座平臺(tái)將用作碼頭和火車站。
The tunnel would be well-ventilated if tall chimneys were built above sea level.
如果再建些伸出海面的高大的煙囪狀通風(fēng)管，隧道就具備了良好的通風(fēng)條件。
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(guó)人提出了一項(xiàng)更好的計(jì)劃。
He suggested that a double railway-tunnel should be built.
他提議建一條雙軌隧道，
This would solve the problem of ventilation, for if a train entered this tunnel, it would draw in fresh air behind it.
這樣就解決了通風(fēng)問(wèn)題。因?yàn)槿绻辛谢疖囬_(kāi)進(jìn)隧道，它就把新鮮空氣隨之抽進(jìn)了隧道。
Forty-two years later a tunnel was actually begun.
42年以后，隧道實(shí)際已經(jīng)開(kāi)始建了。
If, at the time, the British had not feared invasion, it would have been completed.
如果不是因?yàn)槟菚r(shí)英國(guó)人害怕入侵，隧道早已建成了。
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。
It was officially opened on March 7,1994, finally connecting Britain to the European continent.
它于1994年3月7日正式開(kāi)通，將英國(guó)與歐洲大陸連到了一起。