[Day64 20181210]
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Lesson64 The Channel Tunnel
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
[ɪn] 1858, [ə] [frɛnʧ] [ˈɛnʤəˈnɪr], [eɪm] [θoʊm] [di] Gamond, [əˈraɪvd] [ɪn] [ˈɪŋglənd] [wɪð] [ə] [plæn] [fɔr] [ə] [ˈtwɛnti]-[wʌn]-[maɪl] [ˈtʌnəl] [ˈʌndər] [ði] [ˈɪŋglɪʃ] [ˈʧænəl]. [hi] [sɛd] [ðæt] [ɪt] [wʊd] [bi] [ˈpɑsəbəl] [tu] [bɪld] [ə] [ˈplætˌfɔrm] [ɪn] [ðə] [ˈsɛntər] [ʌv] [ðə] [ˈʧænəl]. [ðɪs] [ˈplætˌfɔrm] [wʊd] [sɜrv] [æz] [ə] [pɔrt] [ænd] [ə] [ˈrelˌwe] [ˈsteɪʃən]. [ðə] [ˈtʌnəl] [wʊd] [bi] [wɛl]-[ˈvɛntəˌleɪtɪd] [ɪf] [tɔl] [ˈʧɪmniz] [wɜr] [bɪlt] [əˈbʌv] [si]-[ˈlɛvəl]. [ɪn] 1860, [ə] [ˈbɛtər] [plæn] [wʌz] [pʊt] [ˈfɔrwərd] [baɪ] [ən] [ˈɪŋglɪʃmən], [ˈwɪljəm] [loʊ]. [hi] [səgˈʤɛstəd] [ðæt] [ə] [ˈdʌbəl] [ˈreɪlˌweɪ] [ˈtʌnəl] [ʃʊd] [bi] [bɪlt]. [ðɪs] [wʊd] [sɑlv] [ðə] [ˈprɑbləm] [ʌv] [ˌvɛntəˈleɪʃən], [fɔr] [ɪf] [ə] [treɪn] [ˈɛntərd] [ðɪs] [ˈtʌnəl], [ɪt] [wʊd] [drɔ] [ɪn] [frɛʃ] [ɛr] [bɪˈhaɪnd] [ɪt]. [ˈfɔrti]-[tu] [jɪrz] [ˈleɪtər] [ə] [ˈtʌnəl] [wʌz] [ˈækʧuəli] [bɪˈgʌn]. [ɪf], [æt] [ðə] [taɪm], [ðə] [ˈbrɪtɪʃ] [hæd] [nɑt] [fɪrd] [ɪnˈveɪʒən], [ɪt] [wʊd] [hæv] [bɪn] [kəmˈplitəd]. [ðə] [wɜrld] [hæd] [tu] [weɪt] [ˈɔlˌmoʊst] [əˈnʌðər] 100 [jɪrz] [fɔr] [ðə] [ˈʧænəl] [ˈtʌnəl]. [ɪt] [wʌz] [əˈfɪʃəli] [ˈoʊpənd] [ɑn] [mɑrʧ] 7, 1994, [ˈfaɪnəli] [kəˈnɛktɪŋ] [ˈbrɪtən] [tu] [ðə] [ˌjʊrəˈpiən] [ˈkɑntənənt]
任务配置:L0+L1
知识笔记:
1、well-ventilated adj. 通风良好的
2、chimneys n. 烟囱;烟囱型;灯罩(chimney的复数形式)
3、draw in 引诱;进站;接近黄昏;紧缩开支
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