2022-2023学年新概念第二册 Lesson 64 The Channel Tunnel 课文详解+重点词汇学案

Lesson 64 文本  The Channel Tunnel In l858, a French engineer, Aime Thome de Gamond, arrived in England with a plan for a twenty-one mile tunnel across 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. Recently, there has again been great interest in the idea of a Channel Tunnel. If it is built, it will connect Britain to Europe for the first time in history. 文本解析 一）词汇学习Word study 1．fear vt.（1）害怕，畏惧：If, at the time, the British had not feared invasion, the tunnel 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。She fears speaking in public.她害怕当众讲话。 （2）恐怕，猜想（比 be afraid要正式）：We fear/It is feared/ We're afraid that many lives have been lost in the crash.在这次撞车事故中恐怕有许多人丢了性命。I fear that she has lost her way in the forest.我担心她在森林里迷路了。 2．动词 draw 的一些短语 动词draw的主要含义之一是“拉”、“拖”，它与不同的小品词连用可以有不同的含义。 （1） draw in，使……进入；吸入：If a train entered the tunnel, it would draw in fresh air behind it.如果有一列火车开进隧道，它就把新鲜空气随之抽了进来。The smell of flowers in the shop drew us in.花的香味使我们走进了这家商店。 （2）draw back，后退，后缩；收回，撤回：If you take part in the race, you mustn't draw back.你如果参加比赛，就一定不能退出／后退。You must finish the work by yourselves now. They have drawn back their people.你们得靠自己完成这项工作。他们已把他们的人员撤走了。 （3）draw up，停住，使……停住；起草，制订，拟订：I was waiting for Jill in front of a shop when a taxi drew up beside me.我正在一家商店门口等吉尔时，一辆出租车停在了我身边。Have any new agreements been drawn up between the two countries?这两个国家之间又签订什么新协议了吗？ （4）draw off，撤走，离开：The villagers had to