新概念英语第二册 Lesson 64 The channel tunnel 讲义

Lesson 64 The channel tunnel

🌻Part 1: Text

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.

🌻Part 2: New words and expressions

1 tunnel ['tʌnl] n.隧道

2 port [pɔ:t] n.港口

3 ventilate ['ventileit] v.通风

4 chimney ['tʃimni] n.烟囱

5sea level 海平面

6 double ['dʌbəl] a.双的

7 ventilation [ˌventi'leiʃən] n.通风

8 fear [fiə] v.害怕

9 invasion [in'veiʒən] n.入侵，侵略

10 officially [ə'fiʃəli] ad.正式地

11 connect [kə'nekt] v.连接

12 European [juərə'pi:ən] a.欧洲的

13 continent['kɔntinənt] n.大陆

★tunnel 

1.n. 地下通道，隧道，地道

(a passage under a river or the sea, or through the hills.) 

The Channel Tunnel 海峡隧道

eg. The train passes through several 

2.tunnels. 火车穿过了几个隧道

light at the end of the tunnel 苦尽甘来

★port   n. 港，港口，港口城市

enter a port 

make a port  入港

leave a port 

clear a port  出港

【谚】the port in a storm 慌不择路，穷途之策

★ventilate v.使空气流通，使空气进入

1.well-ventilated 通风良好的

poorly-ventilated 不通风的

eg. Our classroom is well-ventilated. 

ventilation   n. [u] 空气流通，畅谈

put a problem to ventilation  

2.ventilator   n. 通风设备，通风口

3.ventilate v.使空气流通，使空气进入

★chimney 烟囱

1.clean a chimney/sweep a chimney 

eg. The smoke poured out of the chimney.

2.a blocked chimney   堵塞的烟囱

eg. It is said that Santa Claus ( Father Christmas) comes down chimneys at 

Christmas to bring presents. 

★sea level   n.海平面 

level   

1. n. 水平，水面

1000 metres above sea-level 

海拔1000米 

2. n. (文化、学问等) 水准，程度，标准

high-level 高级的/low-level 低级的

3. adj. （土地等）平的，水平的

a level surface 平坦的表面

The road is level. 

★double 

1. adj.   双的，双倍的（通常作定语）

a double bed 

double chin   双下巴

double negative  双重否定

double Dutch  莫名其妙的话，晦涩的话

2. adv. 双倍地，两倍地

pay double 付双倍钱

3. v. 使...增加，使...增倍

eg. He doubled his income this year.

★fear  

1.n. [u] 恐惧，害怕

eg. The soldier didn't show his fear.