内容正文:
Vocabulary
tunnel
名词
动词
形容词
副词
port
ventilate
chimney
sealevel
double
ventilation
fear
invasion
officially
connect
European
continent
tunnel n. 隧道
The car passed through a tunnel.
汽车通过了一条隧道.
Finally , the prince and the princess got married,
it is the light at the end of the tunnel.
苦尽甘来
ventilate v. 通风
This building ventilates well.
这幢楼通风很好。
fear v. 害怕
in fear of sth./ doing sth. 害怕……;为……提心吊胆
for fear of 以免,唯恐
fear for 为……担心
double adj. 双的
Everything has double meanings.
任何事情都有两面性。
Hey Tony, I met someone at a party last week who was your double.
Tony,我上周在聚会上看到了一个人简直是你的翻版。
词组:双人房double room double chin双下巴
connect v. 连接
结构:connect A to B 把A和B连接
这条小路连接了小镇和伦敦。
This road connects the village to London.
1. The egg had a _________ (double/twice) yolk.
答案: double
2. Please don't _________ (fear/frighten) my dog. She won't harm you.
答案: fear
3. The Second World War _________
(official/officially) ended on August 15th, 1945.
答案: officially
4. We’ll have to _________ (connect/relate) those wires to make the radio work.
答案: connect
5. I had been travelling in Britain, France a some other _________ countries for almost year.
A. Europe B. European
C. Asia D. Asian
答案:B
Listening
Why was the first tunnel not completed?
Because the British were afraid of invasion through the tunnel.
Reading
1. William Low’s idea was better than de Gamond’s because _____.
(a) it was cheaper
(b) there were no chimneys in his plan
(c) his tunnel would be better ventilated
(d) it wouldn’t be necessary to build a platform
in the centre of the Channel
2. Work on the Channel Tunnel ____.
(a) began immediately after William Low outlined his plan
(b) never began
(c) began a long time after William Low put up his plan
(d) began recently when William Low put up his plan
In 1858,
a French engineer, Aimé Thomé de Gamond,
arrived in England with a plan
for a twenty-one-mile tunnel under the English Channel.
Comprehension check question
What do you know about Aimé’s plan?
In 1858, a Fr