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1、L64 The Channel Tunnel The Channel Tunnel -The worlds longest undersea tunnel What is Undersea tunnel? An undersea tunnel is a tunnel which is partly or wholly constructed under a body of water. Advantages:Tunneling will generate soil that has been excavatedekskvetid and this can be used to create n

2、ew land, as was done with the soil of the Channel Tunnel.Travelling through a tunnel is significantly quicker and wont be influence during adverse dv:s weather Background information 英吉利海峽隧道（The Channel Tunnel)又稱英法海底隧道或歐洲隧道（Eurotunnel)，是一條把英國英倫三島連接往歐洲法國的鐵路隧道，于1994年5月6日開通。是目前世界上最長的海底隧道。從1986年2月12日法、英

3、兩國簽訂關(guān)于隧道連接的坎特布利條約,到1994年5月7日正式通車，歷時8年多，耗資約100億英鎊（約150億美元），也是世界上規(guī)模最大的利用私人資本建造的工程項目。隧道長度50千米，僅次于日本青函隧道。海底長度39千米。單程需35分鐘。 tunnel n. 隧道 The Channel Tunnel 海峽隧道 The train passed through several tunnels. light at the end of the tunnel 苦盡甘來 port n.港口 enter/make a port 入港 leave/clear a port 出港 a free port 自

4、由港eg.Any port in a storm. 慌不擇路，窮途之策 ventilate v. 通風 well-ventilated 通風良好的 poorly-ventilated 通風糟糕的 Our classroom is well-ventilated. ventilation n.空氣流通；暢談 put a problem to ventilation 提出問題以公開討論 ventilator n.通風設(shè)備；通風口 Air the room, please. 給房間通通風 chimney n 煙囪 sweep/clean a chimney清掃煙囪 a blocked chimney

5、 堵塞的煙囪 factory chimneys 工廠的煙囪 It is said that Santa Claus comes down chimneys at Christmas to bring presents. chimney-sweep n.清掃煙囪sea level 海平面level n.水平，水面1000 meters above sea level 海拔1000米Water always seeks its own level.高度at the level of ones eyes在眼睛的高度the level of the water 水位（文化，學問）水準，程度，標準hig

6、h-level 高級的low-level 低級的 double adj.雙的 a double room 一個雙人房 a double bed 雙人床 double chin 雙下巴 double standard 雙重標準 adv. 兩倍地；雙倍地 pay double 加倍付錢DINK: double income no kid.字母W 的讀音就是: “double u” 意為兩個u 構(gòu)成 w .v.使.增倍He doubled his income in five years. fear v.害怕（be afraid of) fear death/illness 怕死/生病 Never

7、fear!=Dont worry fear doing sth.害怕做某事 The little boy feared staying alone in the dark. fear to do sth. 害怕去做某事 She feared to speak in his presense.(有他在場） n.u恐懼；懼怕 The soldier didnt show his fear. n.c 畏懼；不安 a fear of heights 恐高癥 fearful adj. 可怕的 a fearful storm adj. 害怕的，擔心的 The baby is fearful of loud

8、 noise. fearless adj.不怕的，無畏的invasion n. 入侵, 侵略fear invasion 害怕侵略an invasion of privacy 對隱私的侵犯 invade vt.侵略invade a small countryinvade sbs rights 權(quán)利 invader n. 入侵者 officially adv. 正式地 Ive been officially invited to the wedding. office n.辦公室 officer n.軍官，（政府的）官員 official adj.正式的，官方的 an official decis

9、ion 官方?jīng)Q定 an official announcement 官方公告 n.官員 government officials 政府官員 connect v.連接 connect A with B 連接A和B connect A to B 把A連到B上去 A highway connects the two citys.V.(將電話）接通（給某人） Please connect me with New york.connection n.連接，聯(lián)系connection between A and B Continent n.洲，大陸 The Continent 歐洲大陸 The New Co

10、ntinent 新大陸（南北美洲） Asia 亞洲 Africa 非洲 North America 北美洲 South Ametica 南美洲 Europe 歐洲 European adj. 歐洲的 Oceania 大洋洲 Antarctica 南極洲 虛擬語氣(非真實條件句) 用來表示說話人的主觀愿望或假想，而不表示客觀存在的事實，所說的是一個條件，不一定是事實，或與事實相反。虛擬語氣通過謂語動詞的特殊形式來表示。1、表示與現(xiàn)在事實相反的情況：從句：If主語+過去時(Be動詞用were)主句：主語+should/would/could/might+do1If I were you,I wou

11、ld take an umbrella.如果我是你，我會帶把傘。（事實：我不可能是你） 2If I knew his telephone number,I would tell you.如果我知道他的電話號碼，我就會告訴你。（事實：不知道）2、表示與過去事實相反的情況從句：If主語+had+done主句：主語+should/would/could/might+have done1.If I had got there earlier,I should/could have met her. 如果我早到那兒，我就會見到她。（事實：去晚了）2.If he had taken my advice,h

12、e would not have made such a mistake. 如果他聽我的勸告的話，就不會犯這樣的錯誤了。（事實：沒有聽我的話）Exercise 1 If you had told me about it earlier, I_(be able) to help you. 2If you_(come) with us, we would have been pleased. 3You_(not make) such a mistake if you had been more careful. 4If father_(be) alive, he would be horrifie

13、d. 5 If it_(be) fine tomorrow, we shall go for a swim.would have been able had comewould not have madewereis L64 The channel tunnel In 1858, a France engineer, Aime Thome de Gamond, arrived at England with a plan for a twenty-one-mile tunnel under the English Channel. He said that it will be possibl

14、e 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-ventilate if tall chimneys were builded above sea level. In 1860, a better plan was put forward from an Englishman, William Low. He suggested that a double railway-tunnel should built. This would solve the problem of ventilation, for if a train entered for this tunnel, it would draw in fresh air behind it. Forty-two years later a tunnel was actually began. If, at the time, the British did not feared invasion, it would have been completed