当公路需要穿越水体（江河、湖泊、海域）时，通常会修建桥梁或地下隧道。近来挪威人在修公路时遇到了新情况：桥梁和地下隧道都建不了。怎么办呢？他们大胆创新，把浮桥和隧道结合起来，设计出了让人大开眼界的“浮动隧道”。
A tunnel that floats under the sea
by Dragana Jovanovic
Highway E39 in Norway is one of the most beautiful drives in the world, hugging the country's rugged（崎岖不平的） west coast from Kristiansand to Trondheim. It is 1,100 kilometers of unending scenery, including rivers and lakes, waterfalls and mountains and numerous fjords.
highway /ˈhaɪweɪ/ n. 干线公路
Norway /ˈnɔːweɪ/ n. 挪威（北欧国家）
drive /draɪv/ n. 公路
hug /hʌɡ/ v. 靠近
unending /ʌnˈendɪŋ/ adj. 无穷无尽的、源源不断的（由end的现在分词加上表示否定的前缀un-）
scenery /ˈsiːn(ə)ri/ n. 风景、景色
waterfall /ˈwɔːtəfɔːl/ n. 瀑布（由water和fall组成）
numerous /ˈnjuːmərəs/ adj. 许多的
fjord /fjɔːd/ n. 峡湾（在峭壁之间的狭长海域）
But if you look carefully at a road map, E39 is something of a dotted line. Each of the breaks occurs at seven fjords – where drivers must put their cars on a ferry to get across. This stop-and-start, sea-and-land journey takes 21 hours.
dotted line 虚线
break /breɪk/ n. 中断、间隔
occur /əˈkɜː(r)/ v. 发生
ferry /ˈferi/ n. 渡船
The government of Norway has a plan. "Ferry-free E39" would cut the driving time almost in half with a series of bridges and tunnels across the fjords.
free /friː/ adj. 不含…的、没有…的（ferry-free就是无需渡船的）
cut /kʌt/ v. 削减、减少
series /ˈsɪəriːz/ n. 一系列（单数和复数都是series）
tunnel /ˈtʌn(ə)l/ n. 隧道
"Route E39 is a key route for Norway," said Kjersti Kvalheim Dunham, a project manager overseeing the revamping of the E39 route. "Improved transport will improve welfare for the local population, open up to more exports and increase tourism." In fact, she said, "the tunnels may become attractions," like a "new Eiffel Tower on and under the water."
route /ruːt/ n. 道路、路线
key /kiː/ adj. 关键的、极其重要的
project /ˈprɒdʒekt/ n. 项目
oversee /ˌəʊvəˈsiː/ v. 监督、管理
revamp /riːˈvæmp/ v. 翻新、升级改造
transport /ˈtrænspɔːt/ n. 交通
welfare /ˈwelfeə(r)/ n. 福祉
open up 对外开放
export /ˈekspɔːt/ n. 出口、出口产品
attraction /əˈtrækʃ(ə)n/ n. 有吸引力的东西（这里指旅游景点）
Eiffel /ˈaɪf(ə)l/ Tower 埃菲尔铁塔（法国巴黎的著名景点）
One of the planned tunnels along the future E39 is unique. At 1,300 meters deep, the largest in Norway, Sognefjord is too deep to dig a tunnel beneath the sea bottom. Instead, the plan calls for something the world has never seen before: a submerged floating tunnel.
unique /juːˈniːk/ adj. 独一无二的
beneath /bɪˈniːθ/ prep. 在…之下
call for 主张、倡导
submerge /səbˈmɜːdʒ/ v. 淹没
Think of a drinking straw, anchored in the bedrock on either side of the fjord, submerged about 30 meters below the surface of the water, low enough for the biggest ships to pass safely over, and with plenty of space underneath for submarines to come and go.
straw /strɔː/ n. 稻草、吸管
anchor /ˈæŋkə(r)/ v. 锚定、固定
bedrock /ˈbedrɒk/ n. 基岩（沙子或土壤之下牢固的岩层）
either side 意思等同于both sides
surface /ˈsɜːfɪs/ n. 表面
underneath /ˌʌndəˈniːθ/ adv. 在下面
submarine /ˌsʌbməˈriːn/ n. 潜水艇
In addition to staying clear of water traffic, the depth of the tunnel assures smooth driving. "Wind, waves and currents have hardly any influence there," said Arianna Minoretti, a chief engineer at Norway's Public Roads Administration.
in addition /əˈdɪʃ(ə)n/ to 除了、在…之外
clear of 远离
assure /əˈʃʊə(r)/ v. 确保、保证
current /ˈkʌr(ə)nt/ n. 水流
influence /ˈɪnfluəns/ n. 影响
chief /tʃiːf/ adj. 首席的
administration /ədˌmɪnɪˈstreɪʃ(ə)n/ n. 管理局
She said 50 international experts "are doing detailed simulations and detailed measurements of wind speed, current, undersea landslides, bedrock geology, etc." to make sure the plans, as well as the tunnel, is rooted in "the real-world environment."
detailed /ˈdiːteɪld/ adj. 详细的、细致的
simulation /ˌsɪmjuːˈleɪʃ(ə)n/ n. 模拟、仿真
measurement /ˈmeʒəmənt/ n. 测量（由measure加后缀-ment变成名词）
undersea /ˌʌndəˈsiː/ adj. 海面下的、海底的（由under和sea组成）
landslide /ˈlændslaɪd/ n. 滑坡、山体滑坡（由land和slide组成）
geology /dʒiˈɒlədʒi/ n. 地质学、地质情况
as well as = and also
root /ruːt/ v. 生根
The two concrete tubes of the tunnel – one for traffic headed in each direction – will be firmly fixed in position and attached to floating pontoons（浮筒）, spaced 250 meters apart to allow sea vessels to pass through.
concrete /ˈkɒŋkriːt/ n. 混凝土
tube /tjuːb/ n. 管道、管状通道
head /hed/ v. 向某个方向前进
firmly /ˈfɜːmli/ adv. 牢固地（由firm加后缀-ly变成副词）
fix /fɪks/ v. 固定
attach /əˈtætʃ/ v. 附着、固定
space /speɪs/ v. 以一定的间隔摆放
vessel /ˈves(ə)l/ n. 轮船、大船
"Norway already has got 1,170 tunnels, 37 of which go under water," explained Kvalheim Dunham. "Norwegians are quite used to going under water in tunnels."
Norwegian /nɔːˈwiːdʒ(ə)n/ n. 挪威人
The new highway won't be ready anytime soon. At a price of $40 billion, the entire route won't be fully finished until 2050, Kvalheim Dunham said.
not anytime soon 不会很快
billion /ˈbɪljən/ n. 十亿
entire /ɪnˈtaɪə(r)/ adj. 全部的
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