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[Day 1536 2018-12-10]
Lesson64 The Channel Tunnel
In l858, a French engineer, Aime Thome de Gamond, arrived in England with a plan for a twenty-one-mile tunnel under 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. The world had to wait almost another 100 years for the Channel Tunnel. It was officially opened on March 7, 1994, finally connecting Britain to the European continent
deɪ 1536 2018-12-10]
ˈlɛsən64 ðə ˈʧænəl ˈtʌnəl
ɪn ɛl858, ə frɛnʧ ˈɛnʤəˈnɪr, eɪm θoʊm di Gamond, əˈraɪvd ɪn ˈɪŋglənd wɪð ə plæn fɔr ə ˈtwɛnti-wʌn-maɪl ˈtʌnəl ˈʌndər ði ˈɪŋglɪʃ ˈʧænəl. hi sɛd ðæt ɪt wʊd bi ˈpɑsəbəl tu bɪld ə ˈplætˌfɔrm ɪn ðə ˈsɛntər ʌv ðə ˈʧænəl. ðɪs ˈplætˌfɔrm wʊd sɜrv æz ə pɔrt ænd ə ˈreɪlˌweɪ ˈsteɪʃən. ðə ˈtʌnəl wʊd bi wɛl-ˈvɛntəˌleɪtɪd ɪf tɔl ˈʧɪmniz wɜr bɪlt əˈbʌv si-ˈlɛvəl. ɪn 1860, ə ˈbɛtər plæn wʌz pʊt ˈfɔrwərd baɪ ən ˈɪŋglɪʃmən, ˈwɪljəm loʊ. hi səgˈʤɛstəd ðæt ə ˈdʌbəl ˈreɪlˌweɪ ˈtʌnəl ʃʊd bi bɪlt. ðɪs wʊd sɑlv ðə ˈprɑbləm ʌv ˌvɛntəˈleɪʃən, fɔr ɪf ə treɪn ˈɛntərd ðɪs ˈtʌnəl, ɪt wʊd drɔ ɪn frɛʃ ɛr bɪˈhaɪnd ɪt. ˈfɔrti-tu jɪrz ˈleɪtər ə ˈtʌnəl wʌz ˈækʧuəli bɪˈgʌn. ɪf, æt ðə taɪm, ðə ˈbrɪtɪʃ hæd nɑt fɪrd ɪnˈveɪʒən, ɪt wʊd hæv bɪn kəmˈplitəd. ðə wɜrld hæd tu weɪt ˈɔlˌmoʊst əˈnʌðər 100 jɪrz fɔr ðə ˈʧænəl ˈtʌnəl. ɪt wʌz əˈfɪʃəli ˈoʊpənd ɑn mɑrʧ 7, 1994, ˈfaɪnəli kəˈnɛktɪŋ ˈbrɪtən tu ðə ˌjʊrəˈpiən ˈkɑntənənt
任务配置:L0+L4
练习感悟:又缺了两天,感觉快坚持不下去了,到了关键时候了
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