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Lesson 64 The Channel Tunnel

First listen and then answer the question.

Why was the first tunnel not completed?

In 1858, 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.

ˈlɛsən 64 ðə ˈʧænəl ˈtʌnəl

fɜrst ˈlɪsən ænd ðɛn ˈænsər ðə ˈkwɛsʧən.

waɪ wʌz ðə fɜrst ˈtʌnəl nɑt kəmˈplitəd?

ɪn 1858, ə frɛnʧ ˈɛnʤəˈnɪr, eɪm θoʊm di Gamond, əˈraɪvd ɪn ˈɪŋglənd wɪð ə plæn fɔr ə ˈtwɛnti-wʌn-maɪl ˈtʌnəl ˈʌndər ði ˈɪŋglɪʃˈʧænəl.

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.

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