Lesson 64 The Channel Tunnel

歌曲 Lesson 64 The Channel Tunnel
歌手 英语听力
专辑 新概念英语(第二册)

歌词

[00:01.080] --- Lesson 64 The Channel Tunnel
[00:06.640] --- First listen and then answer the question.
[00:12.600] --- Why was the first tunnel not completed?
[00:18.440] 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.
[00:35.040] He said that it would be possible to build a platform in the centre of the Channel.
[00:40.880] This platform would serve as a port and a railway station.
[00:46.160] The tunnel would be well-ventilated if tall chimneys were built above sea level.
[00:53.400] In 1860, a better plan was put forward by an Englishman, William Low.
[01:01.000] He suggested that a double railway-tunnel should be built.
[01:05.640] This would solve the problem of ventilation, for if a train entered this tunnel, it would draw in fresh air behind it.
[01:15.320] Forty-two years later a tunnel was actually begun
[01:20.320] If, at the time, the British had not feared invasion, it would have been completed.
[01:27.080] The world had to wait almost another 100 years for the Channel Tunnel.
[01:33.480] It was officially opened on March 7,1994, finally connecting Britain to the European continent.
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歌词大意

[00:01.080] hǎi xiá suì dào
[00:06.640] tīng lù yīn, rán hòu huí dá yǐ xià wèn tí.
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[00:18.440] 1858 nián, yī wèi míng jiào āi méi. tuō méi. dé. gàn méng de fǎ guó gōng chéng shī dài zhe jiàn zào yī tiáo zhǎng 21 yīng lǐ chuān yuè yīng jí lì hǎi shǎn de suì dào jì huà dào le yīng guó.
[00:35.040] tā shuō, kě yǐ zài suì dào zhōng yāng jiàn zào yī zuò píng tái,
[00:40.880] zhè zuò píng tái jiāng yòng zuò mǎ tóu hé huǒ chē zhàn.
[00:46.160] rú guǒ zài jiàn xiē shēn chū hǎi miàn dí gāo dà de yān cōng zhuàng tōng fēng guǎn, suì dào jiù jù bèi le liáng hǎo de tōng fēng tiáo jiàn.
[00:53.400] 1860 nián, yī wèi míng jiào wēi lián. luò de yīng guó rén tí chū le yī xiàng gèng hǎo de jì huà.
[01:01.000] tā tí yì jiàn yī tiáo shuāng guǐ suì dào,
[01:05.640] zhè yàng jiù jiě jué le tōng fēng wèn tí. yīn wèi rú guǒ yǒu liè huǒ chē kāi jìn suì dào, tā jiù bǎ xīn xiān kōng qì suí zhī chōu jìn le suì dào.
[01:15.320] 42 nián yǐ hòu, suì dào shí jì yǐ jīng kāi shǐ jiàn le.
[01:20.320] rú guǒ bú shì yīn wèi nà shí yīng guó rén hài pà rù qīn, suì dào zǎo yǐ jiàn chéng le.
[01:27.080] shì jiè bù dé bù zài děng jiāng jìn 100 nián cái kàn dào hǎi xiá suì dào jùn gōng.
[01:33.480] tā yú 1994 nián 3 yuè 7 rì zhèng shì kāi tōng, jiāng yīng guó yǔ ōu zhōu dà lù lián dào le yì qǐ.
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