新概念英语第二册课件 Lesson 64 (共8张PPT).ppt

Lesson 64 The Channel TunnelCulture BackgroundCulture BackgroundThe Channel Tunnel,also called the Euro Tunnel or Chunnel,actually consists of three tunnels.Two of the tubes are full sized and accommodate rail traffic.In between the two train tunnels is a smaller service tunnel that serves as an emergency escape route.There are also several cross-over passages that allow trains to switch from one track to another.OpeningoftheChannelTunnelbyQueenElizabethIIandFrenchPresidentFranoisMitterrandTherangeoftheEnglishchanneltunnelIn 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.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.tunneln隧道隧道Thereisalongtunnelacrossthemountain.Thereareoftentrafficjamsinthetunnelduringrushhours.twentyonemiletunnelplanfor的的计划划Theyalwaysmakeplansfortheirholidays,but,intheend,theyalwaysstayathome.Hecamewithaplanfor(building)abridgeovertheriver.serveas充当，起充当，起的作用（也可以的作用（也可以说servefor）Thebooksonthefloormayserveas/foracarpet.Thissofacanserveas/for(a)bed.Skeleton of dinosaur stands outside;the vertebrae in its tail serve as a bicycle rack.People look on.port n 港口港口Amsterdam is one of the busiest ports in the world.