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[00:00.00]Lesson 64 tunnel
第64课 隧道
[00:07.04]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.
1858年，一位名叫埃梅.托梅.德.干蒙的法国工程师带着建造一条长21英里、穿越英吉利海峡的隧道计划到了英国。
[00:24.30]It took many years to complete the construciton of the undersea tunnel linking Britain and France.
完成连接英国和法国的海底隧道的修建工作花了许多年。
[00:35.16]Can we construct a tunnel connecting the Mainland and Taiwan?
能否修建一条连接大陆和台湾的隧道？
[00:40.25]port
港口
[00:43.57]This platform would serve as a port and a railway station.
这座平台将用作码头和火车站。
[00:50.12]This is an inland port.
这是内河港。
[00:54.31]We will reach the port in three days.
我们将在三天后抵达港口。
[01:00.36]The tunnel would be well-ventilated it tall chimneys were built above the sea level.
如果再建些伸出海面的高大的烟囱状通风管，隧道就具备了良好的通风条件。
[01:09.35]This house is poorly ventilated.
这个房子的通风不好。
[01:14.46]The coal mine is not well-ventilated.
煤矿的通风不甚好。
[01:18.28]chimney
烟囱
[01:22.57]Black smoke came from the chimney.
烟囱里冒出浓烟。
[01:27.36]It is believed that Father Christmas comes into the house through the chimney.
人们相信圣诞老人从烟囱里进的屋。
[01:34.18]sea level
海平面
[01:37.07]Most areas of Holland are below the sea level.
荷兰的大部分地区低于海平面。
[01:42.43]It stands above the sea level.
它耸立在海平面上。
[01:45.64]double
双的
[01:48.25]He suggested that a double railway-tunnel should be built.
他提议建一条双轨隧道。
[01:55.44]Sue likes to take a ride on the doubledecker.
苏喜欢乘坐双层汽车兜风。
[01:59.44]He reserved a double room.
他预定了一个双人间。
[02:04.07]ventilation
通风
[02:08.18]This would solve the problem of ventilation,for if a train entered this tunnel,it would draw in fresh air behind it.
这样就解决了通风问题。因为如果有一列火车开进隧道，它就把新鲜空气随之抽进了隧道。
[02:22.24]They used good ventilation facilities in the building.
他们在建筑里使用了好的通风设备。
[02:27.54]Ventiation remained a problem to be solved.
通风一直是一个有待解决的问题。
[02:31.53]fear
害怕
[02:36.39]If,at the time,the British had not feared invasion,it would have been completed.
如果不是因为那时英国人害怕入侵，隧道早已建成了。
[02:45.18]He does not fear death.
他不畏惧死亡。
[02:49.05]He feared the revelation of the truth.
他害怕真相被披露。
[02:53.81]invasion
入侵
[02:57.45]In the old days,China was always subjected to foreign invasions.
在过去中国总是被外国侵略。
[03:05.02]Cultural invasion is very common in modem time.
在现代文化侵略很普遍。
[03:09.71]officially
正式地
[03:13.27]It was officially opened on March 7,1994,finally connecting Britain to the European continent.
它于1994 年3月7日正式开通，将英国与欧洲大陆连到了一起。
[03:25.41]He was officially transferred to another department.
他被正式调到另一个部分。
[03:31.21]He officially announced his resignation.
他正式宣布辞职。
[03:35.92]connect
连接
[03:40.08]The two towns are connected by expressways.
两个小镇之间有高速公路相连。
[03:43.24]The living room and the kitchen are connected by a long passage.
起居室和厨房由一个长长的走廊相连。
[03:51.22]European
欧洲的
[03:54.45]The European Union has played an increasingly important roll in international affairs.
欧盟在国际事务中扮演着越来越重要的角色。
[04:04.17]Some European customs are quite strange.
一些欧洲风俗很奇怪。
[04:08.79]continent
大陆
[04:11.54]Who discovered the American continent?
谁发现的美洲大陆？
[04:16.49]The five Olympic rings symbolize five continents.
奥运五环象征着五大洲。