Lesson64TheChannelTunnelTheChannelTunnel

tunnel

[?t?n?l]

n.隧道

port

[p?rt]

n.港口

ventilate

[?v?ntlet]

v.通風

chimney

[?t??mni]

n.煙囪

sea

level

海平面

double

[?d?b?l]

adj.雙的

Newwordsfear

[f?r]

v.害怕

invasion

[?n?ve??n]

n.入侵，侵略

officially

[??f???l?]

adv.正式地

connect

[k??n?kt]

v.連接

European

[?j?r??pi?n]

adj.歐洲的

continent

[?kɑnt?n?nt]

n.大陸Newwordstunnelanundergroundpassageway,especiallyonefortrainsorcarsthatpassesunderamountain,river,oracrowdedurbanarean.隧道Thetrainpassesthroughseveraltunnels.channeln.海峽Canwechangeanotherchannel?n.頻道portThetyphoonstoppedtheshipfromleavingtheport.n.港口（人工）harbour（天然）passport

n.護照ventilateOurclassroomiswell-ventilated.poorly-ventilated

ventilation

n.通風

chimneyItissaidthatFatherChristmasgiveschildrenpresentsthroughthechimney.sealevelHighlevelLowleveln.水平alevelsurfaceadj.平的，水平的

doubleadj.single

單個的I

wouldliketobookadoubleroom.

doublev.增加，加倍Hedoubledhisincomethisyear.doubleDINK

DoubleIncomeNoKids

fearThesoldiershowshisfear.fearn.害怕，恐懼

Ihadoftenbeenveryfearful,andveryangry.fearful

adj.恐懼的，害怕的

fearless

invadeWhatIwantedtotellyouisthattheBritishareabouttoinvadeNorway.v.侵略

invasion.n.侵略

Theinvaderlaidtownsandvillagesinruins.入侵者把村鎮變為廢墟。officiallyofficialadj.

Anofficialisapersonwhoholdsapositionofauthorityinanorganization

officialdecision.官方的決定

official

n.官員Hisfatherisanofficerinthearmy.軍官或警官connectAhighwayconnectsthetwocities.Youcanconnectthemachineto/withthatone.connectAto/withBEuropeanEuropethesecondsmallestcontinentthelargestofthecontinentsAsiaListening1.Whywasthefirsttunnelnotcompleted?2.Howlongwasthetunnel?3.Whatwouldtheplatformserve?4.Whenwasabetterplanputforward?

NotesonthetextIn

1858,

a

French

engineer,

Aime

Thome

de

Gamond,arrivedin

England

with

a

plan

for

a

twenty-one-mile

tunnel

under

theEnglish

Channel.

twenty-one-mile加連字符,是定語aplanforsth.…的計劃Doyouhaveanyplansforthewinterholiday?plantodosth.He

said

that

it

would

be

possible

to

build

aplatform

in

the

centre

of

the

Channel.

This

platform

would

serve

as

a

port

and

a

railway

station.serveas作為......來服務,起......作用

Itwillserveasaswimmingpool.The

tunnel

would

be

wellventilated

if

tall

chimneys

werebuilt

abovesea

level.The

top

of

the

hill

is

400

metres

above

sea

level.山頂的高度是海拔四百米。400metresinheight400metreshighIn

1860,

a

better

plan

was

put

forward

by

an

Englishman,

William

Low.

putforward

(plan/suggestion)

提出

He

suggested

that

a

double

railway-tunnelshould

be

built.

建議后接that從句采用一種固定的用法:should+動詞原形,should可省略，虛擬語氣Thesefactssuggestthatheisanhonestman.suggest作表明，說明解釋時，一般不用虛擬語氣。This

would

solve

the

problem

of

ventilation,

for

if

atrain

entered

this

tunnel,

it

would

draw

in

fresh

air

behind

it.

drawin吸進1.Weshallhavetodraw

up

anewplan.2.When

Irecognizedwhohewas,

Idrew

back

inhorror.3.Thecardrew

upoutsidethecinema.1.

drawup

簽署

2.drawback

倒退

3.

drawup＝stop:

停止,

停下來ExerciseForty-two

years

later

a

tunnel

was

actually

begun.

If,

at

the

time,the

British

had

not

feared

invasion,

it

would

have

been

completed.

atthetime

當時The

world

had

to

wait

almostanother

100

years

for

the

Channel

Tunnel.

another100years100moreyearsanother+數詞=數詞+more

It

was

officially

opened

on

March

7,1994,

finallyconnecting

Britain

to

the

European

continent.Ifitisbuilt,itwillconnectBritaintoEuropeforthefirsttimeinhistory.Thetunnelwouldbewell-ventilatediftallchimneyswerebuiltabovesea-level.Hesuggestedthatadoublerailwaytunnelshouldbebuilt.forifatrainenteredthistunnel,itwoulddrawinfreshairbehindit.If,atthetime,theBritishhadnotfearedinvasion,itwouldhavebeencompleted.主將從現What‘s

this？If

thesunrisesintheeast,Iwillmarryyou.If

thesunroseinthewest,Iwouldmarryyou.非真實的條件句虛擬語氣虛擬語氣(非真實條件句或實現的可能性很小)1.表示與現在事實相反的情況從句：If

主語+過去時主句：主語+should/would/could/might+do

IfIwonthelotterynow,Iwouldbuyavilla.

事實：我不可能現在贏得彩票。如果我是你，我現在就走。If

I

wereyou,Iwouldgonow.2、表示與過去事實相反的情況從句：If

主語+had+done主句：主語+should/would/could/might+havedone

Ifhehadtakenmyadvice,hewouldnothavemadesuchamistake.Exercise1Ifyouhadtoldmeaboutitearlier,I________(beable)tohelpyou.2

Ifyou_______(come)withus,wewouldhavebeenpleased.3

You_________(notmake)suchamistakeifyouhadbeenmorecareful.4

Iffather_______(be)alive,hewouldbehorrified.would

havebeenable

hadcomewouldn’thavemade

were

1.Jane’sfacesuggestedthatshe_____ill,andherparentssuggestedthatshe_____amedicalexamination.

A.be;shouldhave

B.was;have

C.shouldbe;had

D.was;has2.Withoutelectricityhumanlife_____quitedifferenttoday.

A.is

B.willbe

C.wouldhavebeen

D.wouldbe3.Ididn’tseeyoursisteratthemeeting.Ifshe_____,shewouldhavemetmy