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.

音标：ɪn ɛl858, ə frɛnʧ ˌɛnʤɪˈnɪə, Aime Thome diː Gamond, əˈraɪvd ɪn ˈɪŋglənd wɪð ə plæn fɔːr ə ˈtwɛnti-wʌn-maɪl ˈtʌnl ˈʌndə ði ˈɪŋglɪʃˈʧænl. hiː sɛd ðæt ɪt wʊd biː ˈpɒsəbl tuː bɪld ə ˈplætfɔːm ɪn ðə ˈsɛntər ɒv ðə ˈʧænl. ðɪs ˈplætfɔːm wʊd sɜːv æz ə pɔːt ænd ə ˈreɪlweɪˈsteɪʃən. ðə ˈtʌnl wʊd biː wɛl-ˈvɛntɪleɪtɪd ɪf tɔːl ˈʧɪmniz wɜː bɪlt əˈbʌv siː-ˈlɛvl. ɪn 1860, ə ˈbɛtə plæn wɒz pʊt ˈfɔːwəd baɪ ənˈɪŋglɪʃmən, ˈwɪljəm ləʊ. hiː səˈʤɛstɪd ðæt ə ˈdʌbl ˈreɪlweɪ ˈtʌnl ʃʊd biː bɪlt. ðɪs wʊd sɒlv ðə ˈprɒbləm ɒv ˌvɛntɪˈleɪʃən, fɔːr ɪf ə treɪnˈɛntəd ðɪs ˈtʌnl, ɪt wʊd drɔː ɪn frɛʃ eə bɪˈhaɪnd ɪt. ˈfɔːti-tuː jɪəz ˈleɪtər ə ˈtʌnl wɒz ˈækʧʊəli bɪˈgʌn. ɪf, æt ðə taɪm, ðə ˈbrɪtɪʃ hæd nɒtfɪəd ɪnˈveɪʒən, ɪt wʊd hæv biːn kəmˈpliːtɪd. ðə wɜːld hæd tuː weɪt ˈɔːlməʊst əˈnʌðə 100 jɪəz fɔː ðə ˈʧænl ˈtʌnl. ɪt wɒz əˈfɪʃəli ˈəʊpəndɒn mɑːʧ 7, 1994, ˈfaɪnəli kəˈnɛktɪŋ ˈbrɪtn tuː ðə ˌjʊərəˈpi(ː)ən ˈkɒntɪnənt

训练任务：L0+L1+L2+L4

训练感想：昨儿被人夸了，结果引来一推人给我的语音挑刺，真是够刺激的，所以今儿还想被人夸，就更加的较真起来了，结果不死不休，搞了快两个半小时才敢把语音录出去，觉得用心去干一件事是真不容易，但是这样感觉很充实，也减少了刷朋友圈的时间，以前听过心流这个次，好像刚才再次达到了，以前也有过，当全身心投入时，不以做完为目的，以做好为目的时更容易出现，这不又搞到现在！