The Channel Tunnel

原文

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 center 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.

译文

在1858年，一个叫爱梅.托梅.德.干蒙的法国工程师有了一个在英吉利海峡下面修一条21英里隧道到达英格兰的想法。他说可以在海峡中间建一个平台。这个平台可以作为一个港口和火车站提供服务。如果建一些巨大的烟囱穿过海平面就能为隧道提供良好的通风。在1860年， 一个更好的主意被一个英国威廉.提出。他的建议是修一条双铁路隧道。这样解决通风的问题，如果有一列火车进入隧道，它会将新鲜的空气抽进来。42年之后隧道已经开工了。如果不是那个时候，英国人担心入侵的话，隧道早就建好了。世界人民不得不等待这条海底隧道接近100年才完工。它最终是是在1994年4月7号开通，最终英格兰连接到欧洲大地上。

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