Ivan的ScalersTalk第四轮新概念朗读持续力训练Day64 20181210

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Lesson64 The Channel Tunnel

In l858, 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.

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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 əˈreɪlweɪ ˈsteɪʃən. ðə ˈtʌnl wʊd biː wɛl-ˈvɛntɪleɪtɪd ɪf tɔːl ˈʧɪmniz wɜː bɪlt əˈbʌv siː-ˈlɛvl. ɪn 1860, ə ˈbɛtə plæn wɒz pʊt ˈfɔːwəd baɪən ˈɪŋglɪʃmən, ˈwɪljəm ləʊ. hiː səˈʤɛstɪd ðæt ə ˈdʌbl ˈreɪlweɪ ˈtʌnl ʃʊd biː bɪlt. ðɪs wʊd sɒlv ðə ˈprɒbləm ɒv ˌvɛntɪˈleɪʃən, fɔːr ɪf ətreɪn ˈɛntəd ðɪs ˈtʌnl, ɪt wʊd drɔː ɪn frɛʃ eə bɪˈhaɪnd ɪt. ˈfɔːti-tuː jɪəz ˈleɪtər ə ˈtʌnl wɒz ˈækʧʊəli bɪˈgʌn. ɪf, æt ðə taɪm, ðə ˈbrɪtɪʃhæd nɒt fɪəd ɪnˈveɪʒən, ɪt wʊd hæv biːn kəmˈpliːtɪd. ðə wɜːld hæd tuː weɪt ˈɔːlməʊst əˈnʌðə 100 jɪəz fɔː ðə ˈʧænl ˈtʌnl. ɪt wɒzəˈfɪʃəli ˈəʊpənd ɒn mɑːʧ 7, 1994, ˈfaɪnəli kəˈnɛktɪŋ ˈbrɪtn tuː ðə ˌjʊərəˈpi(ː)ən ˈkɒntɪnənt

任务配置：L0+L4

笔记：tunnel隧道，ventilation通风，invasion入侵、侵略，officially正式地，connect连接，continent大陆。

感悟：天冷了，容易产生惰性，又到了起床靠毅力的时候，坚持住。