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# 64 · 海峡隧道

### 第1段

In 1858, a French engineer, Aimé Thomé 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.

中文理解：1858年，法国工程师艾梅·托梅·德·加蒙来到英国，带来一份方案：在英吉利海峡海底修建一条长二十一英里的隧道。 他说，可以在海峡中央建一座平台，兼作港口和火车站。如果再把高烟囱建到海面上方，隧道就能保持良好通风。 1860年，英国人威廉·洛提出了更好的方案：修建双线铁路隧道。这样就能解决通风问题，因为火车进洞时，会把新鲜空气从身后带进去。 四十二年后，工程真的开工了。要不是当时英国人害怕遭到入侵，隧道原本就能完工。 可世人为了这条隧道，又等了将近一百年。1994年3月7日，英吉利海峡隧道正式开通，终于把英国与欧洲大陆连在了一起。

* **a plan for**：……的计划；for后说明计划对象；做某事可用a plan to do。

* **serve as**：用作；充当；as引出承担的功能，不是服务的对象。

* **above sea level**：在海平面以上；sea level通常不加冠词，是测量高度的参照。

* **put forward**：提出建议或方案；把想法提出来供人考虑，不等于事情已经实施。

* **solve the problem**：解决这个问题；solve指解决；improve通常与situation等搭配。

* **draw in fresh air**：吸入新鲜空气；本课draw表示吸入，不是画画。

#### In 1858, a French engineer, Aimé Thomé de Gamond, arrived in England with a plan for a twenty-one-mile tunnel under the English Channel.

简单句，主谓结构. 本句修饰成分比较多，尤其是for…所引导的介词短语作后置定语，修饰plan. 对于较长修饰成分的句子，我们在翻译时可以拆成短句，教材用了个长句来翻，看着相对来说会比较累一些.

#### He said that it would be possible to build a platform in the centre of the Channel.

复合句，主句为主谓 + 宾语从句结构，that 引导的宾语从句以it 作形式主语，to build 动词不定式短语作实际主语.

#### This platform would serve as a port and a railway station.

简单句，主谓结构.

#### The tunnel would be well-ventilated if tall chimneys were built above sea level.

复合句，主句主系表结构，从句是if 引导的条件状语从句，主谓结构.

#### In 1860, a better plan was put forward by an Englishman, William Low.

简单句，主谓结构，用了被动语态，方案是被提出的.

#### He suggested that a double railway-tunnel should be built.

复合句，主句主谓 + 宾语从句结构，该从句为主谓结构.

\[关键句型] 虚拟语气，本句的that 引导的宾语从句中，谓语用了should + 动词的原型，是虚拟语气的用法，这里的should 可以省略.

#### This would solve the problem of ventilation, for if a train entered this tunnel, it would draw in fresh air behind it.

并列复合句，for 在这里是并列连词，连接前后两句，前句为主谓宾结构；后句为复合句，主句为主谓宾结构，从句为if 引导的条件状语从句，主谓宾结构.

这里设想尚在规划中的隧道方案：if 从句用 entered，主句用 would draw in，表示“如果火车开进这种隧道，就会把新鲜空气带入”。这可以按假设性条件理解，也要注意它处于过去的转述语境；不能把未来尚未发生的情况简单称为“与将来事实相反”。一般的假设条件主句用 would/could/might/should + 动词原形；与过去事实相反时，主句用 would/could/might/should + have done。

#### Forty-two years later a tunnel was actually begun.

简单句，主谓结构，被动语态，被开始修建.

#### If, at the time, the British had not feared invasion, it would have been completed.

复合句，主句为主谓结构，用了被动语态，被建成；从句为if 引导的条件状语从句. 本句使用了虚拟语气，与过去情况相反的假设.

#### The world had to wait almost another 100 years for the Channel Tunnel.

简单句，主谓结构.

#### It was officially opened on March 7,1994, finally connecting Britain to the European continent.

简单句，主谓结构.

## 学完这一课

先沿这条线复述《海峡隧道》：最初的跨海方案 → 海中平台和通风烟囱 → 双隧道的新办法 → 动工后又因担忧中断 → 又等近百年才开通。再借一个结构讲自己的事：给本课的一个结果加上自己的条件，保留“条件成立才有这个结果”的关系。

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