--- url: https://gaojian.site/new-concept/book-2/64-the-channel-tunnel.md description: 新概念英语第二册：The Channel Tunnel。精读、词块回忆、双向译练、句法、逻辑与FSRS复习。 --- # 海峡隧道 ## 课文学习台 {#study} ### 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，一位名叫埃梅·托梅·德·干蒙的法国工程师带着一个方案来到英国，计划修建一条长 21 英里、穿越英吉利海峡的隧道。他表示可以在海峡中央建造一座平台，这座平台将用作码头和火车站。如果再建些伸出海面的高大的烟囱状通风管，隧道就具备了良好的通风条件。1860年，一位名叫威廉·洛的英国人提出了一项更好的计划。他提议修建一组双洞铁路隧道， 这样就解决了通风问题。因为如果有列火车开进隧道，它就把新鲜空气随之抽进了隧道。 42年以后，隧道才实际开始修建。如果不是因为那时英国人害怕受到入侵，隧道早已建成了。 世界不得不再等将近 100年才看到海峡隧道竣工。它于1994年3月7日正式开通，终于把英国与欧洲大陆连到了一起。 * **put forward**：忍受 / 推迟 / 提出 / 扑灭；小词决定搭配含义；put off 后可以接 -ing。 #### 1. an engineer arrived… 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. #### 2. He said that it would be possible to build… 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. #### 3. This platform would serve… 简单句，主谓结构. #### 4. The tunnel would be well-ventilated if tall chimneys were built. 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. #### 5. a better plan was put forward… 简单句，主谓结构，用了被动语态，方案是被提出的. #### 6. 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. #### 7. This would solve the problem, for if a train entered this tunnel, it would draw in fresh air… 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。 #### 8. a tunnel was begun. 简单句，主谓结构，被动语态，被开始修建. #### 9. If the British had 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. #### 10. The world had to wait. 简单句，主谓结构. #### 11. It was opened… 简单句，主谓结构. ## 学完这一课 换一个时间、人物或地点，用三句话讲一件自己的小事。 [Nce · 本册复习台](/new-concept/book-2/review) · [三册选择地图](/new-concept/) *译文与解析据吴应时整理资料及本站首轮审校稿；词伙与练习提示为本站学习设计。原PDF第155—156页，2022年3月第1版。*