Lesson 64 The Channel Tunnel
·单词
tunnel n. 隧道
port n. 港口
ventilate v. 通风
·well-ventilated adj. 通风良好的
·ventilation n. 通风
chimney n. 烟囱
sea level 海平面
double adj. 双的
ventilation n. 通风
fear v. 害怕
invasion n. 入侵，侵略
·This is the invasion of my privacy. 这是对我隐私的侵犯
·invade v. 入侵，侵略，侵袭
·Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. 1939年9月1日，希特勒入侵波兰。
officially adv. 正式地
·do sth. officially 正式地做某事
connect v. 连接
·connect ... to（朝着某个方向连接）/with（伴随着一起连起来） ...
·The bridge connected this small town to the big city.
·connection n. 关系，联系；连接，接通
European adj. 欧洲的，欧洲人的；n. 欧洲人
·European continent 欧洲大陆
·European Union 欧盟
·Europe n. 欧洲
·euro n. 欧元
continent n. 大陆
·本课句型
if真实条件句(假设过去)
1.If 从句为过去的各种时态
·be 动词必须用 were，但根据《牛津英语用法指南》第四版来看的话，虚拟语气的 were 变得不如以前常用
2.主句为过去将来时 could/would/should/might + do
·The tunnel would be well-ventilated if tall chimneys were built above sea level. 假设烟囱过去被，是能成真的
·This would solve the problem of ventilation, for if a train entered this tunnel, it would draw in fresh air behind it.
if虚拟条件句(假设过去)
1.If 从句为过去完成时 had done
2.主句为现在完成时 could/would/should/might + have done
·If, at the time, the British had not feared invasion, it would have been completed.
·本句运用了被动语态，it would have been completed，它早就被建成了，它指隧道，隧道不会自己建成，所以要运用现在完成时被动语态 have been
·Years ago if someone had turned round to me and said “in two years you’ll be England
captain”, I would have turned round and said "I don’t think so!”
练习，根据真实句写出虚拟句
真实：
·I didn’t tell her the result. She didn’t know it.
虚拟:
·If I had told her the result, she would have known it.
真实：
·He was not a student so he couldn’t attend the lecture.
虚拟：
·If he had been a student,he could have attended the lecture.
真实：
·We were late, so we missed the appointment.
虚拟：
·If we had not been late, we would not have missed the appointment.
宾语从句的虚拟
He suggested that a double railway-tunne should be built.
·suggest 表示“建议”，其后宾语从句要虚拟，如果不是虚拟语气，就有我的这个建议你一定要把它弄成真的，有压迫感。从句中谓语动词 = (should) + 动词原型
·表示“建议/命令/要求”的动词后，宾语从句要虚拟:
·suggest, advise, propose, recommend/order/ask, demand, insist, request ...
练习
The engineers proposed that they____(look) at the design again.
·should look/look 带不带 should 都可以，动词必须是原型
The professor recommended we____(look) for the information in the library.
·should look/look
The teacher always suggests the students____(go) over the text before the test.
·should go/go，go over 复习
The workers demanded they____(give) the wages they should get.
·should be given/be given，工人们要求被给出他们应得的工资
·课文
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 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.
serve as 充当，起到......作用
sea level 海平面：指地球上海洋表面的平均高度，通常用作测量陆地高度的基准
put forward 提出，提前
·put forward a plan/proposal 提出一个计划/建议
·put forward some new ideas 提出一些新的想法
slove the problem of ... 解决……的问题
draw in 吸引，拉进
for + 句子，意为因为
·知识拓展
if 虚拟条件句(假设将来)
1.If 从句可以是 did(were)/were to do/should do
2.主语是 could/would/should/might + do
·If I had/were to have/should have time tomorrow, I would discuss the new plan with you.
·解释，从句的谓语可以是 had (动词的过去式)，were to have (were to + 动词原型)，should have (should + 动词原型)。而主句就是四个情态动词的过去式 + 动词原型
·If I lived/were to live/should live my life over again, I would have you as my wife.
