Lesson 64 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.
ˈlɛsən 64 ðə ˈʧænəl ˈtʌnəl
ɪn ɛl858, ə frɛnʧ ˈɛnʤəˈnɪr, eɪm θoʊm di Gamond, əˈraɪvd ɪn ˈɪŋglənd wɪð ə plæn fər ə ˈtwɛnti-wʌn-maɪl ˈtʌnəl ˈʌndər ði ˈɪŋglɪʃˈʧænəl.
hi sɛd ðət ɪt wəd bi ˈpɑsəbəl tə bɪld ə ˈplætˌfɔrm ɪn ðə ˈsɛntər əv ðə ˈʧænəl.
ðɪs ˈplætˌfɔrm wəd sɜrv əz ə pɔrt ənd əˈreɪlˌweɪ ˈsteɪʃən.
ðə ˈtʌnəl wəd bi wɛl-ˈvɛntəˌleɪtɪd ɪf tɔl ˈʧɪmniz wər bɪlt əˈbʌv si-ˈlɛvəl.
ɪn 1860, ə ˈbɛtər plæn wəz pʊt ˈfɔrwərdbaɪ ən ˈɪŋglɪʃmən, ˈwɪljəm loʊ.
hi səgˈʤɛstəd ðət ə ˈdʌbəl ˈreɪlˌweɪ ˈtʌnəl ʃəd bi bɪlt.
ðɪs wəd sɑlv ðə ˈprɑbləm əvˌvɛntəˈleɪʃən, fər ɪf ə treɪn ˈɛntərd ðɪs ˈtʌnəl, ɪt wəd drɔ ɪn frɛʃ ɛr bɪˈhaɪnd ɪt.
ˈfɔrti-tu jɪrz ˈleɪtər ə ˈtʌnəl wəz ˈækʧuəli bɪˈgʌn. ɪf, ətðə taɪm, ðə ˈbrɪtɪʃ həd nɑt fɪrd ɪnˈveɪʒən, ɪt wəd həv bɪn kəmˈplitəd.
ðə wɜrld həd tə weɪt ˈɔlˌmoʊst əˈnʌðər 100 jɪrz fər ðəˈʧænəl ˈtʌnəl.
ɪt wəz əˈfɪʃəli ˈoʊpənd ɑn mɑrʧ 7, 1994, ˈfaɪnəli kəˈnɛktɪŋ ˈbrɪtən tə ðə ˌjʊrəˈpiən ˈkɑntənənt
任务配置：
L0+L1+L4
serve v
To serveis to perform a role or function. While your co-worker is out sick, you gladlyserveas his replacement until he gets better.
Servecomes from the Latin word for servant or slave, but you can serve people without being subordinate to them. You might serve your family hamburgers for dinner, or serve the tennis ball. If you serve a cause, you devote yourself to it. Bug repellant will serve you well on a summer fishing trip. In prison you serve time. If you're elected Mayor, you'll serve a term of three or four years.
除了表示to give sb food or drink, at a restaurant or during a meal也表示食物的量够吃或者够用。This dish will serve five hungry people.
还有一个意思是：to be useful to sb in achieving or satisfying sth.
serve no useful purpose
serve the interests of someone
serve the needs of
His linguistic ability served him well in his chosen profession.
而在本文中的意思是：to be suitable fro a particular use, especially when nothing else is available.
在球类运动中，表示“发球”的意思~
port
A port is a place where boats come and go. If you think that docks and harbors are romantic, I suggest you move to a port city like Baltimore.Just as seaports and airports link countries together by enabling trade and travel, a device that links computers together is also called a port（端口）.Port comes from the Latin word portus, meaning "haven" or "harbor." You can hear this sense of a port as a place of safe arrival in the proverb "any port in a storm（慌不择路，饥不择食）." On a ship, the port side is the left side(左舷). Port is also a verb, meaning "to carry."
ventilate verb.
1. to allow fresh air to enter and move around a room, building, etc.
a well-ventilated room
The bathroom is ventilated by means of an extractor fan. 这个浴室用抽风扇通风。
2. (formal) to express your feelings or opinions publicly 公开表达（感情或意见）
n. ventilation
a ventilation shaft 通风井
Make sure that there is adequate ventilation in the room before using the paint.
fear
Does the sight of a snake fill you with panic and the desire to run away as quickly as possible? If so, you have a fear of snakes.
People have fear for many things: bugs, guns, heights, etc. Horror movies try to fill the audience with fear. Some fears make more sense than others. The fear of jumping out of planes makes a lot of sense, but the fear of public speaking isn't as logical: it won't kill you. Fear includes anxiety and can be very emotionally painful. If you're scared of anything, you know what fear is all about.
invasion
An invasion is the movement of an army into a region, usually in a hostile attack that's part of a war or conflict. World history is full of descriptions of invasions.
One country's army plundering or taking over a city or piece of land in another country is an invasion. You can call other mass movements invasions as well, like a horrifying invasion of your kitchen by cockroaches, or the invasion of a stadium by excited soccer fans. A common phrase is "invasion of privacy," which means an unfair intrusion into someone's personal space or private information
invasion of后面接的对象是被入侵的对象就，而不是入侵者。
channel, engineer, French, chimney, suggest, actually
练习感悟：
今天关于ch跟J的音的单词好多，于是复习了一下这两个辅音，发现慢慢慢慢读，还是有点难度的。特别是还有sh跟g的音加在一起，舌头有点转不过来了。
