{
  "title": "The Channel Tunnel",
  "title_zh": "海峡隧道",
  "body": {
    "type": "narrative",
    "paragraphs": [
      {
        "en": "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.",
        "zh": "1858 年，一位名叫埃梅·托梅·德·干蒙的法国工程师带着建造一条长 21 英里、穿越英吉利海峡的隧道计划到了英国。"
      },
      {
        "en": "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.",
        "zh": "他说，可以在隧道中央建造一座平台，这座平台将用作码头和火车站。"
      },
      {
        "en": "The tunnel would be well-ventilated if tall chimneys were built above sea level.",
        "zh": "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。"
      },
      {
        "en": "In 1860, a better plan was put forward by an Englishman, William Low.",
        "zh": "1860 年，一位名叫威廉·洛的英国人提出了一项更好的计划。"
      },
      {
        "en": "He suggested that a double railway-tunnel should be built.",
        "zh": "他提议建一条双轨隧道。"
      },
      {
        "en": "This would solve the problem of ventilation, for if a train entered this tunnel, it would draw in fresh air behind it.",
        "zh": "这样就解决了通风问题。因为如果有一列火车开进隧道，它就把新鲜空气随之抽进了隧道。"
      },
      {
        "en": "Forty-two years later a tunnel was actually begun.",
        "zh": "42年以后，隧道实际已经开始建了。"
      },
      {
        "en": "If, at the time, the British had not feared invasion, it would have been completed.",
        "zh": "如果不是因为那时英国人害怕入侵，隧道早已建成了。"
      },
      {
        "en": "The world had to wait almost another 100 years for the Channel Tunnel.",
        "zh": "世界不得不再等将近 100 年才看到海峡隧道竣工。"
      },
      {
        "en": "It was officially opened on March 7, 1994, finally connecting Britain to the European continent.",
        "zh": "它于 1994 年 3 月 7 日正式开通，将英国与欧洲大陆连到了一起。"
      }
    ]
  },
  "subtitles": [
    {
      "timestamp": null,
      "en": "[ti:The Channel Tunnel]",
      "zh": "海峡隧道"
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "00:10.00",
      "en": "Why was the first tunnel not completed?",
      "zh": "为什么第一条隧道没有完工呢？"
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "00:14.67",
      "en": "In 1858, a French engineer, Aime Thome de Gamond, arrived in England with a plan for a 21-mile tunnel under the English Channel.",
      "zh": "1858 年，一位名叫埃梅·托梅·德·干蒙的法国工程师带着建造一条长 21 英里、穿越英吉利海峡的隧道计划到了英国。"
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "00:27.69",
      "en": "He said that it would be possible to build a platform in the centre of the Channel.",
      "zh": "他说，可以在隧道中央建造一座平台，"
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "00:34.17",
      "en": "This platform would serve as a port and a railway station.",
      "zh": "这座平台将用作码头和火车站。"
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "00:39.63",
      "en": "The tunnel would be well-ventilated if tall chimneys were built above sea level.",
      "zh": "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。"
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "00:46.35",
      "en": "In 1860, a better plan was put forward by an Englishman, William Low.",
      "zh": "1860 年，一位名叫威廉·洛的英国人提出了一项更好的计划。"
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "00:53.93",
      "en": "He suggested that a double railway-tunnel should be built.",
      "zh": "他提议建一条双轨隧道。"
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "00:58.66",
      "en": "This would solve the problem of ventilation for if a train entered this tunnel, it would draw in fresh air behind it.",
      "zh": "这样就解决了通风问题。因为如果有一列火车开进隧道，它就把新鲜空气随之抽进了隧道。"
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "01:08.89",
      "en": "Forty-two years later a tunnel was actually begun.",
      "zh": "42年以后，隧道实际已经开始建了。"
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "01:13.97",
      "en": "If, at the time, the British had not feared invasion, it would have been completed.",
      "zh": "如果不是因为那时英国人害怕入侵，隧道早已建成了。"
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "01:22.13",
      "en": "The world had to wait almost another 100 years for the Channel Tunnel.",
      "zh": "世界不得不再等将近 100 年才看到海峡隧道竣工。"
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "01:28.61",
      "en": "It was officially opened on March 7, 1994, finally connecting Britain to the European continent.",
      "zh": "它于 1994 年 3 月 7 日正式开通，将英国与欧洲大陆连到了一起。"
    }
  ],
  "book": 2,
  "lesson": 64
}