The English Channel.ppt

Background Information The Light at the End of the Chunnel A New English Course Unit Five Reading One CONTENTS Background Information Listening, Organization Main Ideas Analysis of the Text Discussing the following questions Oral Work Assignments The English Channel It is commonly called the Channel, is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean separating the southern coast of England from the northern coast of France, and connecting the Atlantic in the west with the North Sea on the east via the Strait of Dover. It is 34 to 240 km. (21-150 miles) wide and 560km. (350 miles) long. The Channel is at its narrowest between Dover in England and Cape Gris-Nez, near Calais, in France, it being 34 km. (21 miles) wide. Its average depth decreases from 120 to 45 meters (400-150 feet). The Chunnel  The word Chunnel is a blend of the two words Channel and Tunnel. The Channel Tunnel (French: le tunnel sous la Manche), or Chunnel, is a 50.450km (31.35mi) long rail tunnel beneath the English Channel at the Strait of Dover, connecting Folkestone, Kent in the United Kingdom to Coquelles near Calais in northern France.  It was a megaproject with several false starts, but it was finally completed in 1994. It is the second-longest rail tunnel in the world, with the Seikan Tunnel in Japan being longer, but the undersea section of 37.9km (23.55 miles) is the longest undersea tunnel in the world. It is operated by Eurotunnel. The American Society of Civil Engineers has declared the tunnel to be one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World  9. word formation 词缀法 (affixation) 转类法(conversation) 合成法(composition) 拼缀法(blending) 逆成法(backformation) 缩略法(shortening) * * The Channel Tunnel exhibit at the National Railway Museum in York, England. The exhibit shows a cross section of the Channel Tunnel and a Eurostar train. Opening of the Channel Tunnel by Queen Elizabeth II and French President Fran?ois Mitterrand 世界长大隧道表 隧道名称 国家 长度(公里) 开通时间 西姆普龙隧道 意大利、瑞士 20 1906年 阿尔卑斯隧道 意大