1. The tunnel would be well-venlilated if tall chimneys were built above sea level.
如果再建些伸出海面的高大的烟由状通风管,隧道就具备了良好的通风条件。
知识点:是本句典型的虚拟语气。
真题测验:虚拟语气
If the whole operation( )beforehand, a great deal of money would have been lost.
A. was not planned B. has not been planned
C. had not been planned D. were not planned
答案:选C
分析:本句考査与过去事实相反的虚拟条件句。
翻译:要是当时整个手术没有预先计划好的话,大量的金钱就白花了。
2. In 1858, a French engineer, Aime Thovme de Gamond,arrived in England with a plan for a twenty- one-mile tunnel under the English Channel.
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21英里、穿越英吉利海峡隧道的计划到了英国。
知识点:a plan for a twenty-one-mile tunnel, for之后的内容是plan的后置定语从句。