新编英语教程第三册Unit5.ppt

1、Background Information,BR_MAIN,Extended Reading,Warm-up Questions,Free Discussion,Detailed Reading,Before Reading,Global Reading,After Reading,Before Reading_1.1,Warm-up Questions,1. Can you find the word “Chunnel” in your dictionary? What does it mean?,“Chunnel” is a blend of the two words “channel

2、” and “tunnel”, referring to the undersea tunnel that links Britain and France under the English Channel.,Detailed Reading,Before Reading,Global Reading,After Reading,Before Reading_1.2,2. What does the title mean? Can you spot a wordplay in the title?,As an English idiom, “light at the end of the t

3、unnel” means the prospect of success or relief after strenuous effort. “Light at the end of the Chunnel” is a parody of that English idiom, suggesting the subject matter of this article as well as the writers attitude toward the issue.,3. What is this article about?,Warm-up Questions,Detailed Readin

4、g,Before Reading,Global Reading,After Reading,Before Reading_2_1.1,Background Information,The English Channel,Detailed Reading,Before Reading,Global Reading,After Reading,Before Reading_2_1.2,The Chunnel,Detailed Reading,Before Reading,Global Reading,After Reading,Before Reading_2_1.3,The inaugurati

5、on,Detailed Reading,Before Reading,Global Reading,After Reading,Before Reading_2_1.4,A French engineer put forward a proposal for a tunnel. Extensive geological survey was carried out. Work began on the Channel Tunnel, but was soon halted because of military objections. Work started again, but polit

6、ical objections brought it to an end. The project began to receive serious attention. The project was again launched, but soon folded due to financial problems.,Detailed Reading,Before Reading,Global Reading,After Reading,1802 1876 1882 1922 1945 1973,Before Reading_2_1.5,1986 1987 1994,Detailed Rea

7、ding,Before Reading,Global Reading,After Reading,British and French governments signed a treaty to co- construct the Chunnel. Construction of the Chunnel began. Queen Elizabeth II and President Francois Mitterrand opened the Chunnel officially.,Before Reading_3_1,Extended Reading,Listen to the follo

8、wing information for a better understanding of the text. While listening, please fill in the blanks with the information you hear.,Directions:,History The Channel tunnel was originally dreamed of by in . Napoleon recognized the need to build a tunnel that would connect to . But, his dream did not co

9、me true in his life. The British began digging a tunnel in 1880 only to fail. In 1973 Britain and France decided to continue the project and work began again but was cancelled in 1975. The idea of finishing the tunnel was raised and the final leg of construction was started in 1987.,the British Isla

10、nd,_,Napoleon,_,the Continent,_,1802,_,in 1978,_,jointly,_,Detailed Reading,Before Reading,Global Reading,After Reading,Before Reading_3_2,Construction The Chunnel was built from two sides, England and France. The sides would dig and then meet up in the middle. In 1990 the two sections of the tunnel

11、 met up and the tunnel became one continuous tunnel. The Chunnel held its in May of 1994. Problems Although completed, the Chunnel still problems. On November 18, 1996 around 9:45 p.m. one of the trains had a part on fire. The fire quickly spread and was not completely removed until 5 a.m. the next

12、morning. The fire created a lot of damage but after being repaired, the Chunnel continued with its operations.,independently,_,official opening,_,encountered,_,Extended Reading,Detailed Reading,Before Reading,Global Reading,After Reading,Before Reading_3_3,Facts * The Chunnel cost $15 billion to cre

13、ate and runs a length of 31 miles, 23 of which are underwater. * The average of the tunnel is around 150 feet under the seabed. * The tunnels are used for both and traffic. * The three tunnels combined make up 95 miles of tunnels dug by nearly 13,000 engineers, technicians, and workers. * The volume

14、 of rubble removed from the tunnel increases the size of Britain by 90 acres. The rubble, equivalent to 68 football fields, has been made into a .,depth,_,freight,_,passenger,_,park,_,Extended Reading,Detailed Reading,Before Reading,Global Reading,After Reading,Before Reading_3_4,Current Situation T

15、he Chunnel, or the Eurotunnel, connects Folkestone, England and Sangatte, France. A trip that once required a large amount of time on a ferry is now a quick 20-minute trip underground. The Chunnel is an incredible tunnel that has not only travel time, but has joined two different countries together.

16、 Tickets to ride the Chunnel are available at many locations .,decreased,_,online,_,Extended Reading,Detailed Reading,Before Reading,Global Reading,After Reading,Before Reading_4_1,1. 2.,Free Discussion,Detailed Reading,Before Reading,Global Reading,After Reading,Do you think the construction of the

17、 Chunnel was favored by the English and the French people? Why do you think so? How do the English and the French people stereotype each other?,Globe Reading_main,Part Division of the Text,Further Understanding,Skimming,Detailed Reading,Before Reading,Global Reading,After Reading,Globe Reading_1_1,S

18、kimming,1. Decide which of the following statements best sums up the text.,(1) The French and the English people seemed none too happy about the Chunnel and there would be more people going to France via the Chunnel than there would be people going to Britain.,In spite of the adverse sentiments expr

19、essed by the English and the French people, the Chunnel that joins Britain and France was finally completed and, looking back, the breakthrough that took place several years ago was a moving scene.,Detailed Reading,Before Reading,Global Reading,After Reading,Globe Reading_1_2,The construction of the

20、 Chunnel was an important event and large numbers of people would be using it to go across the English Channel.,Detailed Reading,Before Reading,Global Reading,After Reading,Skimming,Globe Reading_1_3,2. What is the profession of the writer? How do you know?,From the sentence in Para.10, “Im packed i

21、nto a construction workers train along with several dozen other journalists”, we can infer that the writer is a journalist.,Detailed Reading,Before Reading,Global Reading,After Reading,Skimming,Globe Reading_1_4,3. What type of writing does the text belong to? What are the typical features of this t

22、ype of writing?,The text is a feature report, one type of journalistic writing. A typical journalistic feature report is an unbiased account of news events. The tone of the report is objective and straightforward. Real dates, proper nouns, direct quotations are often used to add journalistic flavor

23、and increase validity of the account.,Detailed Reading,Before Reading,Global Reading,After Reading,Skimming,Global Reading_2,Directions: Please divide the text into 4 parts and identify the key words and phrases of each part.,Part Division of the Text,Main Ideas,Parts,1,2,Paras,14,56,French peoples

24、opinion about the Chunnel,British peoples opinion about the Chunnel,3,4,79,1023,The breakthrough ceremony of the Chunnel,The significance of the Chunnel,Detailed Reading,Before Reading,Global Reading,After Reading,The author of this essay was an English tourist.,Globe Reading_3_1,Further Understandi

25、ng,F,We have reason to believe that the author was an American journalist. In Paragraph 10, the author mentioned that “Im packed into a construction workers train along with several dozen other journalists”. The essay also bears distinct features of a feature report. Besides, the spelling of the tex

26、t is typical of American English, such as “color” instead of “colour” in Paragraph 13.,( ),Detailed Reading,Before Reading,Global Reading,After Reading,True or False,3. The Chunnel will facilitate the transport between Great Britain and other European countries.,2. The idea of linking the British Is

27、les with Europe started in the early 20th century.,Globe Reading_3_2,Further Understanding,F,( ),The cross-Channel-link scheme dates back to the 18th century.,T,( ),Detailed Reading,Before Reading,Global Reading,After Reading,4.The Chunnel project was carried out in a uniform way on both British and

28、 French sides.,Globe Reading_3_2,F,The construction of the Chunnel never proceeded in the exact manner. As a matter of fact, many differences colored this joint project. For example, the French gave womens names to their TBM machines, while their British counterparts named their machines by the numb

29、ers.,( ),Further Understanding,Detailed Reading,Before Reading,Global Reading,After Reading,Fewer people from continental Europe would use the tunnel because Europeans generally find British food, weather and fashion uninviting. 6.The mutual feeling of dislike still existed when the tunnel was compl

30、eted.,Globe Reading_3_3,T,( ),F,Both the French and British celebrated the breakthrough, and an Englishman said, “I might have opposed it 30 years ago, but now its my tunnel.”,( ),Further Understanding,Detailed Reading,Before Reading,Global Reading,After Reading,Article1_S,In a hotel lobby in Sandga

31、te, England, not two miles from the soon-to-be-opened English Channel Tunnel, stiff upper lips trembled. For the first time since the last ice age, England was about to be linked to France. “Id rather England become the 5lst state of the U.S.A. than get tied up to there,” said a retired civil servan

32、t with a complexion the color of ruby port. He nodded toward the steel gray Channel out the window, his pale blue eyes filled with foreboding. “Awful place,” added his wife, lifting a teacup to her lips. “They drink all the time, and the food is terrible. When I go to the Continent, I take my own bo

33、ttle of English sauce.”,Detailed Reading,Before Reading,Global Reading,After Reading,The Light at the End of the Chunnel,Article2_S,“We dont care much for the French,” her husband concluded. “But the French .” Here a pause, a shudder, as the gull-wing eyebrows shot upward. “The French dont care for

34、anybody.” On the other side of the Channel, the entente was scarcely more cordiale. In Vieux Coquelles, a village a beet field away from the French terminal near Calais, Clotaire Fournier walked into his farmhouse. “I went to England once,” he said, sinking into a chair in the dining room. “Never ag

35、ain! All they eat is ketchup.” A tiny explosion of air from pursed lips, then the coup de grace. “You cant even get a decent glass of red wine!”,Detailed Reading,Before Reading,Global Reading,After Reading,Well, by grace of one of the engineering feats of the century, for richer or poorer, better or

36、 worse, England and France are getting hitched. On May 6, 1994, Queen Elizabeth of Britain and President Francois Mitterrand of France are scheduled to inaugurate the English Channel Tunnel (“Chunnel” for short), sweeping aside 200 years of failed cross-Channel-link schemes, 1,000 years of historica

37、l rift, and 8,000 years of geographic divide. The 31-mile-long Chunnel is really three parallel tunnels: two for trains and a service tunnel. It snakes from Folkestone, England, to Coquelles, France, an average of 150 feet below the seabed. Drive onto a train at one end; stay in your car and drive o

38、ff Le Shuttle at the other 35 minutes later. Later this yeari.e., 1994 Eurostar passenger trains will provide through service: London to Paris in three hours; London to Brussels in three hours, ten minutes.,Article3_S,Detailed Reading,Before Reading,Global Reading,After Reading,The Chunnel rewrites

39、geography, at least in the English psyche. The moat has been breached. Britain no longer is an island. Its June 28, 1991, and Im packed into a construction workers train along with several dozen other journalists. Were headed out from the English side to the breakthrough ceremony for the south runni

40、ng tunnel the last to be completed. The Chunnel is a work in progress. The concrete walls await final installation of the power, water, and communication lines that will turn it into a transport system. White dust fills the air. The train screeches painfully. “Makes you appreciate British Rail,” som

41、eone jokes. Finally we reach the breakthrough site. The two machines that dug this tunnel started from opposite sides of the Channel and worked toward the middle. Now were staring at the 30-foot-diameter face of the French tunnel boring machine (TBM), “Catherine.”,Article4_S,Detailed Reading,Before

42、Reading,Global Reading,After Reading,In one of those vive la diffrence quirks that color the project, the French gave womens names to their machines. On the British side, its by the numbers like TBM No.6. Another difference: French workers wear chic, well-cut, taupe jumpsuits with red and blue racin

43、g stripes down the sleeves. The British uniform is pure grunge: baggy, bright orange. Looking up, I imagine 180 feet of Channel above my head ferries, tankers, a Dover sole or two . The grating of the TBM interrupts my reverie. Its cutterhead a huge wheel with tungsten-tipped teeth chews into the la

44、st trace of rock separating England from France. Music blares, and lights glare. Several Frenchmen scramble through. Thunderous applause erupts as dozens more follow. Strangely moving, this connecting of countries. Champagne corks pop, and French workers hug British counterparts.,Article5_S,Detailed

45、 Reading,Before Reading,Global Reading,After Reading,“I might have opposed it 30 years ago, but now its my tunnel,” an Englishman says. French tunnelers are still climbing through. “So many,” I say, turning to a French official. “And there are 56 million more behind them,” he replies. Aprs le tunnel

46、, le dluge? Eurotunnel hopes so. It predicts eight million passengers a year by 1996. The flow will be lopsided. Only 30 percent of the traffic will be headed to Britain. “The French dont take holidays in England,” explains Jeanne Labrousse, a Eurotunnel executive. Hmmmm. Why do the French visit Bri

47、tain? For the food? The weather? Fashion? Mme. Labrousse seemed thoughtful. “Of course,” she brightened, “we will work on selling the idea.”,Article6_S,Detailed Reading,Before Reading,Global Reading,After Reading,From National Geographic, May 1994 by Cathy Newman,Article1_W,In a hotel lobby in Sandg

48、ate, England, not two miles from the soon-to-be-opened English Channel Tunnel, stiff upper lips trembled. For the first time since the last ice age, England was about to be linked to France. “Id rather England become the 5lst state of the U.S.A. than get tied up to there,” said a retired civil serva

49、nt with a complexion the color of ruby port. He nodded toward the steel gray Channel out the window, his pale blue eyes filled with foreboding. “Awful place,” added his wife, lifting a teacup to her lips. “They drink all the time, and the food is terrible. When I go to the Continent, I take my own b

50、ottle of English sauce.”,The Light at the End of the Chunnel,Detailed Reading,Before Reading,Global Reading,After Reading,Article2_W,“We dont care much for the French,” her husband concluded. “But the French .” Here a pause, a shudder, as the gull-wing eyebrows shot upward. “The French dont care for

51、 anybody.” On the other side of the Channel, the entente was scarcely more cordiale. In Vieux Coquelles, a village a beet field away from the French terminal near Calais, Clotaire Fournier walked into his farmhouse. “I went to England once,” he said, sinking into a chair in the dining room. “Never a

52、gain! All they eat is ketchup.” A tiny explosion of air from pursed lips, then the coup de grace. “You cant even get a decent glass of red wine!”,Detailed Reading,Before Reading,Global Reading,After Reading,Article3_W,Well, by grace of one of the engineering feats of the century, for richer or poore

53、r, better or worse, England and France are getting hitched. On May 6, 1994, Queen Elizabeth of Britain and President Francois Mitterrand of France are scheduled to inaugurate the English Channel Tunnel (“Chunnel” for short), sweeping aside 200 years of failed cross-Channel-link schemes, 1,000 years

54、of historical rift, and 8,000 years of geographic divide. The 31-mile-long Chunnel is really three parallel tunnels: two for trains and a service tunnel. It snakes from Folkestone, England, to Coquelles, France, an average of 150 feet below the seabed. Drive onto a train at one end; stay in your car

55、 and drive off Le Shuttle at the other 35 minutes later. Later this yeari.e., 1994 Eurostar passenger trains will provide through service: London to Paris in three hours; London to Brussels in three hours, ten minutes.,Detailed Reading,Before Reading,Global Reading,After Reading,Article4_W,The Chunn

56、el rewrites geography, at least in the English psyche. The moat has been breached. Britain no longer is an island. Its June 28, 1991, and Im packed into a construction workers train along with several dozen other journalists. Were headed out from the English side to the breakthrough ceremony for the

57、 south running tunnel the last to be completed. The Chunnel is a work in progress. The concrete walls await final installation of the power, water, and communication lines that will turn it into a transport system. White dust fills the air. The train screeches painfully. “Makes you appreciate Britis

58、h Rail,” someone jokes. Finally we reach the breakthrough site. The two machines that dug this tunnel started from opposite sides of the Channel and worked toward the middle. Now were staring at the 30-foot-diameter face of the French tunnel boring machine (TBM), “Catherine.”,Detailed Reading,Before

59、 Reading,Global Reading,After Reading,Article5_W,In one of those vive la diffrence quirks that color the project, the French gave womens names to their machines. On the British side, its by the numbers like TBM No.6. Another difference: French workers wear chic, well-cut, taupe jumpsuits with red and blue racing stripes down the sleeves. The British unifo