1. Queen Elizabeth and French President Francois Mitterrand will ride a train downward into the $15 billion Channel Tunnel today, crossing the English Channel by land for the first time since it was a marsh 8,000 years ago.
    今天，伊丽莎白女王和法国总统弗朗索瓦·密特朗将乘火车进入造价达150亿美元的海峡隧道，首次由陆地穿越8,000年前曾是一片沼泽地的英吉利海峡。

2. Now that a tunnel has been built through the mountains, the Pass is less dangerous,
    如今由于山里开挖了隧道，翻越山口已不那么危险了。

3. No one can ride through the tunnel yet:
    任何人都还不能乘车通过隧道：

4. He suggested that a double railway-tunnel should be built.
    他提议建一条双轨隧道，

5. Despite the new tunnel, there are still a few people who rashly attempt to cross the Pass on foot.
    尽管新的隧道建成了,但仍有少数人冒失地企图步行越过隘口.

6. Despite the new tunnel, there are still a few people who rashly attempt to cross the Pass on foot.
    尽管修通了隧道，但仍有一些人想冒险徒步跨越圣伯纳德山口。

7. Doors connect the train tunnels to the smaller tunnel every quarter mile and provide escape routes.
    每隔四分之一英里就有出口接通火车隧道和小隧道，提供安全通路。

8. As part of its deal with the Disney organization, the government is laying on and paying for new highways, an extension of Paris's regional express railway and even a direct connection for the high speed TGV railway to the Channel Tunnel.
    作为与迪斯尼公司合作协议的一部分，政府正在铺设新的公路并支付建设款项，它是巴黎地区快速轨道交通的延伸，甚至可直接连接到通往英吉利海峡隧道的高速电气铁路（TGV）。

9. Once there, he would cling to the hand-rail until he reached the lower steps that the warmer tunnel air kept free of ice.
    一到那儿，他就紧抓着地铁通道口的扶手一直往下走，因为地铁内空气暖和,下面几级台阶没有冰雪。

10. 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.
    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、穿越英吉利海陕的隧道计划到了英国。