the island nation to new diseases.(Para. 8) Meaning: The British think a sick animal from France will pull its sick body along through the tunnel and bring new disease to their country 9. Britain wont improve its system until after the year 2000, spurring Mitterand to joke that passengers will have"plenty of time for sightseeing".(Para. 10) Meaning: Britain will not raise the speed of its trains until after the year 2000, which made President Mitterrand joke that passengers will have" plenty of time for sightseeing, as the trains move very slowly 10. Eventually, the equivalents of 700,000 trucks a year will be transported through the Chunnel.(Para. 14 Meaning: In time, the same amount of goods as 700,000 trucks a year will be transported through the Chunnel 11. One newspaper reported that Chunnel delays have been the result of faulty alarms, and only "partially successful"escape procedures. (Para. 16) Meaning: one newspaper reported that Chunnel delays have been caused by wrong alarms and escape procedures that are only"partially successful 12. Each train has two engines, in case one fails. (Para. 17) Meaning: Each train has two engines, for fear that one might break down in case: because of the possibility of sth. happening --Please remind me of the meeting on Friday in time in case I forget 请及时提醒我周五开会的事,免得我忘记 Compare: in case of: if or when sth happens - In case of fire, break the glass and escape.如果起火就砸碎玻璃逃生 13. Engineers say a disaster is unlikely in the Chunnel because it wouldnt be flooded by a bomb. (Para. 18) Meaning: Engineers say it is impossible for a disaster to take place in the Chunnel because a bomb couldnt blow it up and the Chunnel couldnt be filled with seawaterthe island nation to new diseases. (Para.8) Meaning: The British think a sick animal from France will pull its sick body along through the tunnel and bring new disease to their country. 9. Britain won’t improve its system until after the year 2000, spurring Mitterand to joke that passengers will have “plenty of time for sightseeing”. (Para.10) Meaning: Britain will not raise the speed of its trains until after the year 2000, which made President Mitterrand joke that passengers will have “plenty of time for sightseeing,” as the trains move very slowly. 10. Eventually, the equivalents of 700,000 trucks a year will be transported through the Chunnel.(Para.14) Meaning: In time, the same amount of goods as 700,000 trucks a year will be transported through the Chunnel. 11. One newspaper reported that Chunnel delays have been the result of faulty alarms, and only “partially successful” escape procedures. (Para.16) Meaning: one newspaper reported that Chunnel delays have been caused by wrong alarms and escape procedures that are only “partially successful” 12. Each train has two engines, in case one fails. (Para.17). Meaning: Each train has two engines, for fear that one might break down. in case: because of the possibility of sth. happening --Please remind me of the meeting on Friday in time in case I forget. 请及时提醒我周五开会的事，免得我忘记。 Compare： in case of：if or when sth happens --In case of fire，break the glass and escape. 如果起火,就砸碎玻璃逃生. 13. Engineers say a disaster is unlikely in the Chunnel because it wouldn’t be flooded by a bomb. (Para.18) Meaning: Engineers say it is impossible for a disaster to take place in the Chunnel because a bomb couldn’t blow it up and the Chunnel couldn’t be filled with seawater