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★continent n 大陆

European Continent: 欧洲大陆

【课文讲解】

read the text : 1 in 1858 2 in 1860 3 forty-two years later 4 1994

描速一件事物的要素 :

who/do/what/how/why

In 1858, a French engineer arrived in England with a plan.

plan for

twenty-one-mile 加连字符, 用单数, 是定语

He said

It 代表: to build a platform in the centre of the channel. 作形式主语

serve as作为......来服务, 起......作用

it will serve as a swimming pool