China starts work on first underwater railway tunnel

时间：2007-11-14 08:32:07

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Chinese workers excavates1 an underwater railway tunnel near the estuary2 of the Pearl River at Shiziyang, near the Humen Bridge, south China, November 13, 2007.
 
Nov. 14 - More than 300 Chinese workers have begun excavating3 an underwater railway tunnel near the estuary of the Pearl River, in south China.

 

The structure will be China's first underwater rail tunnel and also the country's longest underwater tunnel of any kind, according to Guo Dahuan, chairman of the board of China Railway Tunnel Group, builder of the project.

 

According to Guo, the tunnel is a key part of a 146-km express rail link that will connect Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong Province, an economic powerhouse of China, with Shenzhen City, also in Guangdong, and Hong Kong.

 

The project, with a length of 10.8 kilometers, will cross the Pearl River estuary at Shiziyang, near the Humen Bridge, to link Guangzhou, situated4 on the Pearl River, and Dongguan, located in the southeast of Guangzhou.

 

Four large shielding machines are being used to dig the tunnel, which is to be finished in April 2009. The budget for the project is 2.4 billion yuan (about 300 million U.S. dollars).

 

The Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong express, with trains traveling at 350 kilometers per hour, is scheduled to begin service in 2010.

 

The express will enable visitors to travel among the three locations within one hour.

 

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1 excavates 49a96c3f57f24a8b836e182a6775e74b     
v.挖掘( excavate的第三人称单数 )；开凿；挖出；发掘
参考例句：
  • Biblical criticism excavates the various deposits that have been gathered in successive layers in these writings. “圣经”考证把向来积聚于这些作品的各层中的各种堆积物掘开。 来自辞典例句
  • Why excavates K-V5's archaeology one not to die a violent death? 为什么发掘K-V5的考古者们没有一个死于非命呢？ 来自互联网
2 estuary ynuxs     
n.河口，江口
参考例句：
  • We live near the Thames estuary.我们的住处靠近泰晤士河入海口。
  • The ship has touched bottom.The estuary must be shallower than we thought.船搁浅了。这河口的水比我们想像的要浅。
3 excavating 5d793b033d109ef3f1f026bd95b1d9f5     
v.挖掘( excavate的现在分词 )；开凿；挖出；发掘
参考例句：
  • A bulldozer was employed for excavating the foundations of the building. 推土机用来给楼房挖地基。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • A new Danish expedition is again excavating the site in annual summer digs. 一支新的丹麦探险队又在那个遗址上进行一年一度的夏季挖掘。 来自辞典例句
4 situated JiYzBH     
adj.坐落在...的，处于某种境地的
参考例句：
  • The village is situated at the margin of a forest.村子位于森林的边缘。
  • She is awkwardly situated.她的处境困难。

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