The channel tunnel was a very heavy influence, the loss of duty-free revenue really the final nail in the coffin.

英吉利海峡隧道也带来很大的影响，免税后损失的收入真的是最后的致命一击。

Eurotunnel says 2,000 migrants tried to break into its freight terminal in the French port of Calais in a desperate attempt to reach Britain through the channel tunnel.

欧洲隧道公司称2000名移民试图冲入法国加来港上的货运站，不顾一切地试图通过英伦海峡海底隧道进入英国。

Until 1994, when one of the 20th centuries greatest engineering achievements connected them, linking Folkestone in Southern England to Calais in Northern France the channel tunnel is the world's longest undersea tunnel.

直到1994年, 作为20世纪最伟大的工程之一，海峡隧道将它们连接了起来，从英格兰南部的福克斯通延伸到法国北部的加来，这条隧道是世界上最长的海底隧道。