The first woman to cross the English channel was Gertrude.

第一个横渡英吉利海峡的女人是格特鲁德。

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The first woman to cross the English Channel was Gertrude Ederle in 1926.

1926年，格特鲁德·埃德尔成为第一位横渡英吉利海峡的女性。

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In 2004 an early prototype, piloted by Richard Branson, a British entrepreneur, became the fastest amphibious vehicle ever to cross the English Channel.

2004年一辆由英国企业家理查德·布兰森驾驶的Aquada早期原型车在当时成为了曾横渡英吉利海峡的最快交通工具。

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Until recently, hundreds of illegal immigrants, many of them from Afghanistan, hoping to cross the English channel to what they hoped was a better life in Britain.

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The ship is hoping to use the port to cut down on the time it takes to cross the English Channel.

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The UK Home Office says that in the year 2011-12 about 9, 000 attempts to cross the English Channel illegally were thwarted by British officers at Channel ports in continental Europe, the BBC's Maddy Savage reports from Paris.

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