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The plane landed at Suvarnabhumi Airport at 4:55 p.m. The name 'Suvarnabhumi', is pronounced as "su-wan-na-poom". The name is derived from Sanskrit, which means golden land. The name was chosen by King Bhumibol Adulyadie.
The airport is located in Racha Thewa in the Bang Phli district of Samut Prakan province, 30 kilometers east of Bangkok.
The airport has two parallel runways. Both of them are 60 metre wide. One of the runways is 4000 meters long and the other is 3,700 meters. It can handle 76 flight operations per hour. It can handle 45 million passengers and 3 million tonnes of cargo per year.
The airport passenger terminal is 563,000 square meter that is, 6,060,000 square feet. It is the fourth biggest passenger terminal building in the world. The airport is going through phase 2. It will raise its capacity to handle 65 million passengers per year. The airport has two 5-storey car park buildings. The buildings can house 5000 cars.
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Answer the following questions from your reading of the above text.
Suvarnabhumi airport is situated in Racha Thewa in the Bang Phli district of Samut Prakan province of Bangkok.
There are two runways.
The plane landed at 4:55 pm.
"Suvarnabhumi" means golden land. The king Bhumibol Adulyadic named the airport.
The car park building is 5 storied.
In the future the airport will handle 65 million passengers per year.
The plane landed at Suvarnabhumi Airport.
The airport can handle 76 flight operations per hour.
The king Bhumibol Adulyadie named the airport.
The car parking building is 5 storied.
The runways are 60 meter wide. One of the runways is 4000 meter long and the other is 3,7000 meters.
The runways are parallel.
The airport is 30 kilometres from Bangkok.
5000 cars can be housed in the car park building.
Bhumibol Adulyadie was a famous king.
The airport can handle 45 million passengers per year.
The airports capacity will be raised to handle 65 million passengers per year.
The name Suvarnabhumi is derived from Sanskrit.
Key words : derived parallel cargo capacity
A. Look at the picture and talk about it.
- What do you see in the picture?
- What could be this place?
- How do you know?
B. Read the text and complete the chart.
The plane landed at Suvarnabhumi Airport at 4:55 p.m. The name 'Suvarnabhumi' is pronounced as "su-wan-na-poom". The name is derived from Sanskrit, which means golden land. The name was chosen by King Bhumibol Adulyadie.
The airport is located in Racha Thewa in the Bang Phli district of Samut Prakan province, 30 kilometres east of Bangkok.
The airport has two parallel runways. Both of them are 60 metre wide. One of the runways is 4000 metres long and the other is 3,700 metres. It can handle 76 flight operations per hour. It can handle 45 million passengers and 3 million tonnes of cargo per year.
The airport passenger terminal is 563,000 square metres that is, 6,060,000 square feet. It is the fourth biggest passenger terminal building in the world. The airport is going through phase 2. It will raise its capacity to handle 65 million passengers per year. The airport has two 5-storey car park buildings. The buildings can house 5000 cars.
| Bangkok Airport | Information |
|---|---|
| 1 name 2 origin of the name 3 chosen by 4 meaning 5 distance from Bangkok 6 runway 7 length of runways 8 aircraft control per hour 9 number of passengers 10 cargo handled 11 car parking 12 number of passengers in future |
C. Listen to the teacher/CD and circle the correct information.
U1, L7 C Listening text: 5 |
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Suvarnabhumi Airport has
- checkpoints for arrivals: 130/131/132
- checkpoints for departures: 70/71/72
- custom control checkpoints for arrivals: 25/26/27
- custom control checkpoints for departures: 4/6/8
- baggage conveyor belts: 20/22/24
- check-in counters: 360/361/362
- moving walkways: 106/107/108
- elevators: 102/103/104
- escalators: 81/82/83
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The plane landed at Suvarnabhumi (a) Airport at 4:55 p.m. The name means golden land in Sanskrit and chosen by king Bhumibal. The airport is (b) situated in Racha Thewa. in a provincial district, 30 kilometres cast of Bangkok. The airport has two parallel (c) runways with 60 metres width but different length. It's able to handle 76 flight operations per (d) hour and 45 million passengers and 3 million tones of cargo per year. The airport has the (c) fourth biggest passenger terminal building in the world.
parallel = equivalent
chosen = taken
biggest = smallest
cast = west
raise = enhance
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