Lesson 7: Reaching Bangkok

Key Words: derived, parallel, cargo, capacity

A. Look at the picture and talk about it.

1. What do you see?
2. What could this place be?
3. How do you know?

B. Read the text and complete the chart.

The plane landed at Suvarnabhumi Airport at 4:55 pm. 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 meters wide. One of the runways is 4,000 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 meters, 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 5,000 cars.

| Bangkok Airport Information | | |---|---| | name | Suvarnabhumi Airport | | origin of the name | Sanskrit | | chosen by | King Bhumibol Adulyadie | | meaning | Golden Land | | distance from Bangkok | 30 kilometers east of Bangkok | | runway | Two parallel runways | | length of runways | 4,000 meters and 3,700 meters | | aircraft control per hour | 76 flight operations | | number of passengers | 45 million | | cargo handled | 3 million tonnes | | car parking | Two 5-storey car park buildings | | number of passengers in future | 65 million |

C. Listen to the teacher/CD and circle the correct information.

U1, L7C Listening Text: 5

| Questions | | |---|---| | 1. Suvarnabhumi Airport has checkpoints for arrivals: 130/131/132 | | | 2. checkpoints for departures: 70/71/72 | | | 3. custom control checkpoints for arrivals: 25/26/27 | | | 4. custom control checkpoints for departures: 4/6/8 | | | 5. check-in counters: 360/361/362 | | | 6. moving walkways: 106/107/108 | | | 7. elevators: 102/103/104 | | | 8. baggage conveyor belts: 20/22/24 | | | 9. escalators: 81/82/83 | |