时间:2018-12-27 作者:英语课 分类:一起听英语


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 香港机场扩建的话,会给香港带来哪些利益呢?


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Rob: Hello and welcome to 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English, I'm Rob


and with me today is Rosie.


Rosie: Hi there.


Rob: In our programme today we're talking about airports. I'm sure many of us


have used one. They are a departure point for great adventures and they


are amazing crossroads for people travelling across the world.


Rosie: Big airports are necessary too for a country's trade. But why are we talking


about them today?


Rob: Well, airport expansion has been in the news and particularly plans to expand


Hong Kong International airport which could turn it into the World's biggest.


Rosie: OK Rob, I guess that links in to this week's question!


Rob: It certainly does. My question for you this week is about the current World's


biggest airport. This is in terms of size, not the number of flights. What do


you think it is?


a) Denver International airport in the USA


b) Dubai airport in the United Arab Emirates


c) King Fahd International Airport in Saudi Arabia


Rosie: I have no idea but I am going to say King Fahd International Airport in Saudi


Arabia.


Rob: OK, we'll find out at the end of the programme. Now let's talk more about the


expansion of Hong Kong International Airport, also known as Chek Lap Kok


airport.


Rosie: The airport was only opened in 1998 and was built on an island made by land


reclamation 2. The airport is seen as a major contributor to the Hong Kong


economy.


Rob: That's right. Let's hear from BBC correspondent Juliana Liu about the airport's


importance. How does she describe the provinces of southern China? 


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Juliana Liu, BBC correspondent


Hong Kong's airport is one of the busiest in the world, transporting fifty four million


passengers a year and more cargo 3 than anywhere else. And because it's so close to the


booming provinces of southern China, those traffic figures are only expected to go up.


Rosie: So Hong Kong's airport is one of the busiest in the world. She used the word


transporting – which means moving – fifty four million passengers a year.


Rob: And it transports lots of cargo too – cargo is another word for freight or


goods. But it's set to move more goods and people because it's close to the


booming provinces of southern China.


Rosie: Booming. That means the economy is growing rapidly. With a growing


economy there will be more demand for flights to move people and cargo.


That's why the government wants to make an enormous expansion of the


airport.


Rob: Other countries around the world are also talking about expanding their


airports.


Rosie: Yes, this is something that is being considered in London. The government is


now considering building a new runway at Heathrow or even building a


completely new airport altogether, possibly in the middle of the Thames


estuary 4.


Rob: But building projects like these are very expensive and they involve making


decisions based on predictions for the future.


Rosie: Well let's hear more from Juliana Liu about what's involved with expanding


Chek Lap Kok Airport. How does she describe the size of the building project?


Juliana Liu, BBC correspondent


The project is likely to cost more than 17 billions dollars, much more than the existing


airport. It will be an enormous undertaking 5. Much of the space needed for the runway does


not yet exist, so it must be reclaimed 6 from the sea.


Rob: The project sounds very expensive; more than 17 billion dollars! That's more


than the existing airport cost to build so maybe that gives you the idea of how


big it really is going to be.


Rosie: She described the size of the project as an enormous undertaking; a very


big commitment. One of the tasks – or jobs – that need doing is to build


more land.


Rob: At the moment there isn't the space to build a runway so new land must be


reclaimed from the sea. They will convert the seabed into land to build on.


Rosie: That will be a really big undertaking! But why do they have to do that?


Couldn't they build it somewhere else, maybe nearer the city centre? 


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Rob: Well, as you know, land is expensive and anyway, airports create noise and


pollution which nobody wants near their house. A good compromise – or a


fair agreement – is to build them by the sea.


Rosie: But even doing that in Hong Kong has raised some concerns for


environmentalists – people who care about the environment. There is also


concern about pollution which apparently 7 is already what most people


complain about in Hong Kong. And the air and noise pollution can certainly


affect our health.


Rob: Well building new airports is always controversial but until we can develop a


cleaner form of transport and a quieter one, there will be always be the need


for air travel and for airports.


Rosie: Now Rob, it's time for you to reveal the answer to the question you asked me


earlier.


Rob: Ah yes. I asked you, in terms of size, what is the name of the world's biggest


airport? So what did you say?


Rosie: I said King Fahd International Airport in Saudi Arabia.


Rob: And you are right. It is King Fahd International Airport in Saudi Arabia. Now


Rosie, would you mind reminding us of some of the vocabulary we have heard


today.


Rosie: departure


land reclamation


contributor


transporting


cargo


booming


undertaking


tasks


compromise


environmentalists


Rob: Thanks Rosie. That's all we have time for today but do join us again for more


6 Minute English from BBC Learning English soon. Bye for now!


Rosie: Bye bye! 



1 transcript
n.抄本,誊本,副本,肄业证书
  • A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
  • They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。
2 reclamation
n.开垦;改造;(废料等的)回收
  • We should encourage reclamation and recycling.我们应当鼓励废物的回收和利用。
  • The area is needed for a land reclamation project.一个土地开垦项目要在这一地区进行。
3 cargo
n.(一只船或一架飞机运载的)货物
  • The ship has a cargo of about 200 ton.这条船大约有200吨的货物。
  • A lot of people discharged the cargo from a ship.许多人从船上卸下货物。
4 estuary
n.河口,江口
  • 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。
5 undertaking
n.保证,许诺,事业
  • He gave her an undertaking that he would pay the money back with in a year.他向她做了一年内还钱的保证。
  • He is too timid to venture upon an undertaking.他太胆小,不敢从事任何事业。
6 reclaimed
adj.再生的;翻造的;收复的;回收的v.开拓( reclaim的过去式和过去分词 );要求收回;从废料中回收(有用的材料);挽救
  • Many sufferers have been reclaimed from a dependence on alcohol. 许多嗜酒成癖的受害者已经被挽救过来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • They reclaimed him from his evil ways. 他们把他从邪恶中挽救出来。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
7 apparently
adv.显然地;表面上,似乎
  • An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽,豁然开朗。
  • He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。
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