class 8 english lesson 7 reaching bangkok

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Presented by:Presented by: Fauzia JesminFauzia Jesmin

Asst. TeacherAsst. Teacher Department of EnglishDepartment of English

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Today’s Lesson

Unit - 1Unit - 1 Lesson -7Lesson -7

Reaching Bangkok

Learning outcome

After completing this lesson students will be able to -

• know about Suvarnabhumi Airport .•know new words.• read and understand texts.

Word meaning

derived- to come or develop from Parallel- very similar or taking place at the same time

cargo - the goods carried in a ship or plane:

Capacity- the ability to understand or to do

Loud reading 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 meter 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 the airport’s capacity to handle 65 million passengers per year. The airport has two 5 storey car park buildings. The buildings can house 5000 cars.

King Bhumibol Adulyadie. Suvarnabhumi Airport

Racha Thewa

Suvarnabhumi Airport

Two parallel runways of Suvarnabhumi

Cargo handle of Suvarnabhumi

Passenger terminal Car Parking

Group Work