Chek Lap Kok Airport in Hong Kong
Rob and Rosie discuss big plans to expand Hong Kong International Airport because of demand from the booming southern provinces of China. Listen to the programme to find out about what the plans are and why there are concerns from environmentalists.
This week's question: What is the world's biggest airport in terms of size?
a) Denver International Airport in the USA
b) Dubai Airport in the United Arab Emirates
c) King Fahd International Airport in Saudi Arabia
Listen out for the answer at the end of the programme.
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Hong Kong airport expansion
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Vocabulary
- departure point
a place where you leave from to start a journey
- land reclamation
taking areas of water and turning them into land that can be built on
- contributor
something that causes something else to happen
- transporting
moving people or things from one place to another
- cargo
goods carried in a ship or a plane
- booming
rapidly growing
- undertaking
task or project somebody is committed to
- tasks
pieces of work that somebody has to do
- compromise
an agreement made between two sides in which each side gives up some of the things they want
- environmentalists
a person concerned about the environment and who wants to improve and protect it
