1. Draw a layout of an airport indicating the areas of the airport. Write the names of these areas. Work in pairs, explain your pictures to each other.

Pronunciation

Scanning

2. Make a list of airport services related to the aircraft referred to as airside/landside. Write the services into the right column.

Airside	Landside

• Scan the text. Which of the following statements do you agree or disagree with according to the information in the text? Explain why.

1

a The airport has to maintain rescue and security services.

b The airport has to keep secrete service.

c The airport has to have marines on duty.

2

a The airport facilities include runways and air navigation aids.

b The airport facilities include highways and air defence units.

c The airport facilities include railways and mining equipment.

3

a Terminal building provides space for the facilities for the convenience of passengers.

b Terminal building provides space for the parking of the vehicles.

c Terminal building provides space for the aircraft maintenance and repairing.

4

a Airport terminal building is designed to facilitate safe and economic transfer of passengers and cargo between aircraft and ground transport.

b Airport terminal building is designed to make a money transfer between banks.

c Airport terminal building is designed to perform refuelling of aircraft.

5

a The landing area or flying field includes runways and taxiways.

b The landing area or flying field includes aprons and hangars.

c The landing area or flying field includes parking and terminals.

6

a The length of the runway depends on temperature, surface wind, altitude of the airport and condition of the runway surface.

b The length of the runway depends on airport square, upper wind.

c The length of the runway depends on seasons, day or night period.

Word Building

3. A Study the table given below. Put some more examples into each line.

Prefix	Example
anti- = against	Antisocial
bi - = two	Bilingual
co - = with	co-operation
inter - = between	international
mis- = done wrongly	Misbehave
multi - = many	multinational
non - = not	non-routing
over - = to a great extent	Overwork

b Make the new words by adding prefixes from the words given below.

ice __________ system

continental __________ flight

pilot ____________

section ____________

understand ____________

functional ____________

stop ____________

board ____________

c Spend a few minutes inventing a story with the words from 1b. Work in pairs. Practise telling your story to your partner.

Grammar