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1 THE ENGLISH NEWS WEEKLY PODCAST 06/11/2015 FEBRUARY The Emotional Robot 1 of EPISODE 282 FLASHBACK ENW 46: TITANIC MEMORIAL CRUISE Nervous Flyer..? Don t Land Here! ENW 282 Introduction This week s English News Weekly podcast reports a new list that highlights the most dangerous airports to land and takeoff in the world! The 13 airports have been selected because they are the most difficult, or scariest airports to depart or arrive at. Some of the airports are high up in the mountains whilst others can only be used at certain times of the day. Why are these the 13 most dangerous? English News Weekly will try to explain all HOMEPAGE hiroshima -u.ac.jp/cms/enw.php FACEBOOK (c) Jaime Selwood TWITTER ENW Episode 219 twitter.com/enwpodcast TECHNOLOGY

2 Contents Pages Part 1 Warm Ups Odd-One-Out Page 1 Brainstorm Page 1 Dangerous Airports Page 1 / 2 Quiz This Week Page 2 Part 2 Before Listening / Reading Jumbled Words Page 3 True or False Page 3 Vocabulary Synonyms Page 3 Part 3 Listening / Reading The News Story 386 Words Page 4 What Do You Think..? Page 4 Part 4 After Listening / Reading Q & A Page 5 A & Q Page 5 Part 5 Extra Stuff Extra English I Page 6 7 to Chinwag Page 6 Writing Activity Page 7 And Finally. Did You Know? Page 7 TV Links Page 8 The Answers Pages 8-10 A1 This symbol = Listening activity in the podcast. A1 ポッドキャストに含まれているリスニング演習

3 1 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2017 [ ] Nervous Flyer..? Don t Land Here! February 24 th 2017 Warm Up 1 Odd 1 Out Look at the four words below, which word is different from the other three? Write your reason in the box underneath. Check your answer later. a) To Flutter b) To Soar c) To Flap d) To Ponder My Reason Warm Up 2 Brainstorm How many different words can you connect to the word in the box? Can you think of at least 10 words? Why do you think this? Phobias Warm Up 3 The Most Frightening Airports Read the list of some of the most dangerous airlines in the world. Which country is each of the following airports located in? Go to page 2 and find the list of countries. Airports Country Airports Country 1 Ice Runway 7 Rongotai Airport 2 Skiathos Island 8 Santa Cruz 3 Juancho Airport 9 Tegucogalpa 4 Courchevel Airport 10 Gibraltar Airport 5 Paro Airport 11 Narsarsuaq 6 Tenzing-Hillary 12 Isle of Barra

4 2 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2017 Dangerous Airports Which is the Most Frightening? Read the list of countries and airport codes below. Match them with the correct airport on page 1 the airport code can sometimes help! Country Airport Code Country Airport Code A Antarctica NZIR G Honduras TGU B Bhutan PBH H Nepal LUA C France CVF I New Zealand WLG D Gibraltar GIB J Portugal FNC E Greece JSI K Saba SAB F Greenland UAK L Scotland BRR Warm Up 4 A1 Quiz Read the questions about this week s news story. Remember if you don t know use the internet to help or GUESS! 1: What is considered to be the most dangerous airport to land at in the world? a: Ice Runway b: Paro Airport c: Tenzig-Hillary Airport 2: On average how many commercial aircraft flights are there every day? a: 92, 465 b: 102,465 c: 112,465 3: Which airport has the shortest runway in the world at just 399 metres? a: Isle of Barra b: Santa Cruz c: Juancho Airport 4: Which airport has the longest runway in the world at 5,500 metres? a: Upington Airport (SAF) b: Hamad Airport (QAT) c: Qamdo Bamda (CHI) 5: Which American airport with 9 has the most runways in the world? a: Chicago O Hare b: Dallas Fort Worth c: Shannon Airport 6: Which airport in Asia has had the most airplane crashes in the world? a: Kansai International b: Tenzig-Hillary c: Para Airport E1: What is the most expensive airport ever built in the world at $20 billion? a: London Heathrow b: Berlin-Brandenburg c: Kansai E2: What is the oldest airport in the world still in operation today? a: College Park Airport US b: Hamburg Airport c: Rome Ciampino E3: What is the oldest airline in the world? a: b: c: END OF PART 1

5 3 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2017 Pre-Listening / Reading 1 Jumbled Sentences The sentence below is from a paragraph in the news story. Un-jumble the words and put them into the correct order. by do are not frighten airports passengers visited those who These easily only 2 An Airport Not for the Fainthearted! These airports Pre-Listening / Reading 2 A2 True or False Read the headline of News Story ~ An Airport Not for the Fainthearted! Look at the 5 statements. Guess if you think 1 5 are True or False! 1 122,000 flights take off and land every day around the world. [T] [F] 2 The average commercial airport runway is 1,500 feet. [T] [F] 3 Tenzig-Hillary Airport is located on top of Mount Everest. [T] [F] 4 A person only has a 1 in 11 million chance of dying in a plane crash. [T] [F] 5 Saba is an island located in the Caribbean. [T] [F] Pre-Listening / Reading 3 Antonyms An antonym is a word with an opposite meaning. Match the 10 words on the left with their antonyms on the right. All the antonyms in black are from the News Stories. 1 Take-off 6 Prevent A Raise F Temporary 2 Busiest 7 Alert B Polar G Soothe 3 Frighten 8 Drop C Certainly H Fearless 4 Tropical 9 Nervous D Quietest I Touch down 5 Permanently 10 Probably E Unaware J Aid END OF PART 2

6 4 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2017 Listening / Reading Listening An Airport Not for the Fainthearted! 10 Mistakes Help Listen / Read the news story below circle the 10 words that are mistakes! 282 An Airport Not for the Fainthearted! 1 Every year more than 112,000 flights take off and land safely all around the world air travel is one of the safest forms of transport. Every day new models of airplanes are designed to make flying more comfortable and safer, whilst most of the busiest airports are continually being upgraded. Yet, there are some airports in the world that are not filled with luxury duty-free shops, restaurants, parks and lounges. These airports are only visited by those passengers who do not frighten easily. Why? Because they are the scariest, and most dangerous airports anywhere on Earth! 2 A new report has listed the 13 most dangerous airports to be found anywhere around the world. These locations vary from snowy Caribbean islands, to highaltitude mountain ranges and one airport that is permanently covered in ice. The other trait that most of these 13 airports have is short runways. Very, very, very short runways. In fact the airport that is considered to be 3 rd most dangerous airport in the world - Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport on the European island of Saba has a runway that is only 399 metres long 1,500 metres shorter than the global average. 3 Some of the other most fear-inducing airports in the world include Barra Airport in Scotland, Ice Runway in Antarctica and Tenzig-Hillary in Nepal. Barra Airport s runway is located on a massive Scottish island and the runway is actually just a beach! Ice Runway on Ross Island Antarctica can only be used during summer months as snow storms prevent landing any other time of the year. Whilst Tenzig- Hillary near Mount Everest in Nepal has a runway of just 458 metres with a 610 metre slide into a valley at the end of the runway so pilots have to be very sleepy! 4 However you shouldn t worry too much most of these airports are only visited by people who need to go to these sandy locations. Also flying is a safe way to travel a person only has a one in 11 million chance of being killed in an air crash. So, next time you get nervous about flying you should take comfort that the airport you are flying to won t have a long runway, located on a beach or with a 600 metre drop. Unless you ARE flying to one of those airports then probably close your eyes! Wrong Word 10 Mistakes 1: To 6: To 2: To 7: To 3: To 8: To 4: To 9: To 5: To 10: To [384 Words] END OF PART 3

7 5 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2017 Post-Listening / Reading 1 A3 Q & A How much can you remember from News Story? Read / Listen to the questions below and choose the correct answer. If you can t remember any answers, guess! Q1 What is the name of the airport which has a beach for a runway? Q2 What is the drop at the end of runway in Nepal? Q3 Which island has an ice-covered airport runway? Q4 What island airport is only open during summer months? Q5 What is the average airport runway length? Q6 What is the 3 rd most dangerous airport in the world? E1 What is a person s chance of dying in an air-crash? E2 How many airports are mentioned in the news story? Post-Reading 2 A & Q How much can you remember from the news story? Read the answers below and write the correct question. There is more than one possible correct question for each one! A1 458 metres.? A2 112,000? A3 Mt Everest.? A4 13? A5 Nepal.? END OF PART 4

8 6 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2017 English Extra I English Phobias The English language has some interesting words and phrases that express whether something or someone is speedy. Examples: Can you match the phrase with the correct meaning? Common Phobias 1 Arachnophobia A Fear of dead things 2 Claustrophobia B Fear of dogs or canines. 3 Trypanophobia C Fear of snakes Explanations 4 Ophidiophobia D Fear of strangers / outsiders / foreigners 5 Mysophobia E Fear of injections 6 Necrophobia F Fear of being alone 7 Cynophobia G Fear of socialising 8 Xenophobia H Fear of spiders. 9 Monophobia I Fear of darkness 10 Scotophobia J Fear of flying / planes 11 Logizomechanophobia K Fear of being in small spaces like caves or tunnels 12 Aviaophibia L Fear of computers or technology 13 Sociophobia M Fear of germs and dirt 7 to Chinwag This Week s ENW Podcast ENW Podcast Topic An Airport Not for the Fainthearted! Ask / Answer the questions below on this week s ENW Podcast Topic! 1 What did you think of this week s podcast topic when you first read it? 2 How many flights have you taken in the last 12 months? 3 What is the scariest journey you have ever undertaken? Why? 4 What do you enjoy most about air-travel? Why? 5 What frightens you the most? Why? 6 If you could fly anywhere today where would you fly? Why? EX FREE QUESTION!

9 7 The English News W eekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2017 Writing This Week What types of things are you are afraid of? Are there any animals? Situations? Activities? Explain why you are scared of them and explain what happens! END OF PART 5 And Finally X & Z A4 Did You Know? The End

10 8 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2017 Visual TV Links You Tube (USA) 1: [08:22] Most Dangerous Airports in the World You Tube (UK) 2: [05:41] Most Dangerous Roads in the World You Tube (USA) 3: [07:54] The World s Creepiest Places Around the World Podcast Key A1 These activities are audio and can be listened to on the podcast. Answers Part 1 Warm Up 1-4 Warm Up 1 Odd-1-Out D To Ponder Warm Up 3 Most Dangerous Airports A / B / C are all verbs that are connected to flying. 1 A 2 E 3 K 4 C 5 B 6 H 7 I 8 J 9 G 10 D 11 F 12 L A1 Warm Up 4 Quiz 1 A 2 B 3 C 4 C 5 A 6 B E1 C E2 C E3 B Answers Part 1 Warm Up 1-4 Jumbled Sentences These airports are only visited by those passengers who do not frighten easily. A2 True or False 1 F 2 F 3 F 4 T 5 T Antonyms 1 I 2 D 3 G 4 B 5 F 6 J 7 E 8 A 9 H 10 C

11 Answers Part 3 9 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2017 Listening 282 An Airport Not for the Fainthearted! 1 Every day more than 112,000 flights take off and land safely all around the world air travel is one of the safest forms of transport. Every year new models of airplanes are designed to make flying more comfortable and safer, whilst most of the busiest airports are continually being upgraded. Yet, there are some airports in the world that are not filled with luxury duty-free shops, restaurants, spas and lounges. These airports are only visited by those passengers who do not frighten easily. Why? Because they are the scariest, and most dangerous airports anywhere on Earth! 2 A new report has listed the 13 most dangerous airports to be found anywhere around the world. These locations vary from tropical Caribbean islands, to high-altitude mountain ranges and one airport that is permanently covered in ice. The other trait that most of these 13 airports have is short runways. Very, very, very short runways. In fact the airport that is considered to be 3 rd most dangerous airport in the world - Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport on the Caribbean island of Saba has a runway that is only 399 metres long 1,500 metres shorter than the global average. 3 Some of the other most fear-inducing airports in the world include Barra Airport in Scotland, Ice Runway in Antarctica and Tenzig-Hillary in Nepal. Barra Airport s runway is located on a tiny Scottish island and the runway is actually just a beach! Ice Runway on Ross Island Antarctica can only be used during summer months as snow storms prevent landing any other time of the year. Whilst Tenzig-Hillary near Mount Everest in Nepal has a runway of just 458 metres with a 610 metre drop into a valley at the end of the runway so pilots have to be very alert! 4 However you shouldn t worry too much most of these airports are only visited by people who need to go to these remote locations. Also flying is a safe way to travel a person only has a one in 11 million chance of being killed in an air crash. So, next time you get nervous about flying you should take comfort that the airport you are flying to won t have a short runway, located on a beach or with a 600 metre drop. Unless you ARE flying to one of those airports then probably close your eyes! [384 Words] Answers Part 4 Post-Listening / Reading A3 Q & A 1 Bara 5 1,500m 2 610m 6 Juancho E Yrausquin 3 Ross Island E1 One in 11 million. 4 Ice Runway E2 four A & Q Example Questions A1 What is the length of the runway at Tenzig-Hillary Airport? A2 How many airplanes land and take-off every day? A3 What is the highest mountain in the world? A4 How many dangerous airports are there? A5 What country is Tenzig-Hillary Airport located in?

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