During this Coronavirus crisis, there are ghost passengers and ghost flights, as there are no passengers to fly and sometimes planes fly just with the crew and a few passengers or no passengers at all. However, there are also ghost airports, which are not only airports that are no longer used, but also special airports with no passengers!!!!
Surprisingly, among these, you can find some of the most profitable airports in the world, like the one in the Mojave desert or the one in Teruel , which is the most profitable one in Europe. But how can this be possible? Have a look at these newspaper articles and documentaries and you'll find out:
The airport in Spain where planes go for a long nap (CNN)The huge ghost airport where planes go to sleep (Sky Shades)
Spotting at Teruel – Spain’s storage and maintenance airport (Airport Spotting)
The biggest and most profitable airport without passengers in Europe is in Teruel (Expansión) This piece of news is in Spanish. It includes a very interesting video!!!
No passengers, no planes: ‘Ghost’ airports of Europe (CNBC)
Chinese group buys Spanish airport for $11,000 (CGTN America)
EU frees airlines to halt ‘ghost flights’ in coronavirus fightback (The Guardian)
Can you tell me the different uses this kind of airports have and why they make so many profits? THIS COULD BE YOUR COMMENT!!!
Mojave Air & Space Port - Commercial Space
What Happened Inside the Airplane Graveyard?
How do you call an airplane which is not allowed to fly? See the solution at the bottom of this post, just below!!!
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Tuesday, 28th April
By the way, do you remember about the Mojave desert? Have you seen the pictures above?
1º ESO CLASS (<<<Click here)
Next Tuesday we will have our next online class (we will go on correcting UNIT 6) and remember for individual tutorials you write an email to me and we arrange a day and a time.
El próximo martes tenemos la siguiente clase online >> seguiremos corrigiendo la unidad 6 y recuerden para tutorías individuales me tienen que escribir un email y concertamos un día y una hora.
Very good morning, ladies and gentlemen!!
I hope you are all well, safe and sound. Here's again the link to the session, just in case: https://eu.bbcollab.com/guest/379e7c0b009640fea3b23156deeba859
Tasks for today:
Watch this video >>> AS...AS... COMPARATIVES
Solutions to yesterday's translation sentences:
1. Excuse me, where is the post office? It's over there, on the left.
2. Where's the police station? I'm sorry, I'm a tourist. I think it's straight ahead.
3. Where's the nearest supermarket? The nearest one is in Market Street, opposite the bank and next to the pet shop.
Solutions to dictation 02 and translation:
1.Tim is as old as Mike. >>> Tim es tan viejo como Mike
2. He is the nicest boy in the class. >>>> Él es el chico más amable en la clase.
3. They are brothers. >>>> Ellos son hermanos.
4. There aren't any pencils. >>> No hay lápices.
5. Janet doesn't walk to school. >>> Janet no va andando al instituto.
6. Look, I see him now. >>> Mira, yo le veo ahora.
7. Tom should go to bed now. >>> Tom debiera irse a la cama ahora.
8. Susan can run quickly. >>> Susana puede correr deprisa.
4º ESO
Remember to send me the number of mistakes committed in yesterday's verb exam 02.
Smart Planet Digital books
Solutions to Friday's workbook pages 54-55 (Unit 6) - Review:
1. 1.g 2. d 3. h 4. a 5. i 6. j 7. c 8. b 9.f 10. e2. 1.ridiculously 2. much too 3. quite 4. extremely 5. a bit 6. really 7. kind of 8. totally
3. 1. were developed 2. was invented 3. is sold 4. are found 5. are produced 6. won't be needed 7. will be replaced
4. 1. That's the birthday present which/that I bought for my mum last weekend.
2. Xavi is the boy whose dad used to work with my dad years ago.
3. Yesterday we visited the museum where Edison's first light bulbs are displayed.
4. This is the guitar which/that he made himself at the age of 16!
5. Is that the man who/that helped you the other day?
6. I think that's the girl whose bag you found this morning.
5. 1.c 2. c 3. a 4. b 5. b 6. a 7. b 8. c 9.b 10. a 11. c 12. c 13. b 14. a
6. 1. Can you tell me about 2. Is it easy 3. How much memory 4. What's the sound like
5. How long does the battery last 6. Has it got a 7. Could you show
These are the tasks for today:
Unit 8 (Smart Planet 4) , page 87
THE ENGLISH WITH SPEAK >>>> Cabin fever: an expression for lockdown (BBC Learning English)
1º Bach >>> Homework for today:
Unit 8 - pages 98-99
Here are two episodes that deal with the topics of sport and genetics:
Module 7 Unit 2A Unit 2B
And remember to send me the mistakes committed in the verb exam.
Young Roger Federer Was Absolutely Insane (18 & 19 Years Old)
Nowedays,during the coronavirus crisis,the airpoots are empty.There aren´t ant passangers.The situation has changed.A lot of countries have closed their frontiers and they don´t allow that foreigners go into their countries.with the cofinement,the movements of people have reduced by roads and air.that supposes a big crisis in the tourist sector and thereare many places in Spain that only live with the tourism.People say that "It´s a ruin".The scientist think the sudder stop in the activity is very good for the envioment,there is less pollition.but i prefer see people in the airports and take car of the eviroment slowly.ABEL MARTÍNEZ PADILLA 1ªA
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ResponderEliminarI didn’t know that there are ghost airports. How amazing!
ResponderEliminarI think that this type of airport must be located in a place where there are few people. The location is important because the planes have to arrive easily. Teruel is between Barcelona, Madrid and Valencia, so it is a good place to repair big planes or jumbos. After the maintenance, planes are ready to fly again.
Planes from all Europe can go to rest during the quarantine. People there do a lot of activities such as examine and recycle materials and parts of planes. In the future, pilots will train there too.
The Mojave Air and Space Port in California is also a storage airport.
I like travelling by plane and I would like to visit this ghost airport in Teruel.
I think that it is very interesting!
Leo Maldonado 4ºA
Nowadays, aeroplanes are a way of transport that is becoming more and more common. Aeroplane flights are a comfortable and fast way to travel, especially for very long distances such as trips between countries or even between continents. Besides, although sometimes these tickets can be a bit expensive, if you buy them in advance you can find a good deal.
ResponderEliminarOn the one hand, air trips are good. Firstly, the most important advantage is that planes are the safest form of transport available. There are many more accidents by car or other means of transport than by plane, and that's more than proven. In addition, the speed of transport is evident. With an aeroplane we can cross the earth in a matter of hours. If you want to travel to a country far away from yours, this is probably the only logical way to do it. Furthermore, it is important to emphasize the importance of airports and the great source of earnings that they represent. Airports receive thousands of people from hundreds of countries every day, and having a well connected airport is very important. The more and better the airports, the better for the countries.
On the other hand, there are disadvantages as well. Flights are influenced by weather factors. For this reason, flights are very susceptible to being delayed or even, in the worst cases, cancelled. In addition, many people are afraid of flying or are stressed out at airports and prefer to avoid them. Also, talking about airports, when there are various airports nearby, competition between them starts to appear and little by little some of them will be ruined until they are no longer used, this is how ghost airports appear. For example, one of them is an airport near the spanish city of Teruel. This airport doesn't receive any passengers. However, it is used to park planes that need some kind of repair. A great way to take advantage of that space!
To sum up, airports are becoming more and more popular and necessary, as travel between countries is very normal nowadays. In my opinion, airports are something very useful and I think they should be well prepared and improve their facilities more and more, especially now with the Covid situation. Besides, I didn't know that there were any ghost airports and I find it very interesting.