Hong Kong Grows Its Airport and Flights
香港擴建機場並增加航班
Introduction
Hong Kong is making its airport bigger. It is also starting new flights to Central Asia.
香港正在擴建機場，並開始開闢前往中亞的新航線。
Main Body
Hong Kong will start flights to Kazakhstan next year. This helps because some paths in the Middle East are not safe now. The leaders of Hong Kong and Kazakhstan are now friends.
香港將於明年開闢前往哈薩克的航班。由於目前中東部分航線並不安全，此舉將有所幫助。香港與哈薩克的領導人目前關係良好。
More people are using the airport. Last year, 61 million people visited. This year, 70 million people may visit. The airport is building a new terminal and a new mall.
使用機場的人數增加。去年有 6,100 萬人造訪，今年可能達到 7,000 萬人。機場目前正在建設一座新航廈及一座新購物中心。
Cathay Pacific is buying more planes. They want more big planes and cargo planes for the next ten years. Fuel is expensive now, but the company still wants to grow.
國泰航空正在採購更多飛機。他們希望在未來十年增加大型客機與貨機。儘管目前燃油價格昂貴，但公司仍希望持續成長。
Conclusion
Hong Kong is building more and finding new flight paths to stay strong.
香港透過擴建與開闢新航線來維持強勢地位。
Vocabulary Learning
✈️ Talking about the Future
In this text, we see two ways to talk about things that will happen later. This is a key skill for A2 English.
1. The 'Will' Way (Certainty) Use will when something is a planned fact.
- Example: "Hong Kong will start flights..."
- Pattern: Subject + will + action verb.
2. The 'May' Way (Possibility) Use may when you are not 100% sure, but it is possible.
- Example: "70 million people may visit."
- Pattern: Subject + may + action verb.
Quick Word Swap Notice how the text describes growth:
- Bigger Growing
- More planes Buying
- New paths Finding
Simple Tip: To sound more natural at A2, stop saying "maybe」 and start using may before your verb.