Why read this: This is a short, friendly news story about Changi Airport in Singapore. Changi just won the prize for the World's Best Airport again. For many students this is a first look at the topic. The story gives a clean list of facts you can hold in your head: where Changi is, what it has won, and what makes it special. After reading, you will know the basic shape of the story.
What to notice: Pick out three kinds of facts. First, the awards: Changi just won the top prize for the second year in a row, and 14 times in total. Second, the fun features: the tall indoor waterfall, the butterfly garden, the free cinema, and the robot bartender. Third, the smart parts: face and eye scans at the border, plus 60,000 staff. These three groups will help you tell the story in your own words.
Skills practised: Reading: finding facts in short paragraphs and putting them in order; spotting numbers like 14 times, 60,000 staff, and the year 2024; matching each fact to the part of the airport it talks about. Writing: making short, simple sentences that join with 'and' or 'but'; using descriptive words like 'tall', 'fast', and 'clean'; making lists of three things from the text.
Why Changi keeps winning the world's best airport prize
Changi Airport is in Singapore. It just won the top airport prize again.
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Changi Airport is in Singapore, and it just won a big prize. Skytrax named it the World's Best Airport for the second year in a row. In total, Changi has won this prize 14 times. No other airport has won so often.
Changi has many fun things for travellers to see. It has the world's tallest indoor waterfall, and the waterfall is in a building called Jewel. Changi also has a butterfly garden with real butterflies. There is a free cinema, a cactus garden, and a sunflower garden on the roof. In Terminals 2 and 3, a robot called Toni can make cocktails. Travellers with a long wait can even join a free tour of the city.
Changi is also very fast and very clean. About 60,000 staff work at the airport, and they keep it tidy at all times. In 2024, Changi was the first airport in the world to use face and eye scans for travellers. People from Singapore can now leave or arrive without showing a passport, so the line is very short. Cleaning robots also help. They wipe the floors all day and night.
So why does Changi keep winning? Singapore is a small country, and there are not many workers to hire. These push the airport to use machines instead of people. Changi also has an called Terminal X. The team there tests new ideas. They use . This means smart computers look at past data and guess what will happen next. The airport then fixes small problems before travellers see them.
Changi shows that good design and smart planning can make air travel easy. For many travellers, it is now the airport they hope to land in.
Changi Airport is in Singapore, and it just won a big prize. Skytrax named it the World's Best Airport for the second year in a row. In total, Changi has won this prize 14 times. No other airport has won so often.
Changi has many fun things for travellers to see. It has the world's tallest indoor waterfall, and the waterfall is in a building called Jewel. Changi also has a butterfly garden with real butterflies. There is a free cinema, a cactus garden, and a sunflower garden on the roof. In Terminals 2 and 3, a robot called Toni can make cocktails. Travellers with a long wait can even join a free tour of the city.
Changi is also very fast and very clean. About 60,000 staff work at the airport, and they keep it tidy at all times. In 2024, Changi was the first airport in the world to use face and eye scans for travellers. People from Singapore can now leave or arrive without showing a passport, so the line is very short. Cleaning robots also help. They wipe the floors all day and night.
So why does Changi keep winning? Singapore is a small country, and there are not many workers to hire. These push the airport to use machines instead of people. Changi also has an called Terminal X. The team there tests new ideas. They use . This means smart computers look at past data and guess what will happen next. The airport then fixes small problems before travellers see them.
Changi shows that good design and smart planning can make air travel easy. For many travellers, it is now the airport they hope to land in.
Questions
Check your understanding
- 01
How many times has Changi won the Skytrax World's Best Airport prize?
- 02
What can travellers see in the building called Jewel?
- 03
What did Changi start doing in 2024 to make the line short?
- 04
Name three things travellers can see or do at Changi Airport. Write one short sentence about each one.
Suggested length: ~50 words
- 05
Describe two ways Changi uses machines or computers to help travellers. Use facts from the article.
Suggested length: ~50 words
Questions
Check your understanding
- 01
How many times has Changi won the Skytrax World's Best Airport prize?
- 02
What can travellers see in the building called Jewel?
- 03
What did Changi start doing in 2024 to make the line short?
- 04
Name three things travellers can see or do at Changi Airport. Write one short sentence about each one.
Suggested length: ~50 words
- 05
Describe two ways Changi uses machines or computers to help travellers. Use facts from the article.
Suggested length: ~50 words