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Word文档下载后（可任意编辑） 第 第 PAGE 1 页 共 NUMPAGES 1 页 GRE阅读练习：希斯罗机场不堪重负已扩建 GRE阅读训练：GRE阅读练习：希斯罗机场不堪重负已扩建 GRE考试精品课程指导  Expandingairport capacity in the south-east is abet on the future of travel  扩大东南地区的航空能力对旅行的未来至关重要  EVENbefore Sir Howard Davies, an economist mulling where to put extra airportcapacity in Britain, rejected the idea of building a big new hub in the ThamesEstuary, the backlash had begun. Boris Johnson, the mayor of London and anenthusiastic supporter of the Thames plan, spluttered in advance, then brandedthe decision “myopic”. NIMBYs opposing the expansion of Heathrow and Gatwickgroaned, knowing that the remaining options all involve building or extendingrunways at one of those airports. Sir Howards final recommendation, due in2015, is sure to run into heavy fire. To make matters worse, he and his teammust hazard a guess about the future of air travel.  甚至在经济学家霍华德·达维斯反对在泰晤士河口建造一座转移英国多余的航空能力的时候，反对的声音就已经出现了。伦敦市长鲍里斯·约翰逊和泰晤士计划的一位积极的支持者对此气急败坏，并认为这种决定是“目光短浅”的表现。得知当前都需要扩建两个机场或是扩建其中一个机场的跑道时，邻避主义者反对扩建希思罗机场和盖特威克机场。霍华德最终的建议将于2015年到期，的确引起了人们极大的愤怒。为了让人们更加反对，他和他的团队必须实行一个关于乘机航行的危险的猜想。  Heathrowand Gatwick are both full, or close to it, and want to expand. But the twoairports presently serve quite different parts of the market. Some 37% ofpassengers at Heathrow transfer between flights. Nearly a third of itscustomers are on business. By contrast, only13% of Gatwicks customers arebusiness travelers. Most are going on holiday. Just 7%transfer there—aproportion that has fallen by half over the past decade.  希思罗机场和盖特威克机场的承载量已经接近饱和，都需要扩建。但是这两个机场目前的市场服务内容并不同。希思罗机场37%的乘客都是乘飞机转车。几乎三分之一的客户都是工作出行。相反，盖特威克机场的客户只有13%是工作出差。大多数都是游客。只有7%的人是转机的—— 在过去的10年里，这个比例下降了一半。  Heathrowsshiny new Terminal 2, which opened in June, is full of expensive shops andrestaurants run by Michelin-starred cooks to entice rich passengers. AtGatwick, recent improvements reflect its popularity with holiday goers: a widerlane at a spruced-up security gate has been set aside for