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Korean Air wins best airline of the year award (13th March 2025)

The Reading / Listening - Airlines - Level 3

There is a lot of competition among airlines to be the best. The website AirlineRatings.com has announced which company is at the top of its list. The site provides "detailed ratings, reviews and information on airlines around the globe". It puts together its annual World's Best Airlines Awards. This year's winner is Korean Air. The website wrote: "Korean Air won the Airline of the Year 2025 for its exceptional focus on passenger comfort, particularly in economy class." The site added: "Korean Air's thoughtful touches, such as slippers and generous meal portions on long-haul flights, enhanced its appeal." The reviewers praised the airline for its "investments in modern, fuel-efficient aircraft".

There were also winners in other award categories. Qatar Airways won again for having the best business class. The airline was also voted second in the best airline category. Qatar Airways has a cabin layout with "fully enclosed private suites with sliding doors, offering passengers complete privacy". The best first-class award went to Singapore Airlines. The reviewers said the airline has "redefined luxury". In addition, Changi Airport in Singapore won the world's best airport award. The top low-cost airline for 2025 was AirAsia. In this category, the reviewers looked at services such as meals, drinks and snacks, Wi-Fi, and in-flight entertainment. Airlines must also meet "rigorous safety standards".

Try the same news story at these easier levels:

Airlines - Level 0, Airlines - Level 1 or Airlines - Level 2

Sources

https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurabegleybloom/2025/02/10/the-best-airlines-in-2025-according-to-a-new-travel-ratings-report/
https://www.airlineratings.com/articles/worlds-best-airlines-for-2025
https://businesstravelerusa.com/news/world-best-airlines-2025/

Make sure you try all of the online activities for this reading and listening - There are dictations, multiple choice activities, drag and drop activities, sentence jumbles, which word activities, text reconstructions, spelling, gap fills and a whole lot more. Please enjoy :-)

Warm-ups

1. AIRLINES: Students walk around the class and talk to other students about airlines. Change partners often and share your findings.
2. CHAT: In pairs / groups, talk about these topics or words from the article. What will the article say about them? What can you say about these words and your life?
competition / list / reviews / the globe / winner / passenger / comfort / modern /
business class / cabin / sliding doors / privacy / luxury / airport / low cost / safety
Have a chat about the topics you liked. Change topics and partners frequently.
3. END FLYING: Students A strongly believe we should end air travel to help global warming; Students B strongly believe the opposite. Change partners again and talk about your conversations.
4. TRANSPORT: What are the good and bad things about these modes of transport? Complete this table with your partner(s). Change partners often and share what you wrote.

	Good Things	Bad Things
Airplane
Train
Bicycle
Bus
Taxi
Subway

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5. LIST: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word "list". Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories.
6. FLYING: Rank these with your partner. Put the best things about flying at the top. Change partners often and share your rankings.

Airplanes
Arriving
Airplane food
Duty free shopping
In-flight entertainment
Airports
The view
Air miles

Vocabulary

Paragraph 1

1.	competition	a.	Using less fuel (like gas or electricity) to work.
2.	announced	b.	When people or companies try to be better than others to win something.
3.	list	c.	Something that happens once every year.
4.	the globe	d.	When someone tells people important news.
5.	annual	e.	Another word for the world or Earth.
6.	exceptional	f.	A group of names or things written one after another.
7.	fuel-efficient	g.	Very special or very, very good.

Paragraph 2

8.	category	h.	A group of things that are the same in some way.
9.	voted	i.	The level of quality something must have.
10.	enclosed	j.	When people choose something by making a decision together.
11.	privacy	k.	Something very nice and expensive that is not needed but makes life better.
12.	redefined	l.	Closed on all sides or surrounded by something.
13.	luxury	m.	Being alone or not being watched by other people.
14.	standards	n.	To give something a new meaning or change how people see it.

Before reading / listening

1. TRUE / FALSE: Read the headline. Guess if 1-8 below are true (T) or false (F).

There is very little competition among airlines worldwide. T / F
You can read reviews about airlines on AirlineRatings.com. T / F
Korean Air gives passengers slippers on long-haul flights. T / F
Korean Air invested in modern, fuel-efficient airplanes. T / F
Qatar Airways won the award for best business class. T / F
Singapore Airlines got the prize for the best flight attendants. T / F
The best low-cost airline was Air Europe. T / F
The awards only look at flight comfort and not safety standards. T / F

2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article.

competition
announced
annual
exceptional
generous
layout
privacy
cost
category
standards

guidelines
yearly
price
arrangement
rivalry
grouping
large
made public
isolation
special

3. PHRASE MATCH: (Sometimes more than one choice is possible.)

There is a lot of competition
at the top of
information on airlines around
its exceptional focus on passenger
investments in modern, fuel-
There were also winners in other
offering passengers complete
the airline has redefined
The top low-
Airlines must also meet rigorous safety

privacy
comfort
cost airline
efficient aircraft
among airlines
luxury
the globe
standards
award categories
its list

Gap fill

Put these words into the spaces in the paragraph below.

class
list
efficient
globe
focus
competition
haul
winner

There is a lot of (1) ______________________________________________ among airlines to be the best. The website AirlineRatings.com has announced which company is at the top of its (2) ______________________________________________. The site provides "detailed ratings, reviews and information on airlines around the (3) ______________________________________________". It puts together its annual World's Best Airlines Awards. This year's (4) ______________________________________________ is Korean Air. The website wrote: "Korean Air won the Airline of the Year 2025 for its exceptional (5) ______________________________________________ on passenger comfort, particularly in economy (6) ______________________________________________." The site added: "Korean Air's thoughtful touches, such as slippers and generous meal portions on long-(7) ______________________________________________ flights, enhanced its appeal." The reviewers praised the airline for its "investments in modern, fuel-(8) ______________________________________________ aircraft".

Put these words into the spaces in the paragraph below.

private
airport
award
safety
business
luxury
meals
privacy

There were also winners in other (9) ______________________________________________ categories. Qatar Airways won again for having the best (10) ______________________________________________ class. The airline was also voted second in the best airline category. Qatar Airways has a cabin layout with "fully enclosed (11) ______________________________________________ suites with sliding doors, offering passengers complete (12) ______________________________________________". The best first-class award went to Singapore Airlines. The reviewers said the airline has "redefined (13) ______________________________________________". In addition, Changi Airport in Singapore won the world's best (14) ______________________________________________ award. The top low-cost airline for 2025 was AirAsia. In this category, the reviewers looked at services such as (15) ______________________________________________, drinks and snacks, Wi-Fi, and in-flight entertainment. Airlines must also meet "rigorous (16) ______________________________________________ standards".

Listening — Guess the answers. Listen to check.

1) There is a lot of competition among airlines to ______
     a. be the best
     b. been the best
     c. bee the best
     d. beaver best
2) AirlineRatings.com has announced which company is at the top ______
     a. off its list
     b. oft its list
     c. of its list
     d. of it list
3) The site provides "detailed ratings, ______
     a. review sand information
     b. reviews send information
     c. reviews end information
     d. reviews and information
4) thoughtful touches, such as slippers and generous meal portions on ______
     a. long-whole flights
     b. long-haul flights
     c. long-hole flights
     d. long-hall flights
5) The reviewers praised the airline for its "investments in modern, ______
     a. fuel-efficient air graft
     b. fuel-efficient aircraft
     c. full-efficient aircraft
     d. full-efficient air graft

6) Qatar Airways won again for having the ______
     a. best business classed
     b. best business class
     c. best business glass
     d. best business clasp
7) Qatar Airways has a cabin layout with "fully ______
     a. enclosed private sweets
     b. enclosed private suits
     c. enclosed private suites
     d. enclosed private sorts
8) The reviewers said the airline ______
     a. has redefined luxury
     b. has redefined laxative
     c. has redefined lexical
     d. has redefined luck sherry
9) In this category, the reviewers looked at services ______
     a. such as meals
     b. such as meal
     c. such a smiles
     d. such as miles
10) Airlines must also meet "______"
     a. rigorously safety standards
     b. rigorous safety standards
     c. rigorous safely standards
     d. rigorous safety standard

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

There is a lot (1) __________________________________________________ airlines to be the best. The website AirlineRatings.com has announced which company is at the top of its list. The site (2) __________________________________________________, reviews and information on airlines around the globe". It puts (3) __________________________________________________ World's Best Airlines Awards. This year's winner is Korean Air. The website wrote: "Korean Air won the Airline of the Year 2025 for its exceptional focus on passenger comfort, particularly (4) __________________________________________________." The site added: "Korean Air's thoughtful touches, (5) __________________________________________________ and generous meal portions on long-haul flights, enhanced its appeal." The reviewers praised the airline for its "investments in modern, (6) __________________________________________________".

There were also winners in (7) __________________________________________________. Qatar Airways won again for having the best business class. The airline was also voted second in the (8) __________________________________________________. Qatar Airways has a cabin layout with "fully enclosed private suites with sliding doors, offering passengers complete privacy". The (9) __________________________________________________ award went to Singapore Airlines. The reviewers said the airline has "redefined luxury". In addition, Changi Airport in Singapore won the world's best airport award. The (10) __________________________________________________ airline for 2025 was AirAsia. In this category, the reviewers (11) __________________________________________________ such as meals, drinks and snacks, Wi-Fi, and in-flight entertainment. Airlines must also meet "(12) __________________________________________________".

Comprehension questions

Who is there a lot of competition among?
How often are the World's Best Airlines Awards?
Which class was particularly comfortable with Korean Air?
What does Korean Air give passengers to wear?
What modern thing did Korean Air invest in?
Which airline was voted the world's second best airline?
What kind of privacy do Qatar Airways business class passengers get?
What did Singapore Airlines change the idea of?
What award did AirAsia win?
What must airlines meet to win an award?

Multiple choice quiz

1) Who is there a lot of competition among?
a) airports
b) pilots
c) airlines
d) passengers
2) How often are the World's Best Airlines Awards?
a) every year (annually)
b) every two years
c) once a decade
d) twice a year
3) Which class was particularly comfortable with Korean Air?
a) economy class
b) the working class
c) the upper class
d) business class
4) What does Korean Air give passengers to wear?
a) eye mask
b) slippers
c) pyjamas
d) earbuds
5) What modern thing did Korean Air invest in?
a) Wi-Fi
b) airports
c) radar
d) fuel-efficient aircraft

6) Which airline was voted the world's second best airline?
a) British Airways
b) Qatar Airways
c) Qantas
d) Air India
7) What kind of privacy do Qatar Airways business class passengers get?
a) complete privacy
b) little privacy
c) some privacy
d) a lot of privacy
8) What did Singapore Airlines change the idea of?
a) travel
b) flying
c) luxury
d) airplane food
9) What award did AirAsia win?
a) best in-flight entertainment
b) best cabin crew
c) coolest pilots
d) the top low-cost airline
10) What must airlines meet to win an award?
a) rigorous safety standards
b) passengers
c) arrival times
d) reporters

Role play

Role A – Airplanes
You think airplanes are the best thing about flying. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them what is wrong with their things. Also, tell the others which is the worst of these (and why): airplane food, in-flight entertainment or airports.

Role B – Airplane Food
You think airplane food is the best thing about flying. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them what is wrong with their things. Also, tell the others which is the worst of these (and why)99999: airplanes, in-flight entertainment or airports.

Role C – In-flight Entertainment
You think in-flight entertainment is the best thing about flying. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them what is wrong with their things. Also, tell the others which is the worst of these (and why): airplane food, airplanes or airports.

Role D – Airports
You think airports are the best thing about flying. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them what is wrong with their things. Also, tell the others which is the worst of these (and why): airplane food, in-flight entertainment or airplanes.

After reading / listening

1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionary / computer to find collocates, other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words...

'airline'

________________

________________

________________

________________

________________

________________

________________

________________

and 'award'.
________________

________________

________________

________________

________________

________________

________________

________________

• Share your findings with your partners.

• Make questions using the words you found.

• Ask your partner / group your questions.

2. ARTICLE QUESTIONS: Look back at the article and write down some questions you would like to ask the class about the text.

•Share your questions with other classmates / groups. •Ask your partner / group your questions.

3. GAP FILL: In pairs / groups, compare your answers to this exercise. Check your answers. Talk about the words from the activity. Were they new, interesting, worth learning…?

4. VOCABULARY: Circle any words you do not understand. In groups, pool unknown words and use dictionaries to find their meanings.

5. TEST EACH OTHER: Look at the words below. With your partner, try to recall how they were used in the text:

among

list

annual

focus

slippers

modern

again

cabin

sliding

luxury

low-cost

meet

Student survey

Write five GOOD questions about this topic in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper. When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

(Please look at page 12 of the PDF to see a photocopiable example of this activity.)

Discussion - Airlines

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

What did you think when you read the headline?
What images are in your mind when you hear the word 'airline'?
What do you think of flying
What do you think of your country's national airline?
What do you think is the world's best airline?
What do you think of 'best of' lists?
What do you think of economy class?
Do you need slippers on an airplane?
Is flying the best form of transport?
Why is fuel-efficiency important for airlines?

STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)

Did you like reading this article? Why/not?
What do you think of when you hear the word 'award'?
What do you think about what you read?
What do you think of business class?
What do you think flying first class would be like?
What is 'luxury' flying?
What do you think of in-flight entertainment on airplanes?
Do you ever worry about safety on airplanes?
How would you help someone who is afraid of flying?
What questions would you like to ask the CEO of Korean Air?

Discussion — Write your own questions

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

(a) ________________

(b) ________________

(c) ________________

(d) ________________

(e) ________________

STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)

(f) ________________

(g) ________________

(h) ________________

(i) ________________

(j) ________________

Language — Cloze (Gap-fill)

There is a (1) ____ of competition among airlines to be the best. The website AirlineRatings.com has announced which company is at the (2) ____ of its list. The site provides "detailed ratings, reviews and information (3) ____ airlines around the globe". It puts together its annual World's Best Airlines Awards. This year's winner is Korean Air. The website wrote: "Korean Air won the Airline of the Year 2025 for its exceptional focus (4) ____ passenger comfort, particularly in economy class." The site added: "Korean Air's thoughtful (5) ____, such as slippers and generous meal portions on long-haul flights, enhanced its appeal." The reviewers (6) ____ the airline for its "investments in modern, fuel-efficient aircraft".

There were also winners in (7) ____ award categories. Qatar Airways won again for having the best business class. The airline was also (8) ____ second in the best airline category. Qatar Airways has a cabin layout with "fully enclosed private (9) ____ with sliding doors, offering passengers complete privacy". The best first-class award went to Singapore Airlines. The reviewers said the airline has "redefined luxury". In (10) ____, Changi Airport in Singapore won the world's best airport award. The top low-cost airline for 2025 was AirAsia. In this category, the reviewers (11) ____ at services such as meals, drinks and snacks, Wi-Fi, and in-flight entertainment. Airlines must also (12) ____ "rigorous safety standards".

Which of these words go in the above text?

(a) loads (b) lots (c) lot (d) allot
(a) top (b) topping (c) toppings (d) topped
(a) on (b) to (c) as (d) up
(a) on (b) as (c) up (d) down
(a) holds (b) touches (c) feels (d) pinches
(a) prized (b) priced (c) pleased (d) praised
(a) others (b) another (c) other (d) the others
(a) vote (b) voting (c) votes (d) voted
(a) suites (b) suits (c) sweets (d) swedes
(a) plus (b) addition (c) minus (d) subtraction
(a) watched (b) looked (c) saw (d) viewed
(a) gather (b) assemble (c) meet (d) together

Spelling

Paragraph 1

a lot of moticnoepit among airlines
airlines around the gloeb
exceptional focus on snepssgea comfort
slippers and gsrneoue meal portions
The reviewers sraepid the airline
modern, fuel-tiecifnef aircraft

Paragraph 2

the best susbneis class
second in the best airline roagcyte
complete cyvraip
the airline has redefined xruuyl
in-flight aneemttinrent
rigorous ytfesa standards

Put the text back together

(    )           "Korean Air won the Airline of the Year 2025 for its exceptional focus on passenger comfort, particularly in economy
(    )           business class. The airline was also voted second in the best airline category. Qatar Airways has a cabin layout with "fully
(    )           category, the reviewers looked at services such as meals, drinks and snacks,
(    )           class." The site added: "Korean Air's thoughtful touches, such as slippers and generous meal
(    )           company is at the top of its list. The site provides "detailed ratings, reviews and information on airlines around
(    )           enclosed private suites with sliding doors, offering passengers complete privacy". The best first-class award went
(    )           portions on long-haul flights, enhanced its appeal." The reviewers
(    )           praised the airline for its "investments in modern, fuel-efficient aircraft".
(    )           Singapore won the world's best airport award. The top low-cost airline for 2025 was AirAsia. In this
(    )           the globe". It puts together its annual World's Best Airlines Awards. This year's winner is Korean Air. The website wrote:
( 1 )    There is a lot of competition among airlines to be the best. The website AirlineRatings.com has announced which
(    )           There were also winners in other award categories. Qatar Airways won again for having the best
(    )           to Singapore Airlines. The reviewers said the airline has "redefined luxury". In addition, Changi Airport in
(    )           Wi-Fi, and in-flight entertainment. Airlines must also meet "rigorous safety standards".

Put the words in the right order

There airlines among competition lot is a of .
It which announced company top the is at .
Reviews information and globe the on around airlines .
Slippers generous and portions flights on meal long-haul .
The praised airline its for reviewers the investments .
There winners were categories award in also other .
Won best again class business for the having .
The airline has redefined reviewers luxury said the .
Reviewers meals such services as looked at .
Airlines rigorous meet standards must safety also .

Circle the correct word (20 pairs)

There is a lot / loads of competition among airlines to be the best. The website AirlineRatings.com has announced / announcement which company is at the top / topping of its list. The site provides "detailed rates / ratings, reviews and information on airlines around a / the globe". It puts together its annual World's Best Airlines Awards. This year's winner is Korean Air. The website wrote: "Korean Air won the Airline of the Year 2025 for its exceptional focus at / on passenger comfort, particularly in / on economy class." The site added: "Korean Air's thoughtful touches / holds, such as slippers and generous meal portions / potions on long-haul flights, enhanced its appeal." The reviewers priced / praised the airline for its "investments in modern, fuel-efficient aircraft".

There were also winners / losers in other award categories. Qatar Airways won again / against for having the best business class. The airline was also voted second / secondly in the best airline category. Qatar Airways has a cabin layout with "fully / full enclosed private suites with sliding doors, offering passengers complete privacy / private". The best first-class award went to Singapore Airlines. The reviewers said the airline has "redefined luxury". In / On addition, Changi Airport in Singapore won the world's best airport award. The top low-cost airline for 2025 has / was AirAsia. In this category, the reviewers looked at services such as / was meals, drinks and snacks, Wi-Fi, and in-flight entertain / entertainment. Airlines must also meet "rigorous safety / safely standards".

Talk about the connection between each pair of words in italics, and why the correct word is correct. Look up the definition of new words.

Insert the vowels (a, e, i, o, u)

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Punctuate the text and add capitals

there is a lot of competition among airlines to be the best the website airlineratingscom has announced which company is at the top of its list the site provides detailed ratings reviews and information on airlines around the globe it puts together its annual worlds best airlines awards this years winner is korean air the website wrote korean air won the airline of the year 2025 for its exceptional focus on passenger comfort particularly in economy class the site added korean airs thoughtful touches such as slippers and generous meal portions on longhaul flights enhanced its appeal the reviewers praised the airline for its investments in modern fuelefficient aircraft

there were also winners in other award categories qatar airways won again for having the best business class the airline was also voted second in the best airline category qatar airways has a cabin layout with fully enclosed private suites with sliding doors offering passengers complete privacy the best firstclass award went to singapore airlines the reviewers said the airline has redefined luxury in addition changi airport in singapore won the worlds best airport award the top lowcost airline for 2025 was airasia in this category the reviewers looked at services such as meals drinks and snacks wifi and inflight entertainment airlines must also meet rigorous safety standards

Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

Thereisalotofcompetitionamongairlinestobethebest.ThewebsiteAirli
neRatings.comhasannouncedwhichcompanyisatthetopofitslist.The
siteprovides"detailedratings,reviewsandinformationonairlinesarou
ndtheglobe".ItputstogetheritsannualWorld'sBestAirlinesAwards.Thi
syear'swinnerisKoreanAir.Thewebsitewrote:"KoreanAirwontheAirli
neoftheYear2025foritsexceptionalfocusonpassengercomfort,partic
ularlyineconomyclass."Thesiteadded:"KoreanAir'sthoughtfultouche
s,suchasslippersandgenerousmealportionsonlong-haulflights,enh
anceditsappeal."Thereviewerspraisedtheairlineforits"investmentsin
modern,fuel-efficientaircraft".Therewerealsowinnersinotherawardc
ategories.QatarAirwayswonagainforhavingthebestbusinessclass.Th
eairlinewasalsovotedsecondinthebestairlinecategory.QatarAirways
hasacabinlayoutwith"fullyenclosedprivatesuiteswithslidingdoors,off
eringpassengerscompleteprivacy".Thebestfirst-classawardwenttoS
ingaporeAirlines.Thereviewerssaidtheairlinehas"redefinedluxury".I
naddition,ChangiAirportinSingaporewontheworld'sbestairportawar
d.Thetoplow-costairlinefor2025wasAirAsia.Inthiscategory,therevie
werslookedatservicessuchasmeals,drinksandsnacks,Wi-Fi,andin-flightentertainment.Airlinesmustalsomeet"rigoroussafetystandards".

Free writing

Write about world's best airlines for 10 minutes. Comment on your partner’s paper.

_____________________________________________________________________________

Academic writing

Airplanes are the best form of transport. Discuss.

_____________________________________________________________________________

Homework

1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google’s search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word.
2. INTERNET: Search the Internet and find out more about this news story. Share what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.
3. AIRLINES: Make a poster about airlines. Show your work to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all have similar things?
4. FUEL-EFFICIENCY: Write a magazine article about banning airplanes from flying unless they meet stricter fuel-efficiency standards. Include imaginary interviews with people who are for and against this.
Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Write down any new words and expressions you hear from your partner(s).
5. WHAT HAPPENED NEXT? Write a newspaper article about the next stage in this news story. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles.
6. LETTER: Write a letter to an expert on airlines. Ask him/her three questions about airlines. Give him/her three of your ideas. Read your letter to your partner(s) in your next lesson. Your partner(s) will answer your questions.

A Few Additional Activities for Students

Ask your students what they have read, seen or heard about this news in their own language. Students are likely to / may have have encountered this news in their L1 and therefore bring a background knowledge to the classroom.

Get students to role play different characters from this news story.

Ask students to keep track of this news and revisit it to discuss in your next class.

Ask students to male predictions of how this news might develop in the next few days or weeks, and then revisit and discuss in a future class.

Ask students to write a follow-up story to this news.

Students role play a journalist and someone who witnessed or was a part of this news. Perhaps they could make a video of the interview.

Ask students to keep a news journal in English and add this story to their thoughts.

Also...

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Warm ups
Pre-reading / Post-reading
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Working with words
While-reading / While-listening
Moving from text to speech
Post-reading / Post-listening
Discussions
Using opinions
Plans
Language
Using lists
Using quotes
Task-based activities
Role plays
Using the central characters in the article
Using themes from the news
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Answers

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