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BBC Learning English 

Video Words in the News 

9 July 2014 

Airport security 

Transcript: 

Sniffer dogs and x-ray scans are normal parts of airport security. 

Now, laptops and mobiles will come under greater scrutiny¹. 

US transport officials have ordered some airports to intensify² the screening of 

electronic devices. 

If it doesn't power up, it doesn't fly, they say. 

So before you take off, make sure you've charged your phone. 

Vocabulary: 

sniffer dogs 

dogs that are trained to find things (here, explosives) by smelling them 

scrutiny 

careful examination 

intensify 

become stronger or greater 

power up 

switch on, turn on 

charged 

put electricity into 

Exercise: 

Use one of the words or phrases below to complete each of these sentences from news reports. 

Note that you may have to change the form of a word to complete the sentence correctly. 

sniffer dogs / scrutiny / intensify / power up / charged 

1. The firm had previously³ become the first European airline to allow travellers to _________ their electronics just after landing, while its planes were still taxiing to the terminal. 

2. The competition to win new banking⁴ customers is about to _________, as the UK's largest supermarket launches its first current account. 

3. Prepare carefully - carry a map and compass, food and drink, whistle, fully⁵ _________ phone and working torch. 

4. A _________ has been brought in to find drugs in Shropshire and South Staffordshire hospitals. 

5. The success of London schools, substantially outperforming any other part 

of England, has become a subject of research and _________. 

Answers: 

1. The firm had previously become the first European airline to allow travellers to power up their electronics just after landing, while its planes were still taxiing to the terminal.  

2. The competition to win new banking customers is about to intensify, as the UK's largest supermarket launches its first current account. 

3. Prepare carefully - carry a map and compass, food and drink, whistle, fully charged phone and working torch. 

4. A sniffer dog has been brought in to find drugs in Shropshire and South Staffordshire hospitals. 

5. The success of London schools, substantially outperforming any other part of England, has become a subject of research and scrutiny. 

1 scrutiny   

n.详细检查，仔细观察

参考例句：

• His work looks all right,but it will not bear scrutiny.他的工作似乎很好，但是经不起仔细检查。
• Few wives in their forties can weather such a scrutiny.很少年过四十的妻子经得起这么仔细的观察。

2 intensify   

vt.加强；变强；加剧

参考例句：

• We must intensify our educational work among our own troops.我们必须加强自己部队的教育工作。
• They were ordered to intensify their patrols to protect our air space.他们奉命加强巡逻，保卫我国的领空。

3 previously   

adv.以前，先前（地）

参考例句：

• The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
• Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。

4 banking   

n.银行业，银行学，金融业

参考例句：

• John is launching his son on a career in banking.约翰打算让儿子在银行界谋一个新职位。
• He possesses an extensive knowledge of banking.他具有广博的银行业务知识。

5 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。