机场使用新技术进行乘客安检

 

Airport Security Screens Passengers Using

New Technology

机场使用新技术进行乘客安检

 

Checking baggage for explosives hasn't been a problem. Airport security can put bags in x-ray machines, open them up to look inside, or use advanced technology that can detect traces of chemicals often used in explosives.

 

But checking people's bodies is not so easy. A TSA initiative that began last September to rigorously frisk more people led to dozens of sexual harassment¹ complaints. So TSA turned to technology installing what looks like a longer, more complex walk-through metal detectors² in nine airports around the country.

 

Jose Ralls is the TSA director from McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas.

 

Jose Ralls: The machine actually will talk to the individual, tell them to stand inside and wait, and as soon as they are cleared, it will tell them to proceed.

 

From a distance, Mr. Ralls watches one airport passenger go through the process.

 

Jose Ralls: Now he knows to go on through, and he just waits, and as soon as the air is analyzed³ he will be allowed to proceed forward.

 

The machine blasts air downward and across the whoever inside the portal. Mr. Ralls says that often startles people.

 

Jose Ralls: That is why our people are out there, to explain to them the noise that they will be hearing.

 

The way it's supposed to work is that suspicious particles on clothing and exposed skin are blasted toward the floor -- where, within seven seconds, the machine can detect 40 types of explosives. If any are found, security is alerted.

 

According to the manufacturer, Smith Detection, the portals also have less than 1% error rate. Company vice⁴ president Mark Lastra says this technology is commonly used elsewhere.

 

Smith Detection: Mostly in highly controlled facilities, such as nuclear power plants and government buildings with high security needs.

 

Along with increasing security, the TSA hopes to cut down on passenger wait times. It is collecting data from the airports in the test phase to see if the machines are faster and more efficient than human inspectors⁵.

 

The Transportation Security Administration plans to deploy⁶ five more of these portals elsewhere in the nation by late spring. Eventually it would like the explosive detectors to be as common as metal detectors.

 

I am Ky Plaskon in Las Vegas.

 

注释：

explosive [iks5plEusiv] n. 爆炸物，炸药

rigorously [5ri^ErEs] adv. 严格的，严厉的

frisk [frisk] n. 搜身

harassment [5hArEsmEnt] n. 折磨

manufacturer [7mAnju5fAktFErE] n. 厂商，制造者

1 harassment   

n.骚扰，扰乱，烦恼，烦乱

参考例句：

• She often got telephone harassment at night these days.这些天她经常在夜晚受到电话骚扰。
• The company prohibits any form of harassment.公司禁止任何形式的骚扰行为。

2 detectors   

探测器( detector的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The report advocated that all buildings be fitted with smoke detectors. 报告主张所有的建筑物都应安装烟火探测器。
• This is heady wine for experimenters using these neutrino detectors. 对于使用中微子探测器的实验工作者，这是令人兴奋的美酒。 来自英汉非文学 - 科技

3 analyzed   

v.分析( analyze的过去式和过去分词 )；分解；解释；对…进行心理分析

参考例句：

• The doctors analyzed the blood sample for anemia. 医生们分析了贫血的血样。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The young man did not analyze the process of his captivation and enrapturement, for love to him was a mystery and could not be analyzed. 这年轻人没有分析自己蛊惑著迷的过程，因为对他来说，爱是个不可分析的迷。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

5 inspectors   

n.检查员( inspector的名词复数 )；（英国公共汽车或火车上的）查票员；（警察）巡官；检阅官

参考例句：

• They got into the school in the guise of inspectors. 他们假装成视察员进了学校。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Inspectors checked that there was adequate ventilation. 检查员已检查过，通风良好。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 deploy   

v.（军）散开成战斗队形，布置，展开

参考例句：

• The infantry began to deploy at dawn.步兵黎明时开始进入战斗位置。
• The president said he had no intention of deploying ground troops.总统称并不打算部署地面部队。