万花筒 2009-10-15&10-16 机场安检，试试“裸体”X光

With seven million people a year departing from this one terminal alone, anything that can improve the security process is likely to be carefully assessed.

Well anybody who's ever travelled through an airport will be familiar with this now almost traditional form of security operation, which involves removing the odd items of clothing, and of course, being frisked or hand-patted from head to toe. Thank you.

The 12-month trial of Manchester is voluntary, and that anyone opting¹ to go through the new machine will not have to be processed in a normal way.

The beauty of this new technology according to the airport is that you don't have to take off any clothes or jackets, shoes or belts. The only problem is whether you mind certain parts of your body being captured on screen.

The airport won't allow any individual to be identified, so this is not my body but that of an anonymous² volunteer.

It's a completely anonymous image, and it's viewed by highly trained security officer who is sitting in a remote location in the airport.

Terrorism experts say the new technology is a step in the right direction, but they have serious reservations.

Terrorists and kind of terrorist groups we are talking here about, actually they are very aware of kind of technological³ advances that have taken place in the industry, so what can you see the recent differences on Saudi Arabia is that terrorists have now moved to carrying the weapons or explosives in that case not on their body but within their body.

As far as most passengers are concerned, however, the new system looks likely to be approved.

So that may be so lot easier and at least you know you are gonna be safe 'cause everybody is going through the same thing.

It sees everything through yet and you may not can get anything on board, and a same work with the cases obviously. You know it.
If the officers monitoring the image spot anything suspicious, they can highlight specific areas of the body and send that to fellow security staff at the search area for a closer examination. The system may present a less than flatten⁴ image, but it's one more advance improving to terrorists that they are running out of places to hide.

 

Mike McCarthy, Sky News, Manchester Airport.

 

1 opting   

v.选择，挑选( opt的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• What courses are most students opting for? 多数学生选什么课程？ 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Wells doesn't rule out opting out and then re-signing with Houston. 威尔斯没有排除跳出合同再与火箭重签的可能。 来自互联网

2 anonymous   

adj.无名的；匿名的；无特色的

参考例句：

• Sending anonymous letters is a cowardly act.寄匿名信是懦夫的行为。
• The author wishes to remain anonymous.作者希望姓名不公开。

3 technological   

adj.技术的；工艺的

参考例句：

• A successful company must keep up with the pace of technological change.一家成功的公司必须得跟上技术变革的步伐。
• Today,the pace of life is increasing with technological advancements.当今， 随着科技进步，生活节奏不断增快。

4 flatten   

v.把．．．弄平，使倒伏；使(漆等)失去光泽

参考例句：

• We can flatten out a piece of metal by hammering it.我们可以用锤子把一块金属敲平。
• The wrinkled silk will flatten out if you iron it.发皱的丝绸可以用熨斗烫平。