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Ex. 6. READ AND FILL IN THE SPACES.
Travellers at two US airports ____ new high-tech scanners. International airports in Los Angeles and New York ____ scanners that can ‘see through’ clothing. The new machines will mainly search ____. They use the very latest technology, called millimeter wave imaging. Radio waves create a 3-D image of someone’s body to see if they ______ dangerous. Government officials say the new equipment will make air travel safer. A spokesperson said: “Imaging devices ____ security tool, but they are a brand new security tool for airports.” There are plans to install the devices in another 30 airports across the country. An official promised that passengers will prefer the scanner ____ their body. The new technology _____ privacy groups, who believe the scanning process is too detailed. They say the device can see too much of the naked body. A civil liberties spokesman said _____ virtual strip search. He warned: “We need to make sure there are good safeguards. The temptation _____ procedures when a celebrity or someone well-known is involved.” One female passenger at LA airport suggested that only female operators ______ female passengers. She said she was highly embarrassed to see a male official looking at the digital image of her body. She was also worried the scanned images _____ Internet. It seems it’s ______, however, before the machines replace metal detectors.
Ex.7.AIRPORT SECURITY DISCUSSION
STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
| a) | What did you think when you read the headline? |
| b) | What springs to mind when you hear the words ‘airport security’? |
| c) | What do you think of the new high tech body scanners? |
| d) | How would you feel to be scanned by something that can see through your clothes? |
| e) | What other uses can you think of for the body scanner? |
| f) | Do you think air travel will ever be totally free from terrorist attack? |
| g) | What do you think of the current security procedure of metal detectors and being frisked by security officials? |
| h) | Do you worry about security when you travel? |
| i) | What other kinds of security would you like to see at airports? |
| j) | Do you like hearing about new high-tech devices? |
STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
| a) | Did you like reading this article? |
| b) | Do you understand why privacy groups are worried? |
| c) | Do you share the civil liberties group’s concerns that the scanner is the same as a virtual strip search? |
| d) | Do you think airport staff would use the scanner for the wrong purposes? |
| e) | Do famous people need extra attention when passing through the body scanner? |
| f) | Would you be highly embarrassed at images taken by the scanner? |
| g) | Do you think the 3-D images could end up on the Internet? |
| h) | Do you like airports? |
| i) | What questions would you like to ask the civil libertarians? |
| j) | Did you like this discussion? |
Ex.8. LANGUAGE
Travellers at two US airports will soon be (1) ____ by new high-tech scanners. International airports in Los Angeles and New York have (2) ____ digital body scanners that can ‘see through’ clothing. The new machines will (3) ____ search for weapons and explosives. They use the (4) ____ latest technology, called millimeter wave imaging. Radio waves create a 3-D image of someone’s body to see if they are concealing anything dangerous. Government officials say the new equipment will make air travel safer. A spokesperson said: “Imaging devices are not a brand new security tool, but they are a brand new security tool (5) ____ airports.” There are plans to install the devices in another 30 airports across the country. An official promised that passengers will prefer the scanner (6) ____ a security guard patting their body. The new technology has (7) ____ questions by privacy groups, who believe the scanning process is too detailed. They say the device can see too much of the naked (8) ____. A civil liberties spokesman said it was the same as a virtual strip search. He warned: “We need to make sure there are good safeguards. The temptation is (9) ____ not to follow procedures when a celebrity or someone well-known is (10) ____.” One female passenger at LA airport suggested that only female operators should be allowed to scan female passengers. She said she was (11) ____ embarrassed to see a male official looking at the digital image of her body. She was also worried the scanned images could end up on the Internet. It seems it’s only a matter of time, however, (12) ____ the machines replace metal detectors.
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