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Ex.1. AIRPORT SECURITY DISCUSSION: Which of the security checks below would you like to see introduced at airports? Talk about this with your partner(s). Rate each item from 10 (This is essential) to 1 (How ridiculous). Change partners and share your ideas.
_____ metal detectors _____ 3-D body scanners _____ sniffer dogs _____ strip searches | _____ questioning by officials _____ contents search of baggage _____ video interviews _____ body patting searches |
Ex.2. WRITING ON 3-D PHENOMENON: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word ‘3-D’. Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories.
Ex.3. TRUE / FALSE: Guess if a-h below are true (T) or false (F):
a. | All international airports will soon have high-tech body scanners. | T / F |
b. | The main purpose of the scanners is to prevent terrorist attacks. | T / F |
c. | The scanners are a brand new tool for the global security industry. | T / F |
d. | An official said people will prefer metal detectors to the body scanner. | T / F |
e. | Civil liberties groups are concerned about people’s privacy. | T / F |
f. | A civil libertarian said a full strip search was preferable to the scanner. | T / F |
g. | The civil libertarian was worried about celebrities and famous people. | T / F |
h. | A passenger wondered whether body images would be posted online. | T / F |
Ex.4. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article:
1. | searched | a. | hiding |
mainly | b. | reach | |
3. | concealing | c. | touching |
4. | devices | d. | created |
5. | patting | e. | freedoms |
6. | raised | f. | frisked |
7. | liberties | g. | machines |
8. | safeguards | h. | appeal |
9. | temptation | i. | precautions |
10. | end up on | j. | largely |
Ex.5. PHRASE MATCH: Match the following phrases from the article (sometimes more than one combination is possible):
1. | searched by new | a. | questions |
mainly search for weapons and | b. | embarrassed | |
3. | Radio waves create a 3-D image | c. | tool for airports |
4. | they are a brand new security | d. | high-tech scanners |
5. | a security guard patting | e. | much of the naked body |
6. | The new technology has raised | f. | their body |
7. | They say the device can see too | g. | are good safeguards |
8. | We need to make sure there | h. | of time |
9. | She said she was highly | i. | of someone’s body |
10. | It seems it’s only a matter | j. | explosives |
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. LANGUAGE: Put the correct words from the table below in the above article.
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.
1. | (a) | searchable | (b) | searched | (c) | searching | (d) | search |
2. | (a) | installation | (b) | installing | (c) | installed | (d) | install |
3. | (a) | mainly | (b) | manly | (c) | meanly | (d) | manfully |
4. | (a) | hugely | (b) | highly | (c) | most | (d) | very |
5. | (a) | to | (b) | in | (c) | for | (d) | by |
6. | (a) | to | (b) | on | (c) | for | (d) | by |
7. | (a) | sky rocketed | (b) | elevated | (c) | lifted | (d) | raised |
8. | (a) | bodies | (b) | body | (c) | bodice | (d) | bodily |
9. | (a) | grateful | (b) | grate | (c) | greet | (d) | great |
10. | (a) | solved | (b) | revolved | (c) | involved | (d) | evolved |
11. | (a) | tall | (b) | highly | (c) | up | (d) | top-level |
12. | (a) | before | (b) | since | (c) | during | (d) | after |
Ex.8.AIRPORT SECURITY DISCUSSION:
STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS
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
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.9.WRITING: Write about airport. Correct your partner’s paper.
Ex.10. SPEAKING: Speak on the airport security.
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