万花筒 2010-11-01&11-02 美各大航空公司紧急应对炸

The terror threat comes as millions of Americans get ready for the busy holiday travel season, and they'll be met with new security and screening measures at the nation's airports. NBC's Tom Costello reports. Enhanced security at the nation's airports is likely to include a show of force, including specially¹ trained, heavily armed teams of officers, stepped-up scrutiny² at checkpoints, more bomb-sniffing dogs, both in terminals and behind the scenes, checking cargo³, more officers trained to spot suspicious behavior, and more undercover air marshals. Security experts believe passenger planes remain the prime target.
The effective way to attack a plane and the vulnerability we have as an aviation system is to the terrorist who brings a bomb on the body through the checkpoint. That is the number one priority to stop al-Qaeda.
After the so-called "Underwear Bomber⁴" tried to bring down a Delta⁵ plane last Christmas, the TSA quickened the rollout of full-body scanners that can peer under a passenger's clothes, looking for weapons, now in 65 airports. While any passenger can opt⁶ out, he or she is then subject to a full physical pat-down.
Well aware what a carefully placed explosive can do to a plane, the TSA is constantly training its officers what to look for...
Two, one!
As we saw at a TSA training session in Maryland this past summer.
A very small amount can do an awful lot of damage to an aircraft in flight.
Every day two million passengers go through what the TSA calls a curb⁷ to cockpit approach to safety that has evolved since 9/11.
Layers are indispensable in security for aviation. The watch lists connecting that at the checkpoint, the technology, the alertness of the people, all of those things go into it.
The TSA announced this week that those pat-downs we mentioned will now be done with the full hands, no longer the back of the hands. The TSA believes the full hands are the best way to feel for any potential explosives. For TODAY, Tom Costello, NBC News, Washington.

1 specially   

adv.特定地；特殊地；明确地

参考例句：

• They are specially packaged so that they stack easily.它们经过特别包装以便于堆放。
• The machine was designed specially for demolishing old buildings.这种机器是专为拆毁旧楼房而设计的。

2 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。

3 cargo   

n.(一只船或一架飞机运载的)货物

参考例句：

• The ship has a cargo of about 200 ton.这条船大约有200吨的货物。
• A lot of people discharged the cargo from a ship.许多人从船上卸下货物。

4 bomber   

n.轰炸机，投弹手，投掷炸弹者

参考例句：

• He flew a bomber during the war.他在战时驾驶轰炸机。
• Detectives hunting the London bombers will be keen to interview him.追查伦敦爆炸案凶犯的侦探们急于对他进行讯问。

5 delta   

n.（流的）角洲

参考例句：

• He has been to the delta of the Nile.他曾去过尼罗河三角洲。
• The Nile divides at its mouth and forms a delta.尼罗河在河口分岔，形成了一个三角洲。

6 opt   

vi.选择，决定做某事

参考例句：

• They opt for more holiday instead of more pay.他们选择了延长假期而不是增加工资。
• Will individual schools be given the right to opt out of the local school authority?各个学校可能有权选择退出地方教育局吗？

7 curb   

n.场外证券市场，场外交易；vt.制止，抑制

参考例句：

• I could not curb my anger.我按捺不住我的愤怒。
• You must curb your daughter when you are in church.你在教堂时必须管住你的女儿。