Unit8
Lead-in
1:A failed attempt to bomb an American flight in 2009.
2.Because there are hundreds of airports,thousands of aircraft,thousands of flights and millions of passengers and pieces of checked baggage every day.
3.It is to identify those who may bring a risk to aviation security.
Text comprehension
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1.The blob machine.
2.The millimeter-wave scanners can detect anything under clothes more efficiently since they reveal the naked human body far more graphically.The alternative design is to project the concealed contraband onto a neutral,sexless mannequin,instead of showing the passenger's naked body.The Bush administration decided to choose the naked machine since the blob machine may cover up the passenger's private parts and make it harder to detect explosives concealed there.
3.All these are what an argumentative or persuasive essay usually uses to strongly support its main point.
4.Answers are open.
5.This is an open question.Ask students to use their critical and intercultural thinking to offer some better ways.
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1.It was unusual and to my surprise that an officer involved in the use of the machine should speak out in anger against it.
2:Democratic countries in Europe have been equally enthusiastic about the new scanners.
3.In the opinion of security expert Bruce Schneier,screening the naked body with these scanners and showing the image on the screen is just like a performance in the theater,i.e.what is being shown is unreal;it creates the false impression that our security is guaranteed,but as a matter of fact it does not make us any safer.
4.Former DHS director Michael Chertoff has been strongly supporting the use of body scanning at the airport.He used the Christmas bombing as an example to show how the bomber,without going through body scanning.had successfully concealed the plastic explosives in his underwear and attempted the bombing.
5.If we decide to use these expensive technologies just to feel good,which have already been proved incapable of protecting our safety,we should,at least,make sure that our privacy is respected,and that we don't have to reveal our naked bodies to strangers for no good at all.
Structural analysis of the text
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Rhetorical features of the text
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Vocabulary
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1.clear and precise picture of the structure of his naked body
2:uttered suddenly and involuntarily
3.as a result in the aftermath of
4.say clearly and directly what we think
5.disgusting and nasty person
6.dishonest or unprincipled person
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1.project onto
2.In the wake of
3.in violation of
4.In light of
5.peered through
6.gaze at
7.on the instructions of
8.in search of
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1.nomination
2.random
3.capable
4.indignant
5.outrageous
6.skeptical
7.respond
8.hypothesis
IV
B A A C A C A A
V
1.dummy
2.self-respect
3.intrusive
4.fully-dressed
5.enormously
6.visible
7.overseeing
8.truth
Grammar
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1.Given
2.unless
3.In the event of
4.but for
5.Supposing
6.in case
7.on condition that
8.so long as
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1.Had it not been for our adopted son,we would not now be surrounded by caring strangers.
2.Had I known that,I wouldn't have said anything.
3.Should the guests arrive early,no one will be here to greet them.
4.Were I the President,I would make some changes.
5.Had Susan not been so lazy,she could have passed her history final.
6.Had Harry locked his door properly,the burglar would not have entered his apartment.
7.Had I not seen it with my own eyes,I would not have believed it.
8.Should there be a global nuclear war,some scientists predict that life on earth as we know it would end forever.
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1.If one laughs last,he laughs best.
2.If you try to grasp everything,you will get nothing.
3.If you give him an inch,he will take a mile.
4.If he had been born in better times,he would have done credit to the profession of letters.
5.If the same thing should happen in wartime,it would amount to a disaster.
6.If you should hear him talk,you'd think he had passed half his life in Australia.
7.If you don't follow your doctor's advice,your cough will get worse.
8.If you lose one hour in the morning,you will be looking for it the rest of the
day.
IV
1.e.g.As long as nuclear weapons exist,the risk of their proliferation will remain.
2.e.g.In light of recent developments,we will update our report and make further suggestions on the use of facial recognition.
Translation
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1.因为全身扫描仪具备“侵犯隐私权的潜在可能性”,并且它的有效性也没得到证实，在没“对其后果做出充分考虑”的状况下，这种机器不适合强制用。
2.前国土安全部部长迈克尔·车托夫一直以来都是全身扫描的大力呼吁者。
3.即使这种全身扫描仪能保护隐私权，施奈尔还是坚持觉得它们同样是浪费资金，由于新的招 数极少会与上一个雷同
4.最高法院以八比一的优势宣布在学校进行搜身是不适当的
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1.This legal system prohibits lawyers from testifying with confidential discussions with their clients.
2.Judging from the tone of the letters Laura wrote to her,the family appeared somewhat estranged from one another.
3.Here is a list of items reserved exclusively for manufacturers in the small-scale sector.
4.In his speech,the president gave the protesters the illusion that they would be compensated.”
5.He made me listen to the details of each failed attempt before he finally got around to the facts.
6.In the 1980s,he was a vocal cheerleader for Ronald Reagan's "Star Wars"missile defense system.
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作家和安全大亨布鲁斯·施奈尔与“经济平台”主持人拉斯·罗伯茨讨论了有关权力和网络的话题。施奈尔觉得网络不只会使弱者得到力量，更会让强者得到更大的力量。他提出，大家应该为大公司和政府借助网络加大他们的权力而担心。施奈尔具备前瞻性地表达了对大家毫不了解的政府监视的担心。他讲解说，无论是民主政府还是专制政府，都会借助网络来压制他们的公民。对话最后还讨论了恐怖主义，与现在为减少恐怖袭击风险所打造的体系的成本问题。
Exercises for integrated skills
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Ever since the attacks of 9/11,/Americans have been concerned about balancing two needs:/the need for security and the need for privacy./But these needs are not always easily balanced,/as many travelers discover routinely at airports every day./As an increase in terror threats is met /by new surveillance technologies,/many Americans worry that our rights to privacy will become less and less respected./Is it possible to step up security
measures while protecting privacy rights,/as President Obama claimed when he said that /he wants to “aggressively pursue enhanced screening technology /consistent with privacy rights and civil liberties"?/And when security is at stake and lives are endangered,/how much privacy are we willing to sacrifice?
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1.grew
2.follow
3.focusing
4.shared
5.that
6.form
7.should
8.opposition
9.to
10.meaning
Oral activity
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Writing
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