Airport Security

Airport security refers to the techniques and methods used in protecting airports and aircraft from crime and terrorism. The high concentration of people on large airliners, the potential high lethality rate of attacks on aircraft, and the ability to use a hijacked airplane as a lethal weapon provide an alluring target for terrorism. Airport security provides a first line of defense by attempting to stop would-be attackers from bringing weapons or bombs to the airport and aboard the aircraft. As such, airport security serves two purposes: to protect the airport from attacks and crime and to protect the aircraft from attack.

Many past tragedies were the result of travelers allowed or able to carry either weapons or items that could be used as weapons on board aircraft so that they can hijack the plane. Travelers are quickly screened by a metal detector. More advanced explosive detection machines are being used in screening passenger to prevent the carrying of bombs aboard an aircraft. X-ray machines are often used to speed this process. Explosive detection machines can also be used for both carry on and checked baggage.

Generally people are screened through airport security into the concourses where all the gates are located. This area is often called a secure or sterile area. Passengers are discharged from airliners into the sterile area so that they usually will not have to be rescreened if disembarking from a domestic flight; however they are still subject to search at any time. Traditionally, non-passengers were allowed on the concourses to meet arriving friends or relatives at their gates, but this is no longer allowed in the interest of security. In some countries, specially trained individuals may engage passengers in a conversation to detect threats rather than solely relying on equipment to find threats.

Exercise 3. Translate the following word combinations.

High concentration of people on large airliners, to use a hijacked airplane, a lethal weapon, to protect the airport from attacks and crime, to provide an alluring target for terrorism, to stop would-be attackers, advanced explosive detection machines, aboard an aircraft, to meet arriving friends or relatives, in the interest of security, to engage passengers in a conversation, to rely on equipment.

Exercise 4. Write English equivalents to the following words and word combinations.

- безпека аеропорту	- безопасность аэропорта
- правопорушення і тероризм	- правонарушение и терроризм
- високий коефіцієнт смертності під час нападів	- високий коэффициент смертности при нападениях
- перевірятися металодетектором	- проверяться металлодетектором
- забезпечувати першу лінію захисту	- обеспечивать первую линию защиты
- на борту самолета	- на боту самолета
- рентгенівський апарат	- рентгеновская аппарат
- зареєстрований багаж	- зарегистрированный багаж
- головний вестибюль вокзалу	- главный вестибюль вокзала
- вихід (в аеропорту)	- выход (в аэропорту)
- безпечна чи стерильна зона	- безопасная или стерильная зона
- висаджуватися з внутрішнього рейсу	- высаживаться с внутреннего рейса
- спеціально навчені особи	- специально обученные люди
- виявляти загрози	- обнаруживать угрозы

Exercise 5. Put questions to the underlined words.

1. Airport security provides a first line of defense by attempting to stop would-be attackers from bringing weapons.

2. Travelers are quickly screened by a metal detector.

3. Passengers are discharged from airliners into the sterile area.

4. Specially trained individuals may engage passengers in a conversation to detect threats.

Exercise 6. Write out all Non-Finite forms of the verb (Infinitives, Participles and Gerunds) from the text. Identify their forms and functions.

Exercise 7. Translate the following sentences. Define the forms and functions of the Participles.

1. A programming language is a special coding system designed for writing instructions for a computer. 2. An interpreter is a program translator used for translating high-level language programs into machine language programs. 3. Changing the program, the computer can be made to work in a different manner. 4. Having developed Windows Vista Microsoft Company recommended it for use on personal computers. 5. Application software being presented for an organization is useful for word processing, billing system and accounting. 6. Having been invented for solving mathematical problems, FORTRAN allowed programmers to write algebraic expressions.

Exercise 8. Point out the Objective Participial Constructions, the Subjective Participial Constructions and the Absolute Participle Constructions. Translate the sentences.

1. The computer having processed the data on the aircraft arrivals and departures, the plan of the airport’s work was done. 2. I saw him playing computer games. 3. The new method having been studied in detail, the committee decided to introduce it at almost all the plants. 4. We watched the new equipment being installed. 5. They had their devices altered. 6. The programmer was seen reviewing and debugging the code. 7. Everybody agrees with software security being central for computer security. 8. Computer scientists were considered developing new high-level languages. 9. Data processing was considered finished.

Exercise 9. Answer the following questions.

1. What does airport security refer to?

2. What provides an alluring target for terrorism?

3. What two purposes does airport security serve?

4. What kind of machines is used in screening passengers?

5. What is called a secure or sterile area?

6. Why is this no longer allowed to meet arriving friends or relatives at their gates?

7. Who may engage passengers in a conversation to detect threats?