[下册]Unit One课件.ppt

《研究生英语精读教程》(第三版下);Unit One;Technology vs. Terrorism;marshal※ vt. arrange (esp. facts) in good and correct order安排；列举 Sputnik n.苏联发射的人造地球卫星;More important is that the accelerated spending has brought together* formerly disparate* disciplines*: Software engineers, epidemiologists* and biologists have teamed up* to produce technologies that protect air and food against bioterrorism. ;Nuclear physicists and bio-forensics* specialists now cooperate with the best brains in behavioral science to devise ways to reduce the threat of nuclear smuggling* and suicide bombers.; [2] Yet some experts argue that much of the big spending provides only an illusory* sense of security. “A lot of it is security theater* technology designed to make you feel better, ” says Bruce Schneier, author of Beyond Fear：Thinking Sensibly about Security in an Uncertain World. He points to high-tech protection poured into landmarks*, from the White House to local city halls.;But that he claims diverts terrorist attention to “softer” targets like subways and stadiums. But the government seems to have taken the point. Its ever-expanding homeland-security measures cover not just big targets but the nations broader vulnerabilities* as well. Here are five of the highest-risk areas, along with some of the technologies emerging over the next few years to defend them.;Air, Water, Food Supplies [3] One of the biggest challenges in this area is to develop sensors that can sniff out attacks on everything from crops in fields to air-conditioning systems in public spaces.;the Environmental Protection Agency, in conjunction with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, has deployed a network of miniature toxin detectors in 30 American cities as part of a $ 300-million program called BioWatch. The filters collect air-borne toxins, which are sent to laboratories for analysis. ; [4] Scientists at Lawrence Livemore National Laboratory have pushed this idea fu