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倫敦城市機(jī)場的空中交通管制塔將被一套遠(yuǎn)程操作數(shù)碼系統(tǒng)替代，是英國首例。這意味著空中交通管制員們將無需坐在高塔中眺望飛機(jī)跑道，而是在離機(jī)場八十英里（約 129 公里）外的地方察看高清攝像機(jī)拍下的實(shí)時(shí)影像。這套新系統(tǒng)計(jì)劃在 2018 年完成修建，其系統(tǒng)測試期為一年，而最終將于 2019 年正式投入使用。請聽 Richard Westcott 的報(bào)道。

I’m looking at the runway of London City Airport. It’s easy to pick out every detail from the aircraft to people walking around and birds flying nearby. But that runway is actually more than a hundred miles away.

The images are being fed onto high-definition television screens because I’m inside Britain’s first digital control tower which, after extensive testing, will eventually go live in 2019.

The airport has worked with air traffic controllers at Nats to test the system. They insist it’s safer for many reasons. Controllers can overlay radar data onto the live screens to make it easier to keep track of aircraft. They can zoom in for detail, light up the runway at night, even follow rogue drones straying into dangerous areas. They also insist it’s been independently stress-tested to ensure it can’t be hacked or brought down by power failures.  

詞匯表

runway 飛機(jī)跑道
pick out 辨認(rèn)出
fed onto 被傳送到（系統(tǒng)中）
high-definition 高清晰度的，簡稱 HD
digital control tower （航空）數(shù)字管制塔臺
go live （電腦系統(tǒng)）開始運(yùn)行
air traffic controllers 空中交通管制員
overlay 在…上疊加
keep track of 記錄、追蹤…
zoom in 放大
rogue drones 失常的無人機(jī)
straying 偏離航道的
stress-tested 接受危機(jī)壓力測試的
brought down 使（系統(tǒng)）癱瘓
power failures 停電

測驗(yàn)

請聽報(bào)道并回答下列問題。  

1. When will Britain’s first digital control tower go live?

2. Who has London City Airport worked with to test the system?

3. True or false? Controllers insist that the system cannot endure security and potential power failures.

4. Which word in the text means ‘a(chǎn) large range and scale of’?

答案

1. When will Britain’s first digital control tower go live?
Britain’s first digital control tower will eventually go live in 2019.

2. Who has London City Airport worked with to test the system?
London City Airport has worked with air traffic controllers at Nats to test the system.

3. True or false? Controllers insist that the system cannot endure security and potential power failures.
False. Controllers insist that the system has been independently stress-tested to ensure it can’t be hacked or brought down by power failures.

4. Which word in the text means ‘a(chǎn) large range and scale of’?
Extensive.