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THE 67-metre-tall control tower that opened at San Francisco International Airport in October is a stylish structure that cost $120m. It is suppose to resemble a beacon of the sort used in ancient times to guide ships safely to harbour. Those in the know might be forgiven for wondering if the new control tower is less a beacon than a white elephant. Elsewhere, airport managers are starting to abandon the panopticons that have dominated airfields for decades in favour of remote-controlled versions that promise to be cheaper and safer. Instead, they are housed in ordinary low-rise buildings, in some cases hundreds of kilometres away from the facility they are monitoring.
10月份在舊金山國(guó)際機(jī)場(chǎng)開放的67米高的控制塔是一個(gè)花費(fèi)了1.2億美元的具有現(xiàn)代風(fēng)格的建筑。它就像古代指引船舶安全進(jìn)入港口的燈塔。那些知情人士可能會(huì)想鱼响，新的燈塔不如白象更像燈塔哄孤。在其他地方，機(jī)場(chǎng)管理員開始禁止已經(jīng)俯視機(jī)場(chǎng)數(shù)十年的環(huán)形監(jiān)控室，并支持保證更便宜、更安全的遠(yuǎn)程控制版本古毛。相反钦购，他們?cè)谄胀ǖ牡蛯咏ㄖ锓庋b檐盟，在有些情況下，離他們監(jiān)控的設(shè)備有數(shù)百公里遠(yuǎn)押桃。

These remote control towers receive a live video feed from cameras positioned around an airfield. The images are stitched together by computer and displayed on screens (as pictured above) to create a virtual view of the runways and taxiways being monitored. In some cases the screens surround the air-traffic controllers, creating a 360° image. Separate screens can be used to display different airfields, because some remote towers will control flights in and out of a number of airports.
這些遠(yuǎn)程控制塔從放置在機(jī)場(chǎng)周圍的攝像機(jī)接收直播視頻葵萎。人們利用計(jì)算機(jī)將圖片拼接在一起，顯示在屏幕上（就像在上面的動(dòng)畫）從而創(chuàng)造一個(gè)對(duì)飛機(jī)跑道和滑行道的虛擬控制視角唱凯。在有些時(shí)候羡忘，屏幕環(huán)繞在空中交通管制員的周圍，創(chuàng)建一個(gè)360的圖像磕昼。

The first airport to deploy a virtual control tower was the one that serves Ornskoldsvik, in northern Sweden, which is used by about 80,000 passengers a year. In April 2015 the conventional tower at this airport was closed. The controllers moved to a remote tower at Sundsvall, some 130km to the south, that had been built by LFV, Sweden’s air-navigation agency, and Saab, a Swedish technology firm. Last year, this tower also began monitoring flights at its local airport, Sundsvall-Timra. Next year it will start looking after those at Linkoping City Airport, in southern Sweden, too.
第一個(gè)部署虛擬控制塔的是在瑞典北部在恩舍爾茲維克服務(wù)的機(jī)場(chǎng)卷雕，這個(gè)機(jī)場(chǎng)一年的乘客達(dá)八萬(wàn)人。在2015年4月這個(gè)機(jī)場(chǎng)的傳統(tǒng)的塔臺(tái)就關(guān)閉了票从。機(jī)場(chǎng)管制員搬到瑞典松茲瓦爾距離最南端130km漫雕，由瑞典空中航行機(jī)構(gòu)和一家瑞典科技公司Saab建造的遠(yuǎn)程塔臺(tái)。去年峰鄙，這座塔臺(tái)也開始在它的本土機(jī)場(chǎng)-松茲瓦爾（瑞典港市）控制航班浸间。明年它也將開始在瑞士南部的林雪平市機(jī)場(chǎng)看管那些航班。

重點(diǎn)單詞
1吟榴、resemble
V-T If some thing or person resembles another, they are similar to each other .像
eg.Some of the commercially produced vension resembles beef in flavour.
一些商業(yè)化生產(chǎn)的鹿肉味道像牛肉

2魁蒜、conventional
（1）ADJ Someone who is conventional has behaviour or opinions that are ordinary and normal. (行為觀念等)傳統(tǒng)的
eg. ...a respectable married woman with conventional opinions
...一位可敬的觀念傳統(tǒng)的已婚婦女。
（2）ADJ A conventional method or product is one that is usually used that has been in used for a long time. 傳統(tǒng)的（方法或產(chǎn)品等）
eg. ...the risks and drawbacks of conbentional family planning methods.
...傳統(tǒng)計(jì)劃生育方法的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)與缺陷吩翻。
（3）ADJ Conventional weapons and wars do not involve nuclear explosives.常規(guī)的（武器）梅惯；不用核武器的（戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)）

3、stitch
V-T/V-I If you stitch cloth, you use a needle and thread to join two pieces together or to make a decoration. 縫
eg. Fold the fabric and stitch the two layers together.
把布料對(duì)折仿野，將兩層縫在一起铣减。

4、instead
(1) If you do one thing instead of anothe, you do the first thing and not the second thing, as the result of a choice or a change of behaviour. 而不是......
eg. They raised prices and cut production, instead of cutting costs.
他們提供了價(jià)格脚作，減少了產(chǎn)量葫哗，而沒(méi)有削減成本。
(2)ADV If you do not do something, but do sometuing else instead, you do the second thing and not the first thing, ad the result of a choice or a change of behaviour. 而
eg. My husband asked why I couldn't just forget about dieting and eat normally instead.
丈夫問(wèn)我為什么就不能忘掉節(jié)食而正常吃飯球涛。

5劣针、promise
(1) V-T/V-I If you promise that you will do someting, you say to someone that you will definitely do it. 承諾
eg. The post office has promised to resume first class mail delivery to the area on Friday.
郵局已經(jīng)承諾在星期五回復(fù)該地區(qū)第一類郵件的遞送。
(2)V-T If you promise someone someting, you tell them that you will definitely give it to them or make sure that they have it. 向（某人）承諾（給予他們某物）亿扁；向（某人）保證（他們獲得某物）
eg. In 1920s the great powers promised them an independent state.
1920年捺典，列強(qiáng)們?cè)饝?yīng)讓他們成為一個(gè)獨(dú)立國(guó)家。
(3)V-T If a situationg or event promises to have a particular quality or to be a particular thing, it shows signs that it will have that quality or be that thing.預(yù)示
eg. While it will be fun, the seminar also promises to be most instructive.
這次專題討論會(huì)將會(huì)很有趣从祝，也一定會(huì)非常有啟發(fā)性襟己。