CNN News:美国运输安全管理局将大改

CARL AZUZ, CNN STUDENT NEWS ANCHOR: Welcome to Wednesday`s edition of CNN STUDENT NEWS. Ten minutes of current events coverage is coming your way.

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First up, a shake up at the U.S. Transportation Security Administration. This is a part of the Department of Homeland Security. The TSA is responsible for responsible for protecting America`s transportation system. And its acting administration, Melvin Carraway, has been reassigned to another job.

首先美国运输安全管理局将要进行大改。该管理局属于国土安全部的一部分。运输安全管理局对保护美国运输系统负责。并且该机构执行管理人Melvin Carraway被重新分配到了其他岗位。

Why? Undercover agents recently tried to smuggle illegal items like fake explosives at TSA checkpoints. In almost all of the tests, the TSA failed to find them. It`s since been directed to take a number of steps to make sure this doesn`t happen again.

为什么呢?走私贩最近试图通过运输安全管理局走私假炸药。在经过的所有测试中运输安全管理局并没有发现这些走私贩。从此需要采取更多措施来确保这种事情不再发生。

A Homeland Security spokesperson says these reports never look good out of context, but that they`re important in the continual evolution of airline security.

国土安全部发言人称这些报道都是断章取义，但是对于航空安全持续发展也是非常重要的。