簡化身分核對流程
Do you think it is a waste of time to queue up for checking in at the airport? Are self-service facilities for checking in or luggage handling too complicated?
你覺得在機場排隊辦理報到很浪費時間嗎？覺得自助報到和自助托運行李的機台太複雜嗎？
queue(v.)=line排隊facility(n.)設施、設備luggage handling托運行李complicated(adj.)複雜的
New technologies developed by Elenium Automation, an Australian tech firm, aim to save time and trouble for passengers.
一家名為Elenium Automation的澳洲科技公司研發出新科技，幫助解決乘客的麻煩。
develop(v.)=invent開發firm(n.)=company公司aim to RV目標要～
Elenium Automation has developed new technologies to automate check-in and boarding processes at airports.
Elenium Automation 已經研發出新科技，將機場報到和登機程序自動化，
automate(v.)使自動化board(v.)登上
These include voice-activated self-service kiosks, luggage handling and boarding gate facilities.
該科技包含聲控式自助報到機台、托運行李和登機門設施。
voice-activated(adj.)聲控的kiosk(n.)機台
Passengers simply need to upload a photo of their face and their passport via a smartphone app before arriving at the airport.
乘客只需要在抵達機場前利用手機應用程式上傳自己的照片和護照資料。
simply(adv.)=only僅via(prep.)透過=through
By means of facial and voice recognition, as well as cloud technology, passengers will be able to go through the check-in and boarding processes in a much shorter period of time, eliminating the need for paper boarding passes and tagged luggage.
透過臉部及聲音辨識與雲端科技，乘客將可以在更短的時間內完成報到及登機程序，並省去列印紙本登機證和托運行李貼牌的需求。
by means of透過=throughrecognition(n.)辨識eliminate(v.)排除tagged(adj.)貼上標籤的
As Aaron Hornlimann, Elenium chief executive, said “We’re trying to make the check-in experience as seamless as possible so passengers have a less stressful time getting through the airport.”
如同Elenium執行長Aaron Hornlimann所說的：「我們正試著讓報到程序盡可能地順暢，讓乘客在機場時較無壓力。」
as(conj.)=like就如同、像seamless(adj.)=smooth順暢的stressful(adj.)令人緊張的
These new technologies will not only elevate the quality of service for passengers, but create profits for airports by streamlining the verification process.
這些新科技不但能提升乘客服務品質，還能夠精簡身分核對流程，替機場增加利潤。
elevate(v.)提升=improveprofit(n.)利潤streamline(v.)簡化verification(n.)核對