Assignment C - Part 2.i
Authen c Text
✓ Check the Class Descrip on and Notes on Part 2 on the assignment pla orm before you begin.
✓ The text should be 500 - 700 words long. (4-5 minutes for listening texts).
✓ In this document, provide a copy of the reading text or a transcript of the listening text you
have chosen.
✓ Ensure the text is referenced, and if you have selected a listening text or video, provide a link.
✓ If you choose a reading text, you can shorten and/or adapt it slightly.
✓ Please supply a copy of the original and your adapted version.
✓ If you have adapted the text, brie y explain the decisions you've made about changing the text
in sec on b) of the essay.
✓ Highlight 12 vocabulary items (words or phrases) which would be useful to pre-teach.
The Hidden Epidemic on Travel’s Front Line
More than 6,000 employees of the Transportation Security Administration have contracted the
coronavirus. Workers say lax safety measures have contributed to the spread.
“In March we had heard about the virus, we knew it was coming, but it was pretty much business as
usual. We weren’t wearing masks or taking any other precautions,” said Ro Del Valle, a 37-year-old
T.S.A. agent at Newark Airport, who contracted the virus in mid-March.
Not surprisingly, the nation’s busiest airports, with their millions of travelers, have seen the most
cases: 423 at Los Angeles International; 213 at Dallas-Fort Worth; 239 at Chicago O’Hare. But few
airports have been spared entirely. The Nome, Alaska, airport, which services only about 65,000
travelers annually had a T.S.A. employee fall ill. Muskegon County Airport, in Michigan, had two.
Few passengers, many agents
Initially, when travel plummeted by more than 90 percent in March, frontline agents were relieved
because management reduced their shifts, allowing them to maintain a safer distance from their
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Authen c Text
✓ Check the Class Descrip on and Notes on Part 2 on the assignment pla orm before you begin.
✓ The text should be 500 - 700 words long. (4-5 minutes for listening texts).
✓ In this document, provide a copy of the reading text or a transcript of the listening text you
have chosen.
✓ Ensure the text is referenced, and if you have selected a listening text or video, provide a link.
✓ If you choose a reading text, you can shorten and/or adapt it slightly.
✓ Please supply a copy of the original and your adapted version.
✓ If you have adapted the text, brie y explain the decisions you've made about changing the text
in sec on b) of the essay.
✓ Highlight 12 vocabulary items (words or phrases) which would be useful to pre-teach.
The Hidden Epidemic on Travel’s Front Line
More than 6,000 employees of the Transportation Security Administration have contracted the
coronavirus. Workers say lax safety measures have contributed to the spread.
“In March we had heard about the virus, we knew it was coming, but it was pretty much business as
usual. We weren’t wearing masks or taking any other precautions,” said Ro Del Valle, a 37-year-old
T.S.A. agent at Newark Airport, who contracted the virus in mid-March.
Not surprisingly, the nation’s busiest airports, with their millions of travelers, have seen the most
cases: 423 at Los Angeles International; 213 at Dallas-Fort Worth; 239 at Chicago O’Hare. But few
airports have been spared entirely. The Nome, Alaska, airport, which services only about 65,000
travelers annually had a T.S.A. employee fall ill. Muskegon County Airport, in Michigan, had two.
Few passengers, many agents
Initially, when travel plummeted by more than 90 percent in March, frontline agents were relieved
because management reduced their shifts, allowing them to maintain a safer distance from their
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