6 . Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
A. removable B. functional C. restrictions D. alter E. break
F. reportedly G. overload H. channel I. access J. prioritize K. handling |
The Trunkster, a bag with built-in smart features might just challenge the standard roller bag. The main security feature: It's zipperless. A sliding roll top-door design allows for easy 1 by the owner, but reduces the risk of theft or accidental opening during baggage 2 . If airport security has to search the bag, there a TSA-approved combination lock. Need to juice up your phone? A 3 battery can charge portable devices through a USB connection. Perhaps the coolest part - especially if your holiday shopping habits put you at a risk of going beyond baggage weight 4 --- is a built-in digital scale. Want to know how much stuff you're pulling? Lift the bag and the display on the handle shows weight in pounds or kilograms.
Trunkster co-founder Jesse Potash said he and his co-founder, based in New York, created the luggage in 2014, after finding nothing they believed could 5 accessibility. They wanted to “completely 6 “ the classic case -- with zippers -- for “the modern, minimalist(极简的)traveler,” Potash says. He adds that they didn't want to 7 the user with “as many features as possible” because that would not be required.
One more feature you can add on? Tracking. Airlines are 8 doing a better job these days of not losing bags. But for those who want to track their cases there are stand-alone gadgets(精巧的装置) like the Trakdot or Pocket-Finder Luggage Tracker. For an extra $40, you can add a subscription-free, removable GPS to the Trunkster.
But smarting up a 9 object comes with a problem. “When you have this much technology in a suitcase ... there are more things to change,' says George Hobica, a world traveler. Besides, the Trunkster is all black, and we all know that finding a black-colored bag in a sea of suitcases is like searching for a blade of grass on a football field. Attention, luggage manufacturers looking to 10 the typical pattern: Go bolder with unusual colors and designs.
