据报道，由我国科学家研制用于反恐的水下监控系统将在2008年北京奥运会期间投入使用。

Chinese scientists have developed an advanced underwater security monitoring system which is expected to put into use during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

The program's chief researcher Xu Feng said that the system incorporates devices including diver detection sonar, underwater low-light-level imaging system, 3D high-definition side scanning sonar, and remote-controlled underwater vehicle.

"The monitoring system could detect, trace, identify and provide early warning of objects moving underwater, and it is also designed to search harbors and pools for underwater 'threat objects'," said Xu, who is also a researcher with the Institute of Acoustics¹ under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).

The system could be configured according to circumstances in different regions and demands, according to Xu.

Initiated² in 2005, the underwater monitoring system was listed as one of CAS' key research programs.

A trial operation of the system at the 2006 Qingdao International Regatta in August this year in east China's Shandong province proved to be successful, Xu said.

Vocabulary :

monitoring：监控

incorporates：合并

sonar: 声波定位仪

imaging system：成像系统

Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)：中国科学院