CNN 2011-11-06

 That is what each of the people running for the president wants to be.On the Democratic side,you have president Obama expected to get his party's nomination¹.On the Republican side,there're more than a half dozen people out on a campaign trail.Right now,they're working to stand out in their crowd.So they travel from state to state,and meet voters and they participate in debates.CNN is hosting 2 of those this month.When the calendar turns to 2012, that's when those primary caucuses² start happening.Voters will cast their ballots³ for individuals.And you will see this field of candidates get smaller until one of them eventually becomes the official nominee⁴ ,the national convention in late August.

On this day in history, back in 1947,the Spruce Goose made its one and only flight.The flying boat was the largest aircraft ever built.It cost 23 million dollars.

One year later,in 1948,Harry Truman was re-elected as the US presidency⁵ .His victory over Thomas D is considered the biggest upset in presidential election history.

And in 2002,Russians and an American arrived at the International Space Station.They were the first crew of the ISS.They spent more than 4 months on the station.

The US military commander says the keys to his forces being successful are team work and the ability to react quickly to different threats.But he's not talking about troops in the field.His battle is online.R.S looks at some of the challenges the government has to deal with when warfare⁶ takes place on the virtual battlefield.

Is cyberspace⁷ a war zone?The US secretary of defense⁸ could not be more clear.

It's next pro-harbor that we confront could very well be a cyber attack.

There's heard to have been one serious attack.In 2008, an infected flash drive was inserted into a laptop on the US military base.A foreign spy agency has placed a malicious⁹ code on the drive.Secret data was transferred to foreign control.The Pentagon won't name the suspect country.

On the very day the Pentagon unveiled its plan for operarions in cyberspace,another breach¹⁰ revealed.

The single intrusion this past March, 24,00 files were taken.

Cyberspace is now full of attacks.Experts warned ,however,that hacking¹¹ into a network or taking down in electronic power gird doesn't mean an automatic military response.

But if in the course of kncking down an electronic grid,people were to die,or you would knock out hospitals or you would knock out the ability to provide for services for people,then certainly,I think that would meet the definition of an act of war.

The new Pentagon strategy focuses on defending military assistant,crum theft and denial or disruption of service.Bu cyberspace has a particular attraction for attackers.

It would also, there's a fairly low cost of entering in this business,they don't have to have a massive military industrial complex.They actually build an office of capability¹² and employ it.

And if they attack,they can remain largely anonymous,making it difficult to find and target them,becoming the enemy right on the computer screen.

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1 nomination   

n.提名，任命，提名权

参考例句：

• John is favourite to get the nomination for club president.约翰最有希望被提名为俱乐部主席。
• Few people pronounced for his nomination.很少人表示赞成他的提名。

2 caucuses   

n.（政党决定政策或推举竞选人的）核心成员( caucus的名词复数 )；决策干部；决策委员会；秘密会议

参考例句：

• Republican caucuses will happen in about 410 towns across Maine. 共和党团会议选举将在缅因州的约410个城镇进行。 来自互联网

3 ballots   

n.投票表决( ballot的名词复数 )；选举；选票；投票总数v.（使）投票表决( ballot的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• They're counting the ballots. 他们正在计算选票。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The news of rigged ballots has rubbed off much of the shine of their election victory. 他们操纵选票的消息使他们在选举中获得的胜利大为减色。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 nominee   

n.被提名者；被任命者；被推荐者

参考例句：

• His nominee for vice president was elected only after a second ballot.他提名的副总统在两轮投票后才当选。
• Mr.Francisco is standing as the official nominee for the post of District Secretary.弗朗西斯科先生是行政书记职位的正式提名人。

5 presidency   

n.总统(校长，总经理)的职位(任期)

参考例句：

• Roosevelt was elected four times to the presidency of the United States.罗斯福连续当选四届美国总统。
• Two candidates are emerging as contestants for the presidency.两位候选人最终成为总统职位竞争者。

6 warfare   

n.战争(状态)；斗争；冲突

参考例句：

• He addressed the audience on the subject of atomic warfare.他向听众演讲有关原子战争的问题。
• Their struggle consists mainly in peasant guerrilla warfare.他们的斗争主要是农民游击战。

7 cyberspace   

n.虚拟信息空间，网络空间，计算机化世界

参考例句：

• She travels in cyberspace by sending messages to friends around the world.她利用电子空间给世界各地的朋友们发送信件。
• The teens spend more time in cyberspace than in the real world of friends and family.青少年花费在电脑上的时间比他们和真正的朋友及家人在一起的时间要多。

8 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

9 malicious   

adj.有恶意的，心怀恶意的

参考例句：

• You ought to kick back at such malicious slander. 你应当反击这种恶毒的污蔑。
• Their talk was slightly malicious.他们的谈话有点儿心怀不轨。

10 breach   

n.违反，不履行；破裂；vt.冲破，攻破

参考例句：

• We won't have any breach of discipline.我们不允许任何破坏纪律的现象。
• He was sued for breach of contract.他因不履行合同而被起诉。

11 hacking   

n.非法访问计算机系统和数据库的活动

参考例句：

• The patient with emphysema is hacking all day. 这个肺气肿病人整天不断地干咳。
• We undertook the task of hacking our way through the jungle. 我们负责在丛林中开路。

12 capability   

n.能力；才能；(pl)可发展的能力或特性等

参考例句：

• She has the capability to become a very fine actress.她有潜力成为杰出演员。
• Organizing a whole department is beyond his capability.组织整个部门是他能力以外的事。