环球慢速英语 听众来信(4)

Voice 2: Let's move on to our next letter. Giathahn wrote to Spotlight¹ from Vietnam. He is interested in the area of IT, or Information Technology. He says that someday he wants to be a "white hat" hacker².

声音2：下面来看下一封来信。越南的吉亚萨恩给重点报道节目写了信。他对信息技术（简称IT）领域很感兴趣。他说他希望有一天能成为“白帽”黑客。

Voice 1: Some computer “hackers³” cause many problems. They use information for bad purposes. They steal money, ruin other people's computers, and cause problems. But there are some hackers that work on the side of good. These hackers are called "white hat" or ethical⁴ hackers.

声音1：有些电脑黑客会制造很多问题。他们用信息来做坏事。他们偷钱、破坏其他人的电脑，引发各种问题。但是有一些黑客在做好事。这些黑客被称为“白帽”黑客或道德黑客。

Voice 2: These people work to make the internet, and computer programs safer. They make sure that other hackers do not misuse⁵ their knowledge of computers. White hat hackers stop bad hackers.

声音2：这些人致力于使网络和电脑程序更安全。他们确保其他黑客不去误用电脑知识。白帽黑客阻止那些坏黑客。

Voice 1: This sounds like a very interesting and exciting area of study, Giathahn! Thank you for writing to us and letting us know about "white hat" hackers. We encourage you to work to improve the lives of others with your computer skills.

声音1：吉亚萨恩，听起来这是一个很有意思且令人兴奋的研究领域。谢谢你的来信，谢谢你让我们知道“白帽”黑客。我们鼓励你用你的电脑技能去努力改善他人的生活。

1 spotlight   

n.公众注意的中心，聚光灯，探照灯，视听，注意，醒目

参考例句：

• This week the spotlight is on the world of fashion.本周引人瞩目的是时装界。
• The spotlight followed her round the stage.聚光灯的光圈随着她在舞台上转。

2 hacker   

n.能盗用或偷改电脑中信息的人，电脑黑客

参考例句：

• The computer hacker wrote that he was from Russia.这个计算机黑客自称他来自俄罗斯。
• This site was attacked by a hacker last week.上周这个网站被黑客攻击了。

3 hackers   

n.计算机迷( hacker的名词复数 )；私自存取或篡改电脑资料者，电脑“黑客”

参考例句：

• They think of viruses that infect an organization from the outside.They envision hackers breaking into their information vaults. 他们考虑来自外部的感染公司的病毒，他们设想黑客侵入到信息宝库中。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Arranging a meeting with the hackers took weeks againoff-again email exchanges. 通过几星期电子邮件往来安排见面，他们最终同意了。 来自互联网

4 ethical   

adj.伦理的，道德的，合乎道德的

参考例句：

• It is necessary to get the youth to have a high ethical concept.必须使青年具有高度的道德观念。
• It was a debate which aroused fervent ethical arguments.那是一场引发强烈的伦理道德争论的辩论。

5 misuse   

n.误用，滥用；vt.误用，滥用

参考例句：

• It disturbs me profoundly that you so misuse your talents.你如此滥用自己的才能，使我深感不安。
• He was sacked for computer misuse.他因滥用计算机而被解雇了。