英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable0516 - “想哭”病毒席卷全球，你“哭”了吗？

Topic 1-WannaCry ransomware cyber attack

 

Intranets on campus, governmental organizations, financial organizations and gas stations in one hundred and fifty countries have fallen victim to a ransonware named WannaCry.

 

The spread of the virus slowed on Monday as no major organizations reported to have been impacted by the global cyberattack. The hackers¹ behind the global cyberattack are still unidentified.

 

What is the virus? How can we protect our computers?

 

Topic 2-Opera course launched in HK university

 

The Chinese university of Hong Kong has launched a course to teach Kunqu Opera and Peking Opera to its students. This is the first time such forms of traditional art have been officially incorporated into the university's curriculum. Can the university's effort help to revive a dying art?

 

Topic 3-The secrets behind claw machine

 

Have you ever injected coins into a claw machine and hope to get a stuffed animal out of it? Well, many internet users are complaining about how hard it is to win an award on the claw machine.

 

According to an investigative news report, the odds² of winning a doll are slim and deliberately³ kept that way. What're the secrets behind the claw machine?  

1 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

2 odds   

n.让步，机率，可能性，比率；胜败优劣之别

参考例句：

• The odds are 5 to 1 that she will win.她获胜的机会是五比一。
• Do you know the odds of winning the lottery once?你知道赢得一次彩票的几率多大吗？

3 deliberately   

adv.审慎地；蓄意地；故意地

参考例句：

• The girl gave the show away deliberately.女孩故意泄露秘密。
• They deliberately shifted off the argument.他们故意回避这个论点。