VOA慢速英语2012 Technology Report - 15,000 Websites That Spread Terror and Hate

Technology Report - 15,000 Websites That Spread Terror and Hate

科技报道 - 互联网恐怖主义和仇恨问题日益严重

This is the VOA Special English Technology Report.

这里是美国之音慢速英语科技报道。

Hate groups and terrorists are increasingly using the Internet to spread their beliefs. The Simon Wiesenthal Center in California says the problem is getting worse.

仇恨组织和恐怖分子越来越多地使用互联网来传播他们的信仰。位于加州的西蒙·维森塔尔中心表示该问题日益严重。

The center has released its latest “Digital Terror and Hate" report. Rick Eaton is a researcher with the group. He says the internet offers a lot of information for would-be terrorists.

该中心发布了最新的“数字化恐怖主义和仇恨”报告。里克·伊顿(Rick Eaton)是该组织的一名研究员。他表示，互联网为那些想成为恐怖分子的人提供了很多信息。

RICK EATON: “Different explosives, manuals and lessons in remote detonation¹, cell phone detonators, rockets.”

伊顿：“各种爆炸器材，遥控引爆教程，手机雷管，火箭弹。”

There is also guidance in kidnapping and guerrilla warfare².

还有绑架和游击战指南。

RICK EATON: “And many times these are spiced with the political philosophy on not only how to do it, but where you should do it and what targets you should attack.”

伊顿：“好多次这些信息不仅掺进了如何进行，还掺进了应该在那进行，应该袭击什么目标的政治理念。”

The Simon Wiesenthal Center is a Jewish human rights organization. This is its fourteenth year reporting on Internet terror and hate. The new report identified about fifteen thousand websites considered problematic. They included news groups, social network pages, YouTube videos and games said to incite³ hatred⁴. Officials say there was only one such website when the center first launched the project in nineteen ninety-five.

西蒙·维森塔尔中心是一个犹太人人权组织。这是该中心就互联网恐怖主义和仇恨发布的第14份年度报告。这份新的报告审查了大约1.5万个被认为有问题的网站。其中包括据称煽动仇恨的新闻组，社交网页，YouTube视频和游戏。有关官员表示，1995年该中心首次推出这个项目时互联网上还只有1个这样的网站。

Rick Eaton says al-Qaida was one of the first terrorist groups to use digital technology. He says the group’s online presence continues to grow.

伊顿表示，基地组织是首批使用数字科技的恐怖主义组织之一。他表示，该组织的网上曝光率持续增长。

Rabbi Abraham Cooper is associate dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center. He says hate websites increasingly target religious minorities.

拉比·亚伯拉罕·库珀（Rabbi Abraham Cooper）是西蒙·维森塔尔中心的副主任。他说仇恨网站越来越多地针对少数民族宗教。

Abraham Cooper: “Whether it's a hate crime in the United States or if you're looking at the targeting of Christians⁵ from Nigeria, the Coptic Christians in Egypt, what's happened in Iraq, right through to Afghanistan and Pakistan, you have the targeting of millions of people.”

库珀：“无论是美国的仇恨犯罪，还是你所关注的尼日利亚基督徒、埃及科普特基督徒这些对象，伊拉克到阿富汗和巴基斯坦的近况，对象都是成千上万的人们。”

Rabbi Cooper says we must all take part in solving the problem of Internet terror and hate. He says people need to recognize when websites cross the line from free speech to targeting groups for discrimination and violence. He also says religious and ethnic⁶ leaders must work together to condemn⁷ all forms of hatred.

库珀表示，我们所有人都必须参与到解决互联网恐怖主义和仇恨问题中去。他说，人们必须认清网站什么时候越过言论自由的界限，发展到针对某一群体进行歧视和暴力。他还表示，宗教和种族领导人必须共同努力谴责一切形式的仇恨。

ABRAHAM COOPER: “We all have our own priorities. We have to stand up for our own rights and our own communities. But it's very, very important to take a look and see what the bad guys are doing because as far as they're concerned, they don't like Jews, they don't like Muslims, they don't like immigrants, they don't like gays.”

库珀：“我们都有各自的重点。我们必须维护自身权利和自身群体。但看一看那些坏蛋们在干什么非常非常重要。因为就他们关注的而言，他们不喜欢犹太人、穆斯林，不喜欢移民，不喜欢同性恋。”

He is especially concerned about websites that call for individual acts of violence by people without ties to terrorist organizations. He says such websites are even more worrying because they are harder for law enforcement officials to identify.

他尤其关注那些呼吁个人暴力行为，和恐怖组织毫无关联的人建立的网站。他说，这些网站更令人担心，因为执法人员难以识别。

The new “Digital Terror and Hate” report is the first to be offered to officials through an online process that provides up-to-date listings.

这份新的“数字化恐怖主义和仇恨”报告首次通过一个提供最新清单的网上程序提供给有关官员。

And that's the VOA Special English Technology Report, written by June Simms. Transcripts⁸, MP3s and podcasts of our reports are at www.voanews.cn. I'm Steve Ember.

1 detonation   

n.爆炸；巨响

参考例句：

• A fearful detonation burst forth on the barricade.街垒传来一阵骇人的爆炸声。
• Within a few hundreds of microseconds,detonation is complete.在几百微秒之内，爆炸便完成了。

2 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。

3 incite   

v.引起，激动，煽动

参考例句：

• I wanted to point out he was a very good speaker, and could incite a crowd.我想说明他曾是一个非常出色的演讲家，非常会调动群众的情绪。
• Just a few words will incite him into action.他只需几句话一将，就会干。

4 hatred   

n.憎恶，憎恨，仇恨

参考例句：

• He looked at me with hatred in his eyes.他以憎恨的眼光望着我。
• The old man was seized with burning hatred for the fascists.老人对法西斯主义者充满了仇恨。

5 Christians   

n.基督教徒( Christian的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Christians of all denominations attended the conference. 基督教所有教派的人都出席了这次会议。
• His novel about Jesus caused a furore among Christians. 他关于耶稣的小说激起了基督教徒的公愤。

6 ethnic   

adj.人种的，种族的，异教徒的

参考例句：

• This music would sound more ethnic if you played it in steel drums.如果你用钢鼓演奏，这首乐曲将更具民族特色。
• The plan is likely only to aggravate ethnic frictions.这一方案很有可能只会加剧种族冲突。

7 condemn   

vt.谴责，指责；宣判(罪犯)，判刑

参考例句：

• Some praise him,whereas others condemn him.有些人赞扬他，而有些人谴责他。
• We mustn't condemn him on mere suppositions.我们不可全凭臆测来指责他。

8 transcripts   

n.抄本（ transcript的名词复数 ）；转写本；文字本；副本

参考例句：

• Like mRNA, both tRNA and rRNA are transcripts of chromosomal DNA. tRNA及rRNA同mRNA一样，都是染色体DNA的转录产物。 来自辞典例句
• You can't take the transfer students'exam without your transcripts. 没有成绩证明书，你就不能参加转学考试。 来自辞典例句