时间:2018-12-08 作者:英语课 分类:2015年VOA慢速英语(十一)月


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AS IT IS 2015-11-27 Hackers 1 Try to Steal Your Shopping Passwords 黑客试图窃取你的购物密码


As the holiday shopping season begins, hackers are trying to trick users into revealing their private account information.


购物狂欢节的帷幕徐徐拉开,黑客们也开始想方设法让用户们透露自己的个人账户信息。


Last week, hackers tried to trick Amazon.com users into handing over their passwords and user names. Last holiday season, eBay and other online shopping websites were attacked.


上周,黑客就曾入侵亚马逊官网试图盗取用户的用户名及密码。去年的购物狂欢节,易贝(eBay)和其他一些购物网站就遭到过黑客的攻击。


The attempt to steal individual Amazon user names and passwords was a “phishing” attack. Phishing tries to trick users into thinking the request comes from the company.


这种试图盗取用户个人信息的行为称为“网络钓鱼”,通过让用户确认所发送邮件而成功盗窃信息。


In this case, hackers sent email to Amazon account holders 3. The email lied and claimed that 2,592 Amazon account records were stolen. Customers were asked to verify account information in the phishing email. The email’s signature was signed as "Amazon Customer Support."


也就是说,黑客会向个人账户发送一封邮件。邮件谎称亚马逊的2592名用户的账户记录已被窃取。要求用户重新确认一遍邮件中的个人信息,而邮件的发送者一栏写着“亚马逊客服中心”。


Electronics and computer experts say deleting the email is an easy solution.


电商与计算机领域的专家称直接删除该邮件是最快、最简便的方式。


Amazon says thieves use hoax 4 email that look like they are from Amazon company accounts. Amazon says many phishing emails contain misspelled words and bad grammar.


亚马逊官方代表称,这些邮件表面看是由亚马逊公司发出的,实则是黑客们编写的钓鱼邮件。他们还称,其实很多钓鱼邮件里会出现单词错拼和语法错误。


The company says it never asks for personal information, passwords or bank account numbers.


此外,亚马逊公司表示绝不会向用户索要个人信息、账户密码或者是银行卡号。


Words in This Story


phishing – n. the activity of defrauding 5 an online account holder 2 of financial information by posing as a legitimate 6 company


hackers – n. people who secretly get access to a computer system in order to get information or cause damage


password – n. a secret series of numbers or letters that allows you to use a computer system


email – n. messages that are sent electronically from one computer to another


verify – v. to prove, show, find out, or state that something is true or correct


scam – n. a dishonest way to make money by deceiving people


fake – adj. not true or real


misspell – v. to spell a word incorrectly



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”
  • 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 holder
n.持有者,占有者;(台,架等)支持物
  • The holder of the office of chairman is reponsible for arranging meetings.担任主席职位的人负责安排会议。
  • That runner is the holder of the world record for the hundred-yard dash.那位运动员是一百码赛跑世界纪录的保持者。
3 holders
支持物( holder的名词复数 ); 持有者; (支票等)持有人; 支托(或握持)…之物
  • Slaves were mercilessly ground down by slave holders. 奴隶受奴隶主的残酷压迫。
  • It is recognition of compassion's part that leads the up-holders of capital punishment to accuse the abolitionists of sentimentality in being more sorry for the murderer than for his victim. 正是对怜悯的作用有了认识,才使得死刑的提倡者指控主张废除死刑的人感情用事,同情谋杀犯胜过同情受害者。
4 hoax
v.欺骗,哄骗,愚弄;n.愚弄人,恶作剧
  • They were the victims of a cruel hoax.他们是一个残忍恶作剧的受害者。
  • They hoax him out of his money.他们骗去他的钱。
5 defrauding
v.诈取,骗取( defraud的现在分词 )
  • Second is the actor regards defrauding of the wealth as object. 第二,行为人以骗取钱财为目的。 来自互联网
  • Therefore, DELL has the motive and economic purpose of intentionally defrauding the Chinese consumers. 因此,戴尔公司存在故意欺诈中国消费者的动机和经济目的。 来自互联网
6 legitimate
adj.合法的,合理的,合乎逻辑的;v.使合法
  • Sickness is a legitimate reason for asking for leave.生病是请假的一个正当的理由。
  • That's a perfectly legitimate fear.怀有这种恐惧完全在情理之中。
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