时间:2018-12-26 作者:英语课 分类:2012年ESL之日常生活


英语课

 


Breaching 2 Computer Security 


Jin: Did you hear what happened to McQ Corp? 


Dina: No, what? 


Jin: Hackers 3 were able to get unauthorized access to its computer systems and cause a lot of problems over the weekend. They destroyed data and rendered the system unusable. In fact, the entire system crashed. 


Dina: I hadn’t heard that. Why McQ Corp? 


Jin: Well, the company announced last week that it had implemented 4 new security measures, which made their systems impenetrable. 


Dina: Ah, that explains it. Making an announcement like that is like issuing a challenge. 


Jin: Yeah, it was definitely a challenge. I bet a lot hackers were trying to breach 1 those security measures, just to show that it could be done. One of them certainly found the system’s vulnerabilities and exploited them. 


Dina: What was McQ Corp thinking? They’ve had problems in the past with hackers and then they issue this challenge. I say that it serves them right! 


Jin: They shouldn’t have bragged 5 about their new security measures, but those hackers caused a lot of damage. 


Dina: I bet McQ Corp learned its lesson: Don’t wave a red flag in front of a bull! 


 


Script by Dr. Lucy Tse 



1 breach
n.违反,不履行;破裂;vt.冲破,攻破
  • 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。
2 breaching
攻破( breach的过去式 ); 破坏,违反
  • The company was prosecuted for breaching the Health and Safety Act. 这家公司被控违反《卫生安全条例》。
  • Third, an agency can abuse its discretion by breaching certain principles of judge-made law. 第三,行政机关会因违反某些法官制定的法律原则而构成滥用自由裁量权。
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”
  • 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 implemented
v.实现( implement的过去式和过去分词 );执行;贯彻;使生效
  • This agreement, if not implemented, is a mere scrap of paper. 这个协定如不执行只不过是一纸空文。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • The economy is in danger of collapse unless far-reaching reforms are implemented. 如果不实施影响深远的改革,经济就面临崩溃的危险。 来自辞典例句
5 bragged
v.自夸,吹嘘( brag的过去式和过去分词 )
  • He bragged to his friends about the crime. 他向朋友炫耀他的罪行。
  • Mary bragged that she could run faster than Jack. 玛丽夸口说她比杰克跑得快。 来自《简明英汉词典》
学英语单词
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abrupt change of climate
adaptive systems
adils
aeropalynology
ambient air(water etc)quality standard
amphiblastic
Aranhas
Atlixtac
attitude indicator
bacterium carabiformis
berna eli oldfields
bloodsugarsexmagik
brightness value
brodhead creek
Broglie, Louis Victor de, L. V.
bromethrin
capital market theory
caprichos
carbonized wool
caryk
Central African Customs and Economic Union
cobalt dermatitis
cognitive scientists
connectionless mode operation
cotton cloth
Cymbopogon Spreng.
diffuse proliferative type
doviak
downcomer backup
edge runner wet mill
euphorbia ingenss
exponential gradient
facings
Ferula asafoetida
following range of synchronization
for screw stays
gallo-nitrate
generation skipping trust
glycylprolylhydroxyproline
have a taste of
heat-resistant paint
homohalin
incestualize
Inimutaba
kicked in
kiechle
kirkintilloches
koga
Lapemis
Ledebouriella seseloides Wolff.
let the world wag as it will
lip-syncing
log pile area
macromolecular chemistry
magbasite
Mopp
n-terminal device
neurocrine
nonguarded
oligopolies
one-pitches
overlay tree structure
paging drum
play with something
positive conditioning
posting house
pranidhana
pseudoextrophy
Pternohyla fodiens
quartz latite
radioactive heat
reaction coefficient
recovering aid
Salix myrtillacea
Shalaurova, Ostrov
simazines
single-degree-of-freedom gyro
slimy gley soil
society approval
spenceria ramalana trim.
sperit
spiropagurus spiriger
Sprabond
spring weight
srimaung
sublevel benching
Sǔedinenie
tax stoodover
tell tales out of school
the mandate of heaven
third worlder
tie up capital
toxemic septicemia
trichotillomania
tuned-secondary transformer
type-settings
ultra-low frequency receiver
umbilicaric acid
velocity of recession
vote out
windtunnel