时间:2018-12-29 作者:英语课 分类:大学体验英语综合教程


英语课

So Sorry to Bug 1 You
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 "You'd think after all these years I'd know better than to spread a virus by email.
You'd be wrong.  

 The email was from a woman I knew decades ago, back when we were spooning teenagers. We had corresponded electronically maybe three times since then, I swear. The subject line on this latest missive was "Homepage." The message read, simply: "Hi! You've got to see this page! It's really cool." It was signed with a goofy emotion, a winking 2, sideways smiling face-;0). "Ho, ho! You sly thing!" I thought, recalling the feverish 3 summer of '70... and clicked on the attached file. Pause. Uh-oh.  

 It was the dumbest thing I'd done since 1979, when I pitched a tent on a colony of army ants in Mexico. My screen started shimmering 4 like a Yucatan sunset. I had unleashed 5 a computer virus. 

 I felt like the doctor in The Andromeda Strain; the clock was outracing me. I went to my email program, clicked on File, then selected Work Offline. That, I assumed, would cordon 6 me off from the Net and keep me from spreading the bug while I figured out how to get rid of it. Next I checked my Outbox. Argh! Sixty-five messages were queued up, waiting to be sent to my friends. Each was from me. Each bore the subject line "Homepage." Each had a file attached, as doom-laden as a warhead.  

?I deleted the messages and emptied the Recycle Bin 7. Then I went to the Web for guidance. Cursing myself for not using an anti-virus program on my home computer, I learned that the Homepage virus is the most common bug - technically 8, it's a "worm" - out there. It afflicts 9 only PC users of Microsoft Outlook and would not damage my computer. But it would immediately mail itself to everyone in my address book - that is, everyone to whom I've ever sent a Reply message. The worm also resets 10 your browser's home page to one of four porn sites. This last bit had not happened to mine. Was I spared?  

 Gingerly, I fired up Outlook and connected to the Net. Fifty messages poured into my Inbox. Most were from corporate 11 servers - such as Time Inc.'s - informing me that my email was being returned unopened since it contained a virus. The last message was from my friend Marshall: "If you don't mind my asking, which homepage?" Double argh! I had spread the accursed worm. I wrote a mea culpa warning, which I mailed to everyone in my address book: Don't click on that attachment 12! 
 The worst part was that many of the people I had emailed were newbies - subscribers who had emailed me for help in connection with this column. Most of these folks were kind; only one asked me to remove her name from my address book. A guy from the Philippines, birthplace of the dread 13 Love Bug virus, wrote, "It is quite ironic 14 that I got a worm from you." 

? Let that irony 15 be a lesson to you: Never open an attachment, even from a friend, unless you've been told to expect it. And always use virus protection. Finally, if you get an email from me whose subject is "Homepage," run.  



n.虫子;故障;窃听器;vt.纠缠;装窃听器
  • There is a bug in the system.系统出了故障。
  • The bird caught a bug on the fly.那鸟在飞行中捉住了一只昆虫。
n.瞬眼,目语v.使眼色( wink的现在分词 );递眼色(表示友好或高兴等);(指光)闪烁;闪亮
  • Anyone can do it; it's as easy as winking. 这谁都办得到,简直易如反掌。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • The stars were winking in the clear sky. 星星在明亮的天空中闪烁。 来自《简明英汉词典》
adj.发烧的,狂热的,兴奋的
  • He is too feverish to rest.他兴奋得安静不下来。
  • They worked with feverish haste to finish the job.为了完成此事他们以狂热的速度工作着。
v.闪闪发光,发微光( shimmer的现在分词 )
  • The sea was shimmering in the sunlight. 阳光下海水波光闪烁。
  • The colours are delicate and shimmering. 这些颜色柔和且闪烁微光。 来自辞典例句
v.把(感情、力量等)释放出来,发泄( unleash的过去式和过去分词 )
  • The government's proposals unleashed a storm of protest in the press. 政府的提案引发了新闻界的抗议浪潮。
  • The full force of his rage was unleashed against me. 他把所有的怒气都发泄在我身上。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.警戒线,哨兵线
  • Police officers threw a cordon around his car to protect him.警察在他汽车周围设置了防卫圈以保护他。
  • There is a tight security cordon around the area.这一地区周围设有严密的安全警戒圈。
n.箱柜;vt.放入箱内;[计算机] DOS文件名:二进制目标文件
  • He emptied several bags of rice into a bin.他把几袋米倒进大箱里。
  • He threw the empty bottles in the bin.他把空瓶子扔进垃圾箱。
adv.专门地,技术上地
  • Technically it is the most advanced equipment ever.从技术上说,这是最先进的设备。
  • The tomato is technically a fruit,although it is eaten as a vegetable.严格地说,西红柿是一种水果,尽管它是当作蔬菜吃的。
使受痛苦,折磨( afflict的名词复数 )
  • Level 3-Afflicts a target with the Curse of the Silent. 三级-用静默诅咒折磨一个目标。
  • Level 1-Afflicts a target with the Curse of the Silent. 一级-用静默诅咒折磨一个目标。
v.重新安放或安置( reset的第三人称单数 );重拨(测量仪器指针);为(考试、测试等)出一套新题;重新安置,将…恢复原位
  • Regenerating the map resets the statistics in the Info screen. 重新生成地图时,信息窗口的统计数据会重置。 来自互联网
  • This resets CSS values that browsers tend to set for you. 用于重置页面,对没有指定css属性的页面元素指定缺省值。 来自互联网
adj.共同的,全体的;公司的,企业的
  • This is our corporate responsibility.这是我们共同的责任。
  • His corporate's life will be as short as a rabbit's tail.他的公司的寿命是兔子尾巴长不了。
n.附属物,附件;依恋;依附
  • She has a great attachment to her sister.她十分依恋她的姐姐。
  • She's on attachment to the Ministry of Defense.她现在隶属于国防部。
vt.担忧,忧虑;惧怕,不敢;n.担忧,畏惧
  • We all dread to think what will happen if the company closes.我们都不敢去想一旦公司关门我们该怎么办。
  • Her heart was relieved of its blankest dread.她极度恐惧的心理消除了。
adj.讽刺的,有讽刺意味的,出乎意料的
  • That is a summary and ironic end.那是一个具有概括性和讽刺意味的结局。
  • People used to call me Mr Popularity at high school,but they were being ironic.人们中学时常把我称作“万人迷先生”,但他们是在挖苦我。
n.反语,冷嘲;具有讽刺意味的事,嘲弄
  • She said to him with slight irony.她略带嘲讽地对他说。
  • In her voice we could sense a certain tinge of irony.从她的声音里我们可以感到某种讥讽的意味。
学英语单词
a fallen woman
abandonment charges
abasing
aber-de-vine
aculeate
aletheia
all night (long)
aniline test
articles restricted for used in port
ashwagandha
autoreducible
baracchinis
bull rod
Catholic Reaction Force
chromium-alloy runner
code sign
coefficient of friction resistance
combining affinity
compact connected Lie group
continental quilt
cost of risk
credit circulation
crevasse curve
delusion of ill-health
diplopterygium glaucum
elevation auxiliary view
eluate grade
entitule
epidemic practice
even up on sb
filligree
firesetters
Fort Thomas
frappes
frustums
fuckup
Horizon Tablemount
hot pull
hotel plans
hydrotaea jacobsoni
intersubcardinal anastomosis
isomuscarine
karpa
Leede-Rumpel phenomenon
lengthy report
lifesaving jacket
long span steel framing
magnesia whisker
malleablized
maternal behavio(u)r
mineral formula
minidisc drive
mint weight
mitofusins
most notable
multilated gear
neuropathogenicity
nothing more
octaeteris
oilseed radish
out of the loop
Pamamycin
pendants
photolithotrophic bacteria
pneumatic to voltage converters
pollutional contribution
preset potentiometer
progesterone
quilldriver
quote-unquote
R.F.A.
RADMON
rile up
rock bind
screenscape
search and destroy missions
seed forest
select address and contract operate
silicon plannar transistor
slam dunked
spaghetti bolognaise
spun-bonded
stock raiser
streakings
strike of indefinite duration
stripped nut
superheterodyne detection
Thelazia californiensis
Thurs.
track count
transverse-current carbon microphone
triple axle
typing skills
tyrosyl-leucine
unexiguous
untenured
upweighting
victoria green g
vinyl ester
waterbrash
wedge one's ways
zambian kwachas