纪录片《深入暗网》 第01期 万维网

It's just 25 years since the World Wide Web was created.

万维网自诞生起仅过了二十五年

It now touches all of our lives,

但它的触角却已深入我们的生活

our personal information and data

我们的个人信息数据

swirling¹ through the internet on a daily basis.

每天都徘徊于网络中

Yet it's now caught in the greatest controversy² of its life -

现在它被卷入了自诞生后最大的争议之中

surveillance.

监控

This is a spy master's dream.

这是一个间谍之王的梦想

No spy of the previous generations could have imagined that we

老一辈间谍怎么也想象不到

would all volunteer for the world's best tracking device.

现在的人们会主动去买世上最棒的追踪设备

The revelations of US intelligence contractor³ Edward Snowden

美国情报部外包技术员爱德华·斯诺登泄密事件

have led many to ask if

让众人不禁开始顾虑

the Web we love has been turned against us...

我们深爱的网络是否背叛了我们

They don't just want your search data or your e-mail.

他们不仅想要你的搜索数据或电子邮件

They want everything.

他们什么都想要

And, as you are being surveilled 24/7,

在你全天候被监视的同时

you are more under control.

你也越来越受控制

You are less free.

不再自由

..Leading to soul-searching

这一变化

amongst those responsible for the Web itself.

让网络的创始人开始深思

I used to think that in some countries you worry about the government

我以前认为有些国家的人需要提防政府

and in some countries you worry about the corporations.

而有些国家的人需要提防企业

1 swirling   

v.旋转，打旋( swirl的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Snowflakes were swirling in the air. 天空飘洒着雪花。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• She smiled, swirling the wine in her glass. 她微笑着，旋动着杯子里的葡萄酒。 来自辞典例句

2 controversy   

n.争论，辩论，争吵

参考例句：

• That is a fact beyond controversy.那是一个无可争论的事实。
• We ran the risk of becoming the butt of every controversy.我们要冒使自己在所有的纷争中都成为众矢之的的风险。

3 contractor   

n.订约人，承包人，收缩肌

参考例句：

• The Tokyo contractor was asked to kick $ 6000 back as commission.那个东京的承包商被要求退还6000美元作为佣金。
• The style of house the contractor builds depends partly on the lay of the land.承包商所建房屋的式样，有几分要看地势而定。