NPR边听边练04:正版问题也多多

 　　【NPR边听边练】致力于提供新鲜有趣、饶有意味的时讯资料，致力于通过精听的方式促进听力提高，致力于不断开阔眼界和深入了解美国观点。

　　精听建议：

　　先完整地把一条新闻听一到三遍，争取掌握大意。然后，一句一句精听，力争每句话都听明白。遇到实在不懂的地方，再听写。

　　下面的文本材料中空缺部分里面要填的词都很简单，不过是一些值得注意的连读或者典型的美式发音哦，有些语速比较快。试试看，你能不能全部写对？

　　（参考文本，欢迎指出错误^^）

　　Here is your vocabulary word for the morning. Ready? It’s rootkit. “It’s ___(1)___of the computer that's where the term rootkit comes from.” Arish Shwards is an associated director of the Center for Democracy¹ and Technology in Washington D.C. If you’re already ___(2)___ the snooze button, stop. Shwards believes that you might ___(3)___ that rootkit-codes creat secret spaces ___(4)___ where all kinds of things might happen. “They can potentially be used to mine for information. They can potentially be used to take over your computer, take all the information on your computer.” Traditionally, rootkits were used by hackers² ___(5)___ viruses. That’s why Mark Recniwitch was surprised when he discovered a rootkit like program on his computer not long after popping a CD by the group-The Van Zants- into his hard drive.

　　答案：

　　1.at the root

　　2.stretching for

　　3.care to know

　　4.within your computer

　　5.to hide

1 democracy   

n.民主政治，民主制度；民主精神，民主作风

参考例句：

• Democracy is based on good will and mutual understanding.民主建立在善意和相互理解的基础上。
• Did democracy have its beginnings in Athens? 民主制度是创始于雅典吗？

2 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”

参考例句：

• 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