Phone用户呼吁 千万不要对Siri说'108'!

 　　People of a certain age will remember the Ask Jeeves search engine and, more importantly, what fun it was to type in rude questions to see what the long-suffering butler might say.

　　上了年纪的人会记得Ask Jeeves这个搜索引擎，更重要的是，输入一些无礼的问题来看这个长久以来受苦受难的“管家”会如何回答，那是非常有趣的一件事。

　　Jeeves may no longer be around, but now everyone with an iPhone or iPad has something similar with Apple's voice assistant, Siri.

　　Jeeves可能不复存在了，但是现在所有的iPhone或是iPad用户在和苹果语音助手Siri交流时，都会遇到类似的情况。

　　Siri has been on hand to help since 2010 and, like Jeeves before her, it's also possible to have a little fun with her.

　　从2010年起Siri就一直在帮助用户，就像之前的Jeeves一样，和她交流也同样有乐趣。

　　For example, if you ask Siri to borrow some money, she'll sagely¹ reply with, "Neither a borrower nor a lender be."

　　例如如果你向Siri借钱，她会一本正经地回答你：“我既不是借款人也不是贷款人。”

　　Sometimes, however, the harmless Siri fun can stray into something more serious - and potentially harmful.

　　但是，与Siri开一些看似无害的玩笑，有时可能会导致很严重的后果--很可能是有害的。

　　iPhone用户呼吁 千万不要对Siri说'108'!

　　iPhone users have been taking to Twitter recently telling others to say the number 108 to Siri, adding things like, "You'll thank me later."

　　最近，一些iPhone用户在推特上要求其他用户对Siri说“108”，并且补充道：“稍后你会感谢我的。”

　　Saying 108 will in fact put you through to the emergency services in the UK. This is because 108 is the equivalent of 999 in India, writes The Sun.

　　《太阳报》报道称，事实上，对Siri说“108”会使你连接到英国的紧急服务。这是因为“108”相当于印度的“999”。

　　So what Siri does is recognise it as an emergency call, and puts you through to the services in your area.

　　所以，Siri所做的是将它视为一个紧急呼叫，并使你连接到所在地区的紧急服务部门。

　　Other numbers includes in similar pranks³ are: 112,110, 000 and the US number 911.

　　而其他会造成相似的闹剧的号码还包括：112、110、000以及美国的911。

　　What makes this prank² particularly inadvisable are the thinly stretched resources of our emergency services.

　　这个恶作剧尤其不可取的原因是，它会分散我们的紧急服务资源。

1 sagely   

adv. 贤能地，贤明地

参考例句：

• Even the ones who understand may nod sagely. 即使对方知道这一点，也会一本正经地点头同意。
• Well, that's about all of the sagely advice this old grey head can come up with. 好了，以上就是我这个满头银发的老头儿给你们的充满睿智的忠告。

2 prank   

n.开玩笑，恶作剧；v.装饰；打扮；炫耀自己

参考例句：

• It was thought that the fire alarm had been set off as a prank.人们认为火警报警器响是个恶作剧。
• The dean was ranking the boys for pulling the prank.系主任正在惩罚那些恶作剧的男学生。

3 pranks   

n.玩笑，恶作剧( prank的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Frank's errancy consisted mostly of pranks. 法兰克错在老喜欢恶作剧。 来自辞典例句
• He always leads in pranks and capers. 他老是带头胡闹和开玩笑。 来自辞典例句