万花筒 2009-08-07&08-08 ESPN记者艳照门

It’s unclear exactly how this happened, where this happened but Erin’s lawyers say she was the victim of a crime and they have vowed¹ to prosecute², but unfortunately, that may not be so easy.

“Why were you guys able to jump on in the way they did?”

Erin Andrews is an ESPN fan favorite and has no problem throwing herself in the middle of the male dominated world of sports broadcasting.

“Well, I’m happy to report...”

Now she finds herself in the middle of a nightmare. A video voyeur³ videotaped her without her consent in a hotel room, naked, and then posted it all over the Internet, and she is fighting mad. Her lawyer told us “We are focused on putting this predator⁴ behind bars. This conduct is unacceptable in a civilized⁵ society.” The video reached the top of Google’s most searched items, showing up on multiple websites like YouTube for the past week. While video voyeurs⁶ are on the rise, thanks to technological⁷ devices that make it possible to record video on everything from a phone to a laptop, it’s hard to prosecute the crime. Susan Wilson knows firsthand the harm this kind of peeping can cause. In the late 1990s, she suspected her neighbor was spying on her.

“He seems to know everything about me.”

Sure enough he’d been using recording⁸ equipment to watch her every move. She felt violated but was even more shocked when she found out he didn’t break any laws.

“I felt victimized, not only by the perpetrator but by the fact that there were no laws to protect me. So I did feel victimized twice.”

So in 2002 she took her fight to congress, Lifetime even made a movie about her called ‘Susan story’

“All those things you do when you think you are alone.”

“What I want women to know is that you should not bear the shame, the person doing this is the one who bears the shame.”

Many states now are trying to close loopholes in the laws to try to be able to stop voyeurs. For Erin, there is a bit of poetic⁹ justice here. The real video has been removed from YouTube and other sites. It’s not out there. Instead, hackers¹⁰ have put up fake videos with viruses embedded¹¹ inside so somebody goes searching for this video now, Chris and Diane, they are gonna get a virus and their computer will be infected.

“That’s good, that’s good , but you know the technology is outpacing the law here. Invasion of privacy is a very tricky¹² area. Sometimes it’s tough to fight, yeah, very tough.”

 
 

1 vowed   

起誓，发誓（vow的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。
• I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。

2 prosecute   

vt.告发；进行；vi.告发，起诉，作检察官

参考例句：

• I am trying my best to prosecute my duties.我正在尽力履行我的职责。
• Is there enough evidence to prosecute?有没有起诉的足够证据？

3 voyeur   

n.窥淫狂者，窥隐私者

参考例句：

• The media has made unfeeling voyeurs of all of us.媒体把我们所有人都变成了无情刺探他人隐私的人。
• A voyeur was seen lurking around the girl's dormitory.有人看到一位偷窥狂躲藏在女生宿舍附近。

4 predator   

n.捕食其它动物的动物；捕食者

参考例句：

• The final part of this chapter was devoted to a brief summary of predator species.本章最后部分简要总结了食肉动物。
• Komodo dragon is the largest living lizard and a fearsome predator.科摩多龙是目前存在的最大蜥蜴，它是一种令人恐惧的捕食性动物。

5 civilized   

a.有教养的，文雅的

参考例句：

• Racism is abhorrent to a civilized society. 文明社会憎恶种族主义。
• rising crime in our so-called civilized societies 在我们所谓文明社会中日益增多的犯罪行为

6 voyeurs   

n.窥淫癖者（喜欢窥视他人性行为）( voyeur的名词复数 )；刺探隐秘者（喜欢刺探他人的问题或私生活）

参考例句：

• Voyeurs are scary, but they are usually harmless. 偷窥狂很可怕，但是他们通常不会伤害人。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He also did much to turn Britons into a nation of voyeurs. 他的所作所为很大程度上激起了英国人的偷窥欲。 来自互联网

7 technological   

adj.技术的；工艺的

参考例句：

• A successful company must keep up with the pace of technological change.一家成功的公司必须得跟上技术变革的步伐。
• Today,the pace of life is increasing with technological advancements.当今， 随着科技进步，生活节奏不断增快。

8 recording   

n.录音，记录

参考例句：

• How long will the recording of the song take?录下这首歌得花多少时间？
• I want to play you a recording of the rehearsal.我想给你放一下彩排的录像。

9 poetic   

adj.富有诗意的，有诗人气质的，善于抒情的

参考例句：

• His poetic idiom is stamped with expressions describing group feeling and thought.他的诗中的措辞往往带有描写群体感情和思想的印记。
• His poetic novels have gone through three different historical stages.他的诗情小说创作经历了三个不同的历史阶段。

10 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

11 embedded   

a.扎牢的

参考例句：

• an operation to remove glass that was embedded in his leg 取出扎入他腿部玻璃的手术
• He has embedded his name in the minds of millions of people. 他的名字铭刻在数百万人民心中。

12 tricky   

adj.狡猾的，奸诈的；(工作等)棘手的，微妙的

参考例句：

• I'm in a rather tricky position.Can you help me out?我的处境很棘手，你能帮我吗？
• He avoided this tricky question and talked in generalities.他回避了这个非常微妙的问题，只做了个笼统的表述。