英语实用口语之电脑骇客

 　　Hi,Mike. Even surfing the net quite a while. What are on earth you searching for?

　　It's something about hackers². I often hear people talking about them. But I don't know much about them.

　　Well,briefly speaking,a hacker¹ is a computer BOSS.

　　You mean a guy using enthusiastic knowledgable about computer?

　　Well,you can say that.

　　Why are people always having such a negative attitude towards them?

　　They must have mixed hackers with crackers³.

　　What are crackers then?

　　There is another group of people who loudly call themselves hackers,but they aren't.

　　They break into computers and break the phone system. Real hackers call these people crackers and want nothing to do with them.

　　So they are two totally different concepts⁴?

　　Well,real hackers mostly think that crackers are lazy,irresponsible,and not very bright,and feel that being able to break security⁵ does't make you a hacker anymore than being able to start cars without keys makes you an automotive engineer.

　　Unfortunately many journalists and writers have been fooled into using the word hacker to describe crackers.

　　This irritates⁶ real hackers to no end.

　　I see. Then the basic difference is,hackers build things,crackers break them.

　　You got it.

　　Thanks a lot.

　　You're welcome.

1 hacker   

n.能盗用或偷改电脑中信息的人，电脑黑客

参考例句：

• The computer hacker wrote that he was from Russia.这个计算机黑客自称他来自俄罗斯。
• This site was attacked by a hacker last week.上周这个网站被黑客攻击了。

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

3 crackers   

adj.精神错乱的，癫狂的n.爆竹( cracker的名词复数 )；薄脆饼干；（认为）十分愉快的事；迷人的姑娘

参考例句：

• That noise is driving me crackers. 那噪声闹得我简直要疯了。
• We served some crackers and cheese as an appetiser. 我们上了些饼干和奶酪作为开胃品。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 concepts   

n.概念( concept的名词复数 )；观念；想法；总的印象

参考例句：

• He speaks in concepts rather than specifics. 他讲话时尽用抽象概念，而不谈具体。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The word "beauty" comprehends various concepts. “美”这个词包括许多概念。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

5 security   

n.安全，安全感；防护措施；保证(金)，抵押(品)；债券，证券

参考例句：

• A security guard brought him down with a flying tackle.一名保安人员飞身把他抱倒。
• There was tight security at the airport when the President's plane landed.总统的专机降落时，机场的保安措施很严密。

6 irritates   

使发怒( irritate的第三人称单数 )； 使急躁； 使感到不适； 使疼痛

参考例句：

• The way she puts on that accent really irritates me. 她故意操那种口音的样子实在令我恼火。
• This excess fungal yeast irritates the scalp, causing overproduction of skin cells. 这过量的真菌酵母刺激皮肤产生了过多的皮肤细胞。