北京大学版博士生综合英语词汇教案unit5
北京大学版 博士生综合英语 Unit 5
Unit Five
Text: Crime in Cyberspace
I Words and Phras:
1. cyberspace: all the connections between computers in
different places, considered as a real place where information, messages, pictures etc exist
---Students are discovering the endless amount of information in cyberspace.
耳针 ---A hostile nation has attacked with the silent and invisible weapons of cyberspace.
---Computers can construct and manipulate areas and objects in cyberspace, too, but they
do so mostly under human guidance.
---Exponentially reproducing pornographic images are populating cyberspace.
---Something similar may happen soon in the new frontier of cyberspace.
安全中心怎么关闭 cyber: n [sing v] science of communication and control,
esp concerned with comparing human and animal brains with machines and electronic devices 控制论〔对信息传递和控制的研究, 尤涉及人及动物大脑与机器及电子装置的差异〕
2. trite: adj (of a phra, an opinion, etc) not new or original,
becau often ud; hackneyed; commonplace 〔指词语/意见等〕陈腐的, 老一套的, 平淡无奇的. ---Her remarks sounded trite and ill-informed.
--- I know it might sound like a trite remark, but
mothers usually know best.
---The movie's dialogue is trite and uninspired.
---I know it sounds trite, but you're so lucky to have
your son.
自制冷饮 3. vulnerable: adj ~ to sth/sb 1 that can be hurt, wounded or
injured 能受伤害的: Young birds are very vulnerable to predators. 幼小的鸟易受食肉动物伤害. | Cyclists are more vulnerable than motorists. 骑自行车的人比开汽车的人容易受伤. | (fig 比喻) His wife's death left him feeling vulnerable and depresd. 他妻子去世后他感到六神无主十分消沉. 2 (fig 比喻) expod to danger or attack; unprotected 暴露于危险面前的; 易受攻击的; 无防御的: vulnerable to abu, blackmail, criticism 易受凌辱、 敲诈、 批评 | a vulnerable point in NATO's defences 北大西洋公约组织防御中的薄弱之处 | The election defeat puts the party leader in a vulnerable position. 该党落选后其领导人的地位岌岌可危.
---Children are most vulnerable to abu within their
own home.
---Ground floor windows are particularly vulnerable
and cure locks should be fitted.
---The virus leaves sufferers vulnerable to a range of
infections.
---Wild animals are at their most vulnerable when
they are asleep.
4. harness: v 1 ~ sth to sth put a harness on (a hor, etc);
attach (a hor, etc) by a harness 给〔马等〕上挽具;
1
套〔马等〕: harness a hor to a wagon 把马套到四轮马车上. 2 control and u (a natural force) to produce electrical power, etc 控制及利用〔自然界的力量〕以产生电能等: harness a river, a waterfall, the sun's rays as a source of energy 利用河水、 瀑布、 太阳光作为能源.
跪下腰 ---We can harness the power of the wind to generate
electricity.
---The Missouri River is harnesd for hydroelectric
power.
5. transcend: v (fml) 1 [Tn] be or go beyond the range of
(human experience, belief, powers of description, etc) 超出或超越〔经验、 信念、描写能力等〕的范围: Such matters transcend man's knowledge. 这些问题人类是无法了解的. 2 ~ sb/sth (in sth) be much better or greater than sb/sth; surpass 优于或胜过某人/某事物: She far transcends the others in beauty and intelligence. 她才貌出众.
---The desire for peace transcended political
differences. 摩羯男天蝎女
---The beauty of her songs transcend words and
language.
以点带面 transcendent: adj [通常作定语] (文, 褒) extremely great;
supreme 卓越的; 至高无上的: a writer of transcendent genius 杰出的天才作家. ---The Olympics are a transcendent event.
transcendental: adj [通常作定语] going beyond the
limits of human knowledge, experience or reason, esp in a mystical or religious way 超出人类知识、 经验或理性的〔尤指有神秘或宗教色彩的〕; 玄奥的; 先验的:
---Gazing at that majestic painting was for me an almost transcendental experience. 我
凝视着那幅气势磅磅礴的画, 一种堪称超凡的感受油然而生. Cf 参看 empirical: adj (of knowledge) bad on obrvation or experiment, not on theory 〔指知识〕以观察或实验为根据的〔非理论的〕.
6. furtherance: the act or process of helping something
progress or be done
---Staff are encouraged to u information resources
park in furtherance of their own professional interests. ---What steps will you take in furtherance of that 脚底长水泡怎么办
resolution?
7. pornography: porn n [U] (a) describing or showing
xual acts in order to cau xual excitement 色情描绘; 色情表演. (b) books, films, etc that do this 色情作品〔书刊、 影片等〕: the trade in pornography 色情作品的交易.
---It is now clear that there is a link between
pornography and x crimes.
8. encryption:
encrypt: to protect information by putting it into a special
code that only some people can read, especially information that is on a computer
---Its other function is to take over your hard disc and
encrypt all the file directories, rendering the disc
