Unit4Lawandorder随着垃圾邮件的泛滥,利用法律来保护网络用户的呼声越来越高了。StopSpam!WhenIfirstgotanemailaccounttenyearsago,Ireceivedcommunicationsonlyfromfamily,friends,andcolleagues.NowitseemsthateverytimeIcheckmyemail,Ihaveanendlessseriesofadvertisementsandothercorrespondencethatdonotinterestmeatall.Ifwewantemailtocontinuetobeuseful,weneedspecificlawsthatmakespamming(发送垃圾邮件)acrime.Iflawmakersdonotdosomethingsoontoprohibitspam,theproblemwillcertainlygetmuchworse.Computerprogramsallowspammerstosendhundredsofmillionsofemailsalmostinstantly.Asmoreandmoreadvertisersturntospamtoselltheirproducts,individual(个人的)emailboxesareoftenfloodedwithspamemails.Wouldpeoplecontinuetouseemailiftheyhadtodealwithanannoyingamountofspameachtime?Thisproblemistroublingforindividualsandcompaniesaswell.Manyspame-mailscontaincomputervirusesthatcanshutdowntheentirenetworkofacompany.Companiesrelyonemailfortheiremployeestocommunicatewitheachother.Spamfrequentlycausesfailuresintheirlocalcommunicationsnetworks,andtheiremployeesarethusunabletocommunicateeffectively.Suchasituationresultsinalossofproductivityandrequirescompaniestorepeatedlyrepairtheirnetworks.Thesecomputerproblemsraiseproductioncostsofcompanies,whichare,intheend,passedontotheconsumer.Forthesereasons,Ibelievethatlawmakersneedtolegislate(立法)againstspam.Spammersshouldbefined,andperhapssenttoprisoniftheycontinuetodisturbpeople.Emailisatoolwhichhelpspeopleallovertheworldtocommunicateconveniently,butspamisdestroyingthisconvenience.[诱思导读]1.Whatdoestheunderlinedword“correspondence”inParagraph1probablymean?2.Accordingtothetext,whatisthemajorcauseofthefloodingspam?【答案】1.Messages.2.Moreadvertisersbegintopromotesalesthroughspam.Ⅰ.词义搭配1.deleteA.tomakeajudgementaboutthenatureorqualityofsb./sth.2.assessB.toremovesth.thathasbeenwrittenorprinted3.ripeC.aroughwrittenversionofsth.thatisnotyetinitsfinalform4.firmD.abusinessorcompany5.leakE.toallowliquidorgastogetinoroutthroughasmallholeorcrack6.suspectF.totrytoreachanagreementbyformaldiscussion7.draftG.fullygrownandreadytobeeaten8.negotiateH.tohaveanideathatsth.isprobablytrueorlikelytohappen,especiallysth.bad,butwithouthavingdefiniteproof【答案】1.B2.A3.G4.D5.E6.H7.C8.FⅡ.短语填空aswell;relateto;intheend;breakinto;keepupwith;referto;prevent...from;inaddition1.Wearegoingtotakepartinthepartytonight,whydon'tyoucome?2.Lungcancerisoftensmoking.3.,heovercameallthedifficultyhemetwith.4.Workharder,andyou'llyourclassmates.5.Hefoundhishousewhenhegothomeyesterday.6.Theheavyrainhimgoingtothecinema.【答案】1.aswell2.relatedto3.Intheend4.catchupwith5.brokeninto6.prevented;fromⅢ.背诵下列教材中出现的句型,体会黑体部分的用法1.Asurveyconductedin2010bytheComputerSecurityInstitute,aprivateorganizationintheUSA,showedthat45.6percentofthe351biggestcompaniesandgovernmentagencieshadhadtheirsecuritysystemsbrokenintointhepreviousyear.一项由美国私人组织“计算机安全协会”在2010年进行的调查表明,351家最大的公司和政府机构中,45.6%的安全系统在前一年遭到入侵。2.Consideringhowbadthesituationwithcybercrimeagainstcompanieshasbecome,manypeoplewonderwhysolittleisknownaboutthis.考虑到针对公司的网络犯罪的情况很恶劣,许多人质疑为什么我们对于这些犯罪知之甚少。3.Theonlyanswertothisproblemisinternationalcooperation.这个问题唯一的答案就是国际合作。Ⅰ.从三个选项中选...