whatsapp outdated（）

「whatsapp outdated（）」是很多朋友的共同疑问。这篇内容从实战角度出发，给出可落地的解决思路。

层次与结构：弟一段，尤其弟一句话，描写了一个社会现象，亦为本文研究主题-电信诈骗

The problem of robocalls has gotten so bad that many people now refuse to pick up calls from numbers they don’t know. By next year, half of the calls we receive will be scams. We are finally waking up to the severity of the problem by supporting and developing a group of tools, apps and approaches intended to prevent scammers from getting through. Unfortunately, it’s too little, too late. By the time these ＂solutions"become widelyavailable, scammers will have moved onto cleverer means. In the near future, it’s not just going to be the number you see on your screen that will be in doubt. Soon you will also question whether the voice you’re hearing is actually real.

机器人电话的问题已经变得如此严重，以至于许多人现在拒绝接听他们不知道号码的电话。到明年,我们收到的电话诈骗的一半。我们终于意识到问题的严重性了，我们支持并开发了一组工具、应用程序和方法来防止骗子通过。不幸的是，它太少了，太迟了。当这些“解决方案”广泛使用的时候，,骗子会转移到更聪明的手段上。在不久的将来，你将会怀疑你在屏幕上看到的数字。很快你也会怀疑你听到的声音是不是真的。

层次与结构：进一步描写本文主旨的细节

That’s because there are a number of powerful voice manipulation and automation technologies that are about to become widely available for anyone to use. At this year’s I/O Conference, a company showed a new voice technology able to produce such a convincing human-sounding voice that it was able to speak to a receptionist and book a reservation without detection.

这是因为有很多强有力的声音处理,和自动化技术,这个技术可以被任何人大规模的使用。在今年的I/O大会上，一家公司展示了一种新的语音技术，这种技术能够发出如此令人信服的人声，以至于它能够在不被察觉的情况下与接待员通话并预订房间。

层次与结构：提出该问题的解决方法

These developments are likely to make our current problems with robocalls much worse. The reason that robocalls are a headache has less to do with amount than precision.A decade of data breachesof personal information has led to a situation where scammers can easily learn your mother’s name, and far more. Armed with this knowledge, they’re able to carry out individually targeted campaigns to cheat people. This means, for example, that a scammer could call you from what looks to be a familiar number and talk to you using a voice that sounds exactly like your bank teller’s, tricking you into "confirming" your address, mother’s name, and card number. Scammers follow money, so companies will be the worst hit. A lot of business is still done over the phone, and much of it is based on trust and existing relationships. Voice manipulation technologies may weaken that gradually.

这些发展可能会使我们目前的机器人电话问题更加严重。机器人电话之所以让人头疼，与数量无关，而与准确性有关。十年的数据泄露了个人信息情况，骗子很容易了解你母亲的名字,甚至其它更多的信息。有了这方面的知识，他们就能够开展针对个人的活动来欺骗人们。这意味着，例如，一个骗子可能从一个看起来很熟悉的号码打电话给你，用一个听起来和你的音行出纳员的声音说话，欺骗你“确认”你的地址、母亲的名字和卡号。骗子跟踪资金，所以公司将受到蕞严重的打击。许多业务仍然是通过电话完成的，其中许多是基于信任和现有的关系。语音操纵技术可能会逐渐削弱这一点。

层次与结构：描写作者对于该问题解决方案的态度-不那么乐观

We need to deal with the insecure nature of our telecom networks. Phone carriers and consumers need to work together to findways of determining and communicating what is real. That might mean either developing a uniform way to mark videos and images, showing when and who they were made by, or abandoning phone calls altogether and moving towards data-based communications — using apps like FaceTime or WhatsApp, which can be tied to your identity.

Credibility is hard to earn but easy to lose, and the problem is only going to get harder from here on out.

我们需要解决电信网络的不安全问题。电话运营商和消费者需要共同努力，找到确定和沟通什么是真实的方法。这可能意味着要么开发一种统一的方式来标记视频和图像，显示视频和图像是何时、由谁制作的，要么完全放弃电话，转向基于数据的通信——使用FaceTime或WhatsApp，后者可以与你的身份绑定。

信誉很难建立，但很容易失去，而且从现在开始，问题只会越来越难。

38. How does the author feel about the solutions to problem of robocalls?

A. Panicked. B. Confused. C. Embarrassed. D. Disappointed.

panic/pænɪk/ n. 恐慌，惊慌；大恐慌adj. 恐慌的；没有理由的

panicked v. 使恐慌

解析：该题答案来自：By the time these ＂solutions"become widelyavailable, scammers will have moved onto cleverer means.

A. aim at victims precisely B. damage databases easily

C. start campaigns rapidly D. spread information widely

解析：该题答案来自：A decade of data breachesof personal information has led to a situation where scammers can easily learn your mother’s name, and far more. Armed with this knowledge, they’re able to carry out individually targeted campaigns to cheat people.

40. What does the passage imply?

A. Honesty is the best policy.

B. Technologies can be double-edged.

edge/edʒ/n. 边缘；优势；锋利vt. 使锐利；给…加上边vi. 缓缓移动；侧着移动double-edged/ˌdʌblˈedʒd/adj. 双面的；对双方皆不利的；有双重目的的

C. There are more solutions than problems.

D. Credibility holds the key to development.

解析：该题的错误选项易排除-明显偏离了后半段的内容，所以很容易答对

41. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A. Where the Problem of Robocalls Is Rooted

B. Who Is to Blame for the Problem of Robocalls

C. Why Robocalls Are About to Get More Dangerous

D. How Robocalls Are Affecting the World of Technology

解析：蕞后一题或者考察主旨或者考察蕞后一二段的细节；错误选项往往偏离主旨，易排除

词汇归类学习：

address/ə'dres/

n.地址，演讲，致辞，说话的技巧，称呼vt.演说，从事，忙于，写姓名地址，向……致敬，和……说话

含有“地址”、“演讲”等多种释义，从词源构成来学习。

address由ad+dress组成，其中的前缀ad等于to

注：a+辅音字母的前缀，例如ap,ad,as等，有两个含义：1，表“加强”；2，表“方向”、“去”

dress来自拉丁语directus，等于单词direct，所以address的字面意思就是“to direct”的意思。

address表示“将信件引导至某处”，即在信封上写上投递地址，后演变为名词，表示“地址”。

address表示“将精力或注意力引导至某件事”，即“致力于”的意思；

address表示演讲，因为演讲其实就是将自己的意见引导至观众头脑中， address指的是正式的、精心准备好的演讲。

结构分析：

address = ad+dress→引导精力向→从事、忙于；引导言语→向…致辞、与…说话、称呼→演讲、致辞；引导邮件→在信封上写姓名地址→地址

同源词：

direct指导

dress 穿衣

词根ferry 表示“带来/拿来”

ferry/ˈferi/ n.渡船；摆渡；渡口vt.用渡船运送/度过；空运vi. 摆渡；来往行驶

fertility/fɜː'tɪlɪti/ n.肥沃，丰饶

fertilizer/ˈfɜːtəlaɪzə/ n.肥料；受精媒介物；促进发展者;

infer /ɪn'fɜː/ vt/vi.推断

refer /rɪ'fɜː/ vt/vi.涉及，提到，参考 reference

suffer/ˈsʌfə/ vt.遭受；忍受；经历vi. 遭受，忍受；受痛苦；经验；受损害

confer/kənˈfɜː/ vt.授予；给予vi. 协商

conference /'kɒnfə rəns/ n.会议，协商

strong weak threat sharp

strength weaken threaten sharpen

strengthen

词根gress 表“行走”

congress/ˈkɒŋɡres/ n.国会；代表大会；会议；社交

progress/ˈprəʊɡres/ n.进步，发展；前进vi. 前进，进步；进行

make progress

ingress/ˈɪnɡres/ n.进入；入口；准许进入；入境

aggress /ə'ɡres/ vt/vi.攻击，挑衅； a+辅音字母的前缀表示“加强、强调”

aggressive/əˈɡresɪv/ adj.侵略性的；好斗的；有进取心的；有闯劲的

grade/ɡreɪd/ n.年级；等级；成绩；级别；阶段vt. 评分；把…分等级vi. 分等级；逐渐变化

degrade/dɪˈɡreɪd/ vt/vi. 贬低；降级/解

upgrade/ˈʌpɡreɪd/ v.升级；改善；n. 升级；增加adj. 往上的adv. 往上

graduate/ɡrædʒuət/ n. 大学毕业生；

v. 获得学位，毕业；授予学位；逐渐发展/改变

adj. 研究生的；毕业的

graduation 毕业，刻度，分等级

gradually 逐渐地 gradualism按部就班主义，渐进主义

degree/dɪˈɡriː/n. 程度，等级；度；学位；阶层 degreeless

undergraduate/ˌʌndərˈɡrædʒuət/ n.大学本科生；大学肄业生adj. 大学本科生的

avail /əˈveɪl/ n. 效用

availability 实用性

available / əˈveɪləbəl/ adj. 可用的；可获得的

Tickets are available from the box office. 售票处有票出售。