用法学习: 1. 学生学校宣传极端主义Epping Boys High School pupil 'preached extremism': Principal
Tim O'Brien did not make a statement when approached by reporters
outside the school today, referring all enquiries to 引向 the Department of
Education. NSW Assistant Police Commissioner Mark
Murdoch, who heads up the state's counter-terrorism police, told the
newspaper a student was being investigated over alleged attempts to
"influence students in his school to adopt extremist views". 2. Chayote or choko 佛手瓜(澳叫choko)( coyote [kɔɪˈəuti] a small wild dog that lives in. ) is an edible plant belonging to the gourd family Cucurbitaceae,
along with melons, cucumbers and squash. Chayote is originally native
to Mexico where it grows abundantly and has little commercial value. It
has been introduced as a crop worldwide. The chayote fruit is used in
mostly cooked forms. When cooked, chayote is usually handled like summer
squash, it is generally lightly cooked 清炒, 淡炒 to retain the crisp
flavor. Though rare and often regarded as
especially unpalatable [ʌnˈpælətəb(ə)l] 不可口的(I. unpleasant to think about or accept. The unpalatable truth is that our schools are not good enough. II. unpalatable food tastes unpleasant.) and tough in texture 难嚼的, raw chayote may be added to
salads or salsas, most often marinated with lemon or lime juice.
Whether raw or cooked, chayote is a good source of vitamin C. Although
most people are familiar only with the fruit as being edible, the root,
stem, seeds and leaves are edible as well. The tubers of the plant are
eaten like potatoes and other root vegetables, while the shoots and
leaves are often consumed in salads and stir fries, especially in Asia.
Like other members of the gourd family, such as cucumbers, melons, and
squash, chayote has a sprawling 四处爬 habit, and it should only be planted if
there is plenty of room in the garden. The roots are also highly
susceptible to rot 容易腐烂的, especially in containers, and the plant in general
is finicky to grow. However, in Australia and New Zealand, it is an
easily grown yard or garden plant, set on a chicken wire support or
strung 缠绕 against a fence. In Australia, where it is called choko, a
persistent urban legend is that McDonald's apple pies were made of
chayotes, not apples. This eventually led McDonald's to emphasise
the fact that real apples are used in their pies. This legend was based
on an earlier belief that tinned pears were often disguised chayotes. A
possible explanation for the rumor is that there are a number of recipes
in Australia that advise chayotes can be used in part replacement of
canned apples to make the fruit go farther in making apple pies. 3. 网红恋人: Hashtag-crossed lovers Carter Reynolds and Maggie Lindemann struggle with social media that made them celebs. Two days ago, Carter Reynolds announced: "I'm going to take a break from social media for a while to get myself back together." A break sounded sensible. Social media appeared to have made, and then broken, Reynolds, a 19-year-old singer from the US. Social
media had allowed him to gain 4.3 million followers on the video
platform Vine and a few million more on Instagram. His ex-girlfriend,
Maggie Lindemann, 17, of Texas, had 1 million Instagram followers of her
own. In December, Lindemann moved on. Then, in June, a video emerged that appeared to show Reynolds pestering 催促 a drunk Lindemann to perform oral sex on him. Maggie Lindemann was allegedly pressured by her ex-boyfriend to have sex. Reynolds
said the video, filmed while the pair were still a couple, had been
stolen from his iCloud account by hackers. He sought to downplay the
controversy. "Some of you guys have such a HUGE
misunderstanding," he wrote on Twitter. "First of all, Maggie and I were
dating at the time ... it's not like she was a random girl or a fan.
Couples do stuff like that all the time ... and no I'm not saying it's
the right thing to do but it's the truth." He
apologised and defended himself in a long chain of Twitter messages,
swearing he would never force anyone to do anything. Many online found
him disingenuous([ˌdɪsɪnˈdʒenjuəs] 不诚实的. 不讲实话的. not really honest or sincere, and only pretending to be.), more interested in blaming the hackers than taking
responsibility for his own actions. Team Maggie and Team Carter formed分成两队, 两个阵营. The celebrities and their tribes blamed and recriminated( recriminate 指责 To accuse in return, state an accusation in return. Tom said Harry had lied, and Harry recriminated by saying Tom had manipulated him. ). This
week, Reynolds threatened to take his life, then apologised to his fans
for scaring them, declaring: "suicide is NEVER the answer". Reynolds had previously accused Lindemann of performing oral sex on another social media celebrity, Hayes Grier. "The
only comeback people have for me is 'Go suck Hayes dick bitch' like wow
how original!!" Lindemann tweeted on Thursday. She described in a
message captioned "take ur meds 记得吃药, 别忘了吃药(medicines; medications. I think my son needs his meds increased.) kids" that she was bipolar and had been
admitted to hospital. But she reassured her fans she was OK. "U may hate me but I love me." Meanwhile, it appeared Reynolds' social media break was over after two days. "I'm back," he announced on Thursday. "The past is in the past." Reynolds
revealed he, too, had been to hospital "to make sure everything was
okay", that he was okay, and that, while the "Maggie stuff" would still
bother him, he now knew there was more to life than "girls, social
media, money, fame, and caring what people think about you". Reynolds' mood appeared to have lifted. "Retweet if you think I should start wearing snapbacks ( Snapback (British English: flat peak), called "flat cap" in some areas, is an urban slang term for an adjustable flat brim baseball cap. All other design elements are identical to modern, fitted, flat-billed caps as worn by professional baseball players. Snapbacks are less expensive than fitted baseball caps, and have become increasingly trendy in young urban fashion. Although trucker hats and other types of adjustable baseball caps may be sold with pre-bent brims, usually with a mesh back section, these are not typically called "snapbacks" in urban slang. The brim is often left unbent in popular culture. Youth culture and hip hop fashion popularised the hat, although it is now popular among many groups and ages. brim I. 帽檐. the part of a hat that sticks out from the base. II. the top edge of a cup or bowl. She lifted her cup and looked at us over the brim. brim over I. to be too full, so that something is falling out. brim over with: a bowl brimming over with soup. II. to be full of a strong emotion. Their eyes met, and his heart brimmed over. brim over with: I was brimming over with excitement. filled/full to the brim completely full. Velcroback: The velcroback is the identical counterpart to a classic snapback with the exception of a velcro back. StrapBack: The strapback hat is also identical to a snapback hat, the only difference being it is fitted with a belt-like strap on the back-side of the cap. This form of the hat has become fairly common in recent years. Five Panel: A Five Panel can have a strap fasten, velcro, or buckle at the back. Instead of consisting of six stitched panels, they are only made of five larger panels, giving it a more "boxed" look. The design of this hat is very similar to a trucker hat.) again," he suggested. Eleven thousand people thought he should. 4. sweet eater 爱吃甜食的人. sweet tooth someone who likes eating sweet things and finds them hard to resist. The croissant-muffin combo already has a huge following of sweet tooths(可以用复数表示多人) over the pond in San Francisco, and now it's coming to London. He eats a healthy diet most of the time, but has a sweet tooth ((idiomatic, only in singular) ) when it comes to candy. bandy around/about 提到, 提及 to mention something a lot, usually without thinking much about what you are saying. to mention something often, without considering it carefully: Large figures were bandied around, but no money was ever paid. I don't want people bandying my name about in public. 关于沙漠中的麦当劳标记: "I can assure you it is nothing to do with us. The font and the style used on the sign is not consistent with our branding and it serves us no purpose 没有任何好处, 不知道目的何在(Serve a (useful) purpose to be useful in accomplishing some purpose. This large book should serve a useful purpose. We can use it for a doorstop. serve one's /the purpose. Be useful, meet the needs or requirements, satisfy, as in I don't know why they've added all this information but it probably serves a purpose有用的. 有什么用的, or It often serves his purpose to be vague, or We don't have a spading fork but this shovel should serve the purpose满足需要.)." 5. 关于希特勒: There's a lot of sympathy for the Germans, feeling they'd be hard done 不公平对待(feel hard done by someone) ( be/feel hard done by used, cheated, dejected. King should feel a bit hard done by after being replaced in the team. to be treated in an unfair way, or feel that you have been treated in an unfair way. ) by the Treaty of Versailles and a belief that if you appeased 平息怒气 Hitler, if you gave him what he wanted, then you'd stop him and he'd declare himself satisfied. Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany by the President of the Weimar Republic Paul von Hindenburg on 30 January 1933. The Nazi Party then began to eliminate all political opposition 排除异己 and consolidate its power巩固势力. Hindenburg died on 2 August 1934, and Hitler became dictator of Germany by merging the powers and offices of the Chancellery and Presidency. A national referendum held 19 August 1934 confirmed Hitler as sole Führer(leader) of Germany. All power was centralised 集权化 in Hitler's hands, and his word became above all laws 凌驾于法律之上. The government was not a coordinated, co-operating body, but a collection of factions 各种派系 struggling for power 争权夺利 and Hitler's favour争宠. In the midst of the Great Depression, the Nazis restored economic stability and ended mass unemployment using heavy military spending and a mixed economy. Extensive public works were undertaken, including the construction of Autobahns(high speed highways). The return to economic stability boosted the regime's popularity. Millions of Jews and others deemed undesirable were persecuted 残害 and murdered in the Holocaust. Opposition to Hitler's rule was ruthlessly suppressed 无情打倒. Members of the liberal, socialist, and communist opposition were killed, imprisoned, or exiled. The Christian churches were also oppressed 压迫, 镇压, with many leaders imprisoned. 6. let/blow off steam 发泄怒气 to do or say something that helps you to get rid of strong feelings or energy: He lifts weights after work to let off steam. Ross: I'm so glad you're going on this trip! Elizabeth: Yeah! I've been working so hard this semester. I really need to go crazy y'know, blow off some steam. Ross: Sure. Sure. Look I don't, I don't know if your plans are finalized yet 计划已经定了, 定局了, but umm, hey I know another great way to blow off steam. Elizabeth: What? Ross: Are you into crafts at all? Elizabeth: Ross, are you okay? Ross: Well, yeah, of-of course I'm okay! What? I'm just being supportive. Supportive of you and this whole trip, and (notices something) what-what is uh, what's this? (He holds up a rather skimpy bathing suit.) Elizabeth: It's a bathing suit? Ross: To wear in front of people? Elizabeth: Is that supportive? Ross: Is this?! Friends: Ross: Hey! I just got uh, my teacher evaluations 教师评估! Check out what this one student wrote, "I loved Dr. Geller's class. Mind blowing lectures! Dr. Geller, you are definitely the hottie of the paleontology department!" Chandler: Ahh, Hotties of the Paleontology Department, there's a big selling calendar, eh? Rachel: Who wrote it? Ross: Oh, I wish I knew, but the evaluations are all anonymous. Joey: Oh hey, do you still have their final exams? Ross: Yeah. Joey: Oh, 'cause you can just match the evaluation to the exam with the same handwriting and boom, there's your admirer. (Ross is stunned.) Chandler: A hot girl's at stake and all of the sudden he's Rain Man. Rachel: Okay, wait a minute, wait a minute, why are we so sure that this is a girl? Ross: It's a girl! Anyway, it wou—it wouldn't matter. Okay? Because I'm a teacher and she's a student. Chandler: Oh, is that against the rules? Ross: No, but it is frowned upon 被鄙视, 被说三道四, 被当作谈资. Chandler: I see. Ross: Besides, there's a big age difference. Joey: Oh, well think of it like this这么想, 你得这么想, 你可以这么想, when you're 90… Ross: I know when I'm 90 she'll be like 80 and it won't seem like such a big difference. Joey: No that's not what I was going to say at all. No, what I was going to say is when you're 90 you'll still have the memory of what it was like to be with a 20-year-old. Monica: So it's okay to date a student. Ross: Well, not really. I mean technically it's-it's not against the rules or anything, but it is frowned upon. Especially by that professor we ran into last night, Judgey von Holierthanthou. Monica: Well Ross, you be careful now. You don't want to get a reputation as y'know Professor McNailshisstudents. Ross: Yeah. What-what should I do? Joey: Well Ross, it seems pretty clear这还不明摆着呢吗. I mean what's more important? What people think or how you feel, huh? Ross, you gotta follow your heart. Monica: Joey that is so sweet. 7. disconcerting 令人不安的; 令人困惑的; 令人尴尬的. If you say that something is disconcerting, you mean that it makes you feel anxious, confused, or embarrassed. making you feel worried, confused, or surprised. a disconcerting habit/tendency. The reception desk is not at street level, which is a little disconcerting. She looks disconcertingly like a familiar aunt or grandmother. Taylor Swift道歉: The 25-year-old admitted she was in the wrong and had spoken out of turn( talk out of turn 乱说话, 乱发言 To make a remark or provide information when it is inappropriate or indiscreet to do so, or when one does not have permission or the authority to do so. tell tales out of school 背后乱说, 说三道四 (idiomatic) To reveal confidential or sensitive information; to gossip. ), tweeting on Thursday: 'I thought I was being called out 点名批评. I missed the point, I misunderstood, then misspoke. I'm sorry, Nicki.' And the rapper graciously accepted the apology, replying: 'That means so much Taylor, thank you.' segway I. A scooter like device which is self stabilising. Failed due to high cost. Is that a Segway? How can you afford that thing? II. 真会岔开话题. To change the direction of a conversation. A non-sequitor. To seamlessly transition from one part of a conversation to the next as if you were riding on a "Segway" scooter between the two points. The speaker finished talking about his 2nd Impress slide, rode a Segway scooter to the opposite end of the stage, and then began his segway into the 3rd Impress slide. What a segway? "So have you heard about mom? She's sick" "Oh, my friend is sick to. That sucks" "Nice segway there". brain-dead I. medical someone who is brain-dead has suffered brain death. II. informal extremely stupid or careless. Having no useful thoughts; stupid; ditzy. walking mess. there's no rest for the wicked said when you must continue with your work or other activity although you are very tired. (humorous) People who are wicked must work harder than normal people. Usage notes: Primarily used today for mild comic effect, meaning "one must work (particularly because one has been lax)", as in Annie usage. like a leech 吸血虫, 水蛭, 蚂蝗 Very closely and persistently:you've been clinging to me like a leech all these months. stick like a barnacle ( a sea creature that sticks firmly to rocks and to the bottoms of ships ) = cling like ivy 藤缠树一样 = hold on like a bulldog = hold fast 抱住不撒手. 紧紧吸住. 像吸盘一样.
Sydney, you're boring: quit talking about property prices悉尼买房之痛: A wise, older friend recently pulled me up(cause someone to stop or pause; check someone. "the shock of his words pulled her up short". to tell someone that they have done something wrong: She's always pulling me up for/over my bad spelling. pull up short 急停, 骤停, 急刹车 to stop suddenly in a vehicle: A dog suddenly ran across the road and I had to pull up short. pull sb up short 突然叫住, 叫停 to surprise someone, often so that that person stops what they are doing: Seeing her picture in the paper pulled me up short. ) as I launched into another lunchtime tirade [taɪˈreɪd] about Sydney property prices and how I'll never afford to buy. "I'm disappointed to think that someone I like so much could be so materialistic,"
he told me. It's called living in Sydney, I thought. "All you can do is
work hard, save as much as you can and eventually you'll be able to
buy, although perhaps not in your favourite location. Now, let's talk about something more interesting." Easy for you, I thought, as he owns his home. But sage ( [seɪdʒ] I. [uncountable] a plant used to flavour food. Sage is a herb. II. [countable] literary someone who is wise and shows good judgment. adj. 睿智的. wise and showing good judgment. a sage decision. ) advice for the legion of young – and some not-so young – people out there trapped between fear of missing out on future windfall gains and fear of overleveraging into ( overleveraged (of a company) having taken on too much debt. To leverage excessively. The company was severely overleveraged. leverage I. 杠杆原理A force compounded by means of a lever rotating around a pivot; see torque. A crowbar uses leverage to pry nails out of wood. II. By extension, any influence which is compounded or used to gain an advantage. Try using competitors' prices for leverage in the negotiation. III (finance) The use of borrowed funds with a contractually determined return to increase the ability of a business to invest and earn an expected higher return, but usually at high risk. Leverage is great until something goes wrong with your investments and you still have to pay your debts. IV. (business) The ability to earn very high returns when operating at high capacity utilization of a facility. Their variable-cost-reducing investments have dramatically increased their leverage. leverage (transitive, chiefly US, slang, business) To use; to exploit; to take full advantage (of something). They plan to leverage the publicity into a good distribution agreement. They plan to leverage off the publicity to get a good distribution agreement. ) an overheated market. As
Sydneysiders celebrate the ignominious (ignominious [ˌɪɡnəˈmɪniəs] 让人自叹弗如的, 自叹不如的, 让人心灰意冷的 very embarrassing, especially because of making you seem very unsuccessful or unimportant. an ignominious defeat.) milestone of median house prices
popping the million-dollar mark, it's time to step back, take a deep
breath, and see sky-high property prices for what they are: a product of
a deep, grasping materialism that is making some of us rich but most of
us miserable. Sure, surging prices are driven by a
range of factors: inherent difficulties in land supply 土地供应 in spatially
constrained 空间受限的 urban centres, excessive push-back ( push back 推后, 延迟 I. to arrange a later time for something. The deadline has been pushed back two weeks. push something back to/until something: Can I push back our meeting to 27 May? II. push back the limits/frontiers to discover new things about something or a better way of doing it. We're pushing back the frontiers of technology. push someone/something to the back of your mind; push someone/something from your mind to avoid thinking about someone or something. He pushed her completely from his mind 赶出脑海. Lucy pushed the idea firmly to the back of her mind抛诸脑后.) against new developments
by "NIMBY" homeowners and the incompetence and lack of foresight by
state governments to redevelop brown-fill lands ( Brownfield is a term used in urban planning to describe land previously used for industrial purposes or some commercial uses. Such land may have been contaminated with hazardous waste or pollution or is feared to be so. Once cleaned up, such an area can become host to a business development such as a retail park. Land that is more severely contaminated and has high concentrations of hazardous waste or pollution, such as a Superfund site, does not fall under the brownfield classification. Mothballed brownfields are properties that the owners are not willing to transfer or put to productive reuse.) and implement
functioning public transport systems spring to mind. We
can also point the finger at 指责 generous tax breaks ( tax break 避税项目, 避税购买 noun informal a tax concession or advantage allowed by a government. Tax break is a term referring to any item which avoids taxes, including any tax exemption, tax deduction, or tax credit. It is also used in the United States to refer to favorable tax treatment of any class of persons.) for property
investment, which grant tax-free windfall gains to homeowners and full
deductibility of losses and other tax breaks for investors. In
our increasing despair, we can even start blaming foreigners buying
property, even though the numbers remain puny ( a puny person or animal is small, thin, and weak. puny poor in quality or amount, and not very effective or impressive. their puny efforts to stop the flooding. ) compared to the property
feeding frenzy ( In ecology, a feeding frenzy occurs when predators are overwhelmed by the amount of prey available. For example, a large school of fish can cause nearby sharks, such as the lemon shark, to enter into a feeding frenzy. ) of domestic investors. But it's time to look deeper, to our own consciousness, to discover what is truly driving Sydney's property obsession. It's
time to admit there's an ugly materialism to Sydney's property
obsession that is both compounded by and driving rising prices. Since
when did the basic human need for shelter transform into the grasping
desire ( grasping 贪得无厌的, 永远都不够的 only interested in getting as much money as possible. ) for a two-storey mansion with butlers' pantry and outdoor
kitchen/entertainment area? It's a materialistic merry-go-round that imposes costs on both frustrated would-be buyers and homeowners alike. There is a huge opportunity cost to the money we are spending on housing – what you could otherwise be doing. For
frustrated renters, there's the lost weekends of fruitless searching.
There's the holidays foregone ( foregone conclusion 未卜先知的, 显而易见的 a result that you can be certain about before it happens. Once again, a defeat for the Conservatives looked like a foregone conclusion. forgo to decide not to do or not to have something. The board members have decided to forgo any salary increase. To do without, to abandon. The only way to avoid shame is to forgo acting shamefully. ), the meals out not enjoyed, the constant
stress and worry about saving that deposit. For those who manage to get a leg on the property ladder, there come the new stresses of super-sized mortgages. There's
the time not spent with children because you're working harder to keep
up with payments. There's the extra commuting time because you had to
buy further out from your work. There's the pressure on relationships of money stress. What sort of society are we creating? A richer, but more anxious one. And, in Sydney, a more divided one. Increasingly,
younger buyers are being pushed out of inner areas. Inner Sydney is
becoming an exclusive club that only the rich, or the sons and daughters
of the rich, can afford. It marks a return to a kind
of landed gentry(Landed gentry [ˈdʒentri] 地主 is a largely historical privileged British social class, consisting of land owners who could live entirely off rental income. Often they worked only in an administrative capacity, in the management of their own lands, or in such professions as politics and the armed forces.), where the circumstances of your birth determine your
future wealth, not ingenuity or the sweat of your brow ( by the sweat of one's brow 辛苦努力, 挥汗如雨 Fig. by one's efforts; by one's hard work. Tom raised these vegetables by the sweat of his brow. Sally polished the car by the sweat of her brow.). Such
inequality can breed 滋生 an ugly sort of envy. It certainly does little to
foster social cohesion社会凝聚力. And our social bonds are at breaking point. What is it within ourselves that just wants to build these mansions and retreat into ourselves? And
once we get there, we get even more inward looking – protect your own,
don't take risks, think only of the mortgage and how to get ahead. What
other nation could remain glued to TV screens for more than two hours
to watch the grand finale of a home renovations program? Our orgiastic ([ˌɔrdʒiˈæstɪk] orgy )
consumption of property reality TV shows is troubling indeed. We
work harder to keep up with the Joneses, build our mansions, in which
we hide watching TV shows about other people's mansions. We obsess about property at the breakfast table, the lunch table and the dining table. Inside, we are envious and grasping. We are boring. Our
obsession with building mini-castles behind picket fences has turned us
into a vacuous ( [ˈvækjuəs] 低能的, 愚蠢的 completely lacking in intelligence or serious thought. a vacuous TV game show. vacuous minor celebrities. ) and inward-looking 自我的 society. Or perhaps we always were? So, as homeowners pop the corks( pop one's cork I. Fig. to suddenly become mentally disturbed; to go crazy. I was so upset that I nearly popped my cork. They put him away because he popped his cork. II. Fig. to become very angry. My mother popped her cork when she heard about my low grades. Calm down! Don't pop your cork. ), some words of advice for my fellow renters. Take a deep breath, work hard and save as much as you can. Now, let's talk about something more interesting.
Car-makers' rush 一窝蜂似的 to add wireless features has left cars open to hackers: The complaints that flooded into Texas Auto Center that maddening, mystifying week were all pretty much the same: Customers' cars had gone haywire. Horns started honking in the middle of the night, angering neighbours, waking babies. Then when morning finally came, the cars refused to start. The staff suspected malfunctions in a new internet device, installed behind dashboards of second-hand cars, that allowed the dealership to remind customers of overdue payments by taking remote control of 遥控 some vehicle functions. But a check of the dealership's computers suggested something more sinister at work: Texas Auto Center had been hacked. In addition to blaring horns and disabling starters, someone had replaced listings of Dodges and Chevrolets with names of top-of-the-line sports cars. The owners of these vehicles, meanwhile, now appeared to be an odd mix of rappers and fictional characters. Modern cars are connected in many different ways, from smartphone integration to wireless tire pressure monitors. "Mickey Mouse was driving a Lamborghini," recalled Martin Garcia, general manager of the dealership. "We pretty much figured out within a matter of minutes that we had a problem." Police later reported more than 100 victims and charged a former dealership employee with computer crimes. Five years later, this incident remains noteworthy because of what has followed: An increasingly vast array of machines — from prison doors to airplane engines to heart defibrillators — have joined what is commonly called the internet of things(The Internet of Things 联网的 (IoT, sometimes Internet of Everything) is the network of physical objects or "things" embedded with electronics, software, sensors, and connectivity to enable objects to exchange data with the manufacturer, operator and/or other connected devices based on the infrastructure of International Telecommunication Union's Global Standards Initiative. The Internet of Things allows objects to be sensed and controlled remotely across existing network infrastructure, creating opportunities for more direct integration between the physical world and computer-based systems, and resulting in improved efficiency, accuracy and economic benefit. Each thing is uniquely identifiable through its embedded computing system but is able to interoperate within the existing Internet infrastructure. Experts estimate that the IoT will consist of almost 50 billion objects by 2020. The term "Internet of Things" was coined by British entrepreneur Kevin Ashton in 1999. Typically, IoT is expected to offer advanced connectivity of devices, systems, and services that goes beyond machine-to-machine communications (M2M) and covers a variety of protocols, domains, and applications. The interconnection of these embedded devices (including smart objects), is expected to usher in automation in nearly all fields, while also enabling advanced applications like a Smart Grid, and expanding to the areas such as Smart city. ), meaning they are wired into our borderless, lawless, insecure online world. Widespread hacks on cars and other connected devices are destined to come, experts say, as they already have to nearly everything else online. It's just a question of when the right hacking skills end up in the hands of 落在...手里 people with the sufficient motives. A slide from Harman International Industries, which was presented at a recent investor meeting, details some of the most common potential threats. The inherent insecurity of the internet itself — an ungoverned global network running on technology created several decades ago, long before the terms "hackers" or "cybersecurity" took on their current meanings — makes it difficult to add effective safety measures now. Yesterday's flaws, experts say, are being built directly into tomorrow's connected world.
