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托福阅读挑战练习：孩子的个人隐私 小马过河为大家准备了“托福阅读挑战练习：孩子的个人隐私”， 供各位备考托福的考生们参考使用，来提高自己的托福成绩！免费咨询电话：400-0123-267 　　Introduction 　　随着社会发展，人们越来越重视对隐私的保护。可以看到指纹扫描运用到生活各个方面来保护我们的隐私，例如保险柜，笔记本电脑等等。但是指纹扫描的运用都可以保护大家的隐私么?中校方所期待的新技术就遭到家长们的反对。。。Vocabulary n.指纹, 手印 vt.采指纹 　　学区 　　扫描器和扫描仪 　　废弃：因为无用而丢掉;抛弃 plan was scrapped注意用法 　　v.不准 　　v.拾落穗, 收集 　　n.受严格统治而失去人性的社会 　　词汇都比较简单，建议泛读 　　Article The lunch lines weren‘t moving fast enough for Linda Stoll, head of food programs at the Boulder Valley, Colo., school district. Because of that, kids had barely enough time to sit and eat before the lunch period was over. So, last year, Stoll began looking for ways to speed up the queue. She discovered that many students, especially kindergarteners, can‘t remember their six-digit ID number, which they‘re required to type into keypads at the end of lunch lines. She then found out that there was technology that would allow a scanner to identify a kid qualified for lunch with the swipe of a finger, moving him or her quickly along. It would help kids who regularly forget their lunch money, and it would potentially remove some of the stigma faced by children who receive special tickets for free or reduced lunch. She proposed the idea, believing it would be the perfect solution. 　　It turned out to be the perfect storm. Dozens of parents raised concerns about privacy. Many mentioned identity theft. Others expressed fear that immigrant children might be unfairly tracked by government. Eventually, Stoll‘s plan was scrapped. 　　Elementary and high school students in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and West Virginia use finger scans to pay for lunch — and even to check into class. But in many other states, the parental outcry about privacy has stopped the technology in its tracks. Michigan and Iowa have passed laws essentially barring schools from taking electronic fingerprints of children. Last month, Illinois enacted a law requiring schools to get parental consent before capturing an image of a child‘s finger. 　　Generally, studen