全新版大学英语听说教程第六册课堂部分听力练习原文.doc

Unit 1 Facts and Opinions1. The Internet is the fastest, most modern and best communication tool ever invented. However, the Internet also makes it possible for a person to damage or slow thousands of computers that are linked to it.2. Computer networks, that is, multiple computers linked together, are particularly vulnerable to computer crimes and computer viruses.3. A computer virus is similar to a biological virus. It is not a complete program, and it cant run on its own, so it is attached to another program or document.4. Computer viruses are self-replicating computer programs that interfere with a computers functions. They cause the infected computers to disclose important information or result in data loss.5. Worms are harmful computer programs that are similar to viruses. A worm only makes copies of itself, but it can take up computer memory and slow the computers processes.6. About 63,000 viruses have rolled through the Internet, causing an estimated $65 billion in damage.7. In August 2003, the MSBlaster worm attacked more than 330,000 PCs worldwide in a single day, causing the infected machines to shut down temporarily. Some experts viewed this as a sign of terrorist strike.8. In the US alone, the Code Red worm in 2001 caused an estimated $2 billion in damage and cleanup costs.9. Several computer viruses have caused chaos for companies and computer users around the world. The Sobig virus is being sent by e-mail at the rate of around one million copies a day.10. Viruses come in many shapes and sizes -- they can attack through e-mail use, Internet browsing, file downloading, and disk and CD exchanging.11. A hacker is a person intensely interested in the workings of any computer operating system. Most often, hackers are programmers. They break into a computer system, but never intentionally damage data.12. A cracker is someone that breaks into a computer system to damage it, or for the purpose of getting illegitimate access to resources