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智课网TOEFL备考资料托福阅读机经背景：谷歌眼镜与隐私保护 Google has been selling its newest high-tech device, Google Glass, to a select group to test the technology so it can be improved for the mass market. The biggest criticism has been about privacy. 谷歌公司在美国向一些挑选出来的人出售其最新高科技产品：谷歌眼镜，以求进一步改进技术，最终打入市场。迄今最多的批评是关于隐私的问题。 When Professor Marcia Dawkins first heard about Google Glass, she had only one thought. 道金斯教授头一次听说谷歌眼镜的时候，有一个想法。 “I thought this is something I definitely need for my classroom and hopefully for my personal life too,” she said. 谷歌眼镜使用者道金斯说：“我觉得这肯定是我课堂上需要的东西，但愿在生活中也同样有用。” Dawkins Google Glass looks like a pair of bright orange glasses, without lenses. But theres a tiny rectangular glass at the top right-hand corner of her orange frame. Through that glass, Dawkins has been recording video while biking. Shes also been able to talk to her sister in Thailand with Google Glass. Shes planning to use the device in her classroom to teach a public speaking class in the coming year. Dawkins also wants to record her lectures with Google Glass to allow her students to see what she sees. “I often tell them at the beginning of the term, if you can see me I can see you, but they never believe me. They think they are invisible when they are behind the laptops,” said Dawkins. 道金斯说：“学期开始时，我常常告诉学生，如果你们能看到我，我就能看到你们。但他们根本不相信。他们以为躲在手提电脑后面，我就看不到他们了。” Spying potential Not everyone, however, embraces this new technology. 但并非每个人都欢迎这种新技术。 “It is essentially going to allow people to come in and spy on you and record that, without you knowing what is going on,” said John Simpson, director of the privacy project with the public interest group, Consumer Watchdog. 辛普森是“消费者守望人”组织隐私项目主管。辛普森说：“从根本上说，这就是允许人们在你不知情的情况下窥探和记录你的一举一动。” But Google’s Chris Dale says the device is designed to address that concern. 但谷歌公司的戴尔表示，谷歌眼镜的设计考虑到了这种担心。 “In order to activate the camera or to record the video, you have to take an explicit gesture or say something out loud. So I tap, I activate the device, and say Oka