1、标题：voa慢速英语讲解附字幕:阿联酋和其他国家禁止黑莓手机部分服务对应音频：0806a.mp3听力内容：UAE,Other Nations Target BlackBerry for Access to User InformationThis is the VOA Special English Economics Report.BlackBerry service is facing limits or bans in some countries over the issue of government access to information on its network. Res
2、earch in Motion, or RIM, based in Waterloo, Canada, makes BlackBerry communications devices. They run on the companys network and secure software. BlackBerry has forty-six million users worldwide.This week, the United Arab Emirates announced it would block BlackBerry e-mail, web browsing and instant
3、 messenger services on October eleventh. The UAE says the services are a threat to national security because government officials cannot access or monitor users information.Then, Saudi Arabia said it would block BlackBerry service this week. The Saudi government told the countrys three mobile phone
4、operators to stop BlackBerry service for businesses and individuals this Friday. The Saudi Communications and Information Technology Commission did not say what services would be blocked. These moves renew concern among some people about efforts by the UAE and Saudi Arabia to control the flow of inf
5、ormation. Both countries have banned some forms of media seen as harming national security.The ban in the UAE could affect half a million BlackBerry users while Saudi Arabia has about seven hundred thousand users. Kuwait and Lebanon are also said to be considering restrictions. But Middle Eastern co
6、untries are not the only ones seeking greater access to BlackBerry information. India and China are among other countries also doing so.Governments, big corporations and individuals use BlackBerry devices because they are highly secure. Users communications are sent to servers overseas, mostly in Ca
7、nada, using powerful security measures.RIM says its system is set up in a way that no one, including RIM, can access user information. The company also says it does not matter where their servers are based. Communications are made secure the moment they leave the BlackBerry device through encryption
8、.On Thursday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the United States will hold talks with the UAE and other countries about possible bans on BlackBerry services. She said the United States knows there are reasonable security concerns about the service. But she added that there is also a right of
9、free use and access.And thats the VOA Special English Economics Report, written by Mario Ritter. Im Steve Ember.这里是VOA特别英语经济报道。由于政府对互联网信息的审查问题，黑莓手机在某些国家的服务受到限制或被禁止。黑莓手机由加拿大滑铁卢的RIM公司制造。他们负责运营该公司的网络和安全软件。黑莓手机在全世界有4600万用户。本周，阿联酋宣布将于10月11日禁止黑莓手机电子邮件，网页浏览和即时信息服务。阿联酋表示，由于政府官员不能查看或监视用户信息，这些服务会对国家安全造成威胁。随后，
10、沙特阿拉伯也表示将于本周禁止黑莓手机服务。沙特政府告诉该国三大手机运营商于本周五停止黑莓手机对企业和个人提供服务。沙特通信和信息技术委员会没有说明将禁止哪些服务。此举再次引发人们对阿联酋和沙特阿拉伯企图控制信息流动的担忧。两个国家此前曾经禁止被视为危害国家安全的媒体形式。阿联酋的禁令将影响50万黑莓手机用户，而沙特的黑莓手机用户大约为70万。科威特和黎巴嫩也表示正在考虑施加限制。但是并不只是中东国家企图对黑莓手机用户信息进行更多监管。印度和中国以及其他国家也正在采取类似措施。政府，大型公司和个人使用黑莓手机是因为这种手机的安全性很高。用户的信息通过强有力的安全措施被发送到海外服务器进行中转，大
11、部分是在加拿大。RIM表示，他们的系统不允许包括RIM在内的任何人查看用户信息。该公司还表示，服务器在什么地方并不重要。信息经过加密离开黑莓手机的那一刻就是安全的。周四，国务卿希拉里表示，美国将针对关于黑莓服务的可能禁令与阿联酋和其他国家进行对话。她表示，美国了解这些服务存在合理的安全隐患。但是她补充说，用户也有自由使用和获得信息的权利。1.device n.装置, 设备, 器具例句：A computer is a device for processing information.电脑是用来处理信息的。2.secure a.无虑的,安心的,可怜的,安全的例句：Foreign tourists
12、 feel happily secure while visiting the city.外国游客访问这个城市时都很有安全感。3.access v.到达；进入；使用；接近；利用例句：Bank customers can access their checking accounts instantly through the electronic system.银行户主可通过电子系统即刻查找自己的支票活期存款账户。4.renew vt.vi.(使)复原; (使)更新; 赋予新的生命和活力例句：He feels his youth renewing.他觉得越活越年轻了。The most impor
13、tant thing is to renew your health.最重要的是恢复你的健康。vt.重新开始; 继续例句：The trees renew their foliage every year.树木每年都重新长出叶子。5.restriction n.约束, 限制例句：All these restrictions were swept aside.所有这些限制都不予考虑。Citizens of the EU can travel without restriction within the EU.欧盟的公民在欧盟境内可以不受限制地出入各国。6.highly adv.高度地, 极, 非常
14、,很例句：China is a highly civilized country.中国是一个高度文明的国家。7.encryption n.【电脑】加密; 编密码8.reasonable adj.适度的; 公道的例句：Fresh vegetables are reasonable in winter too.冬季新鲜蔬菜的价格也不贵。9.mostly adv.大部分, 主要地, 多半, 通常, 一般地例句：She uses her car mostly for driving to work.她的汽车主要用于上下班。He has the occasional cigarette, but mos
15、tly he smokes a pipe.他偶尔抽香烟, 但通常是抽烟斗。1.Kuwait and Lebanon are also said to be considering restrictions.be said to据说，这句话可以改为下面的形式：It is said that Kuwait and Lebanon are also considering restrictions.这是Its 过去分词 名词性从句。常用于该句型的过去分词有: said,told,reported,known,suggested,hoped,expected 等。例如：Its said that he
16、 came from London.Its reported that the president will come to visit our school.Its not decided when we shall have our sports meet.2.But Middle Eastern countries are not the only ones seeking greater access to BlackBerry information.seeking greater access是现在分词做后置定语，修饰the only ones。也可以改为定语从句的形式：are n
17、ot the only ones that seek greater.3.The company also says it does not matter where their servers are based.it形式主语，真正的主语是where their servers are based。it作形式主语时可以把句子真正的主语移到句子后面去，使句子变得平稳，以免主语太长，头重脚轻。it 作形式主语主要有以下几种类型：1)It is /was 形容词/ 名词 不定式It is easy to criticize others. 批评别人时很容易的。Its better to be early. 早点去好一些。2)It is / was 形容词/ 名词 动名词It is no good eating too much chocolate. 吃太多巧克力不好。3)It is /was 形容词/ 名词 that 从句It is a pity that I didnt know that. 很可惜我不知道。4)It 及物动词 宾语 不定式It costs me 50 Yuan to repair my watch. 我花了50 元钱修表。It makes me sick to think about it. 想到那个东西我就恶心。
