passage 2
my fight against junk e-mail
filtering junk e-mail can be a tricky game of cat and mouse, as i learned when i set out to purge my in box.
i received an e-mail the other day that gave me a moment’s pause. “hey cutie, how are you??” it began. “i’m so sorry about last night, click here for a suprixe to make you feel better.” i was suspicious for three reasons: my girlfriend never misspells like that, we had not had a row the previous night, and i was pretty sure she had not suddenly acquired an australian e-mail address. at least one part of the message was accurate: if she ever pointed me to a website as sexy as that one, i’d be very surprised indeed.
the cutie incident represented a setback in my war against junk e-mail. i used to get hundreds of these things a day, and some months ago, i vowed to rid my in box permanently of every last one. what i soon learned was that most e-mail software can’t eradicate the junk without throwing babies with the bath water.
microsoft outlook, for example, can trash any mail not sent directly to your address. but that ends up junking a lot of useful stuff such as discussions on my journalism, school alumni e-mail list. aol can turn away mail from anyone not flagged as a friend, but part of my job is to accept correspondence from strangers-like you, dear reader.
二） 初级口译
考试时间：30分钟
第一部分：对话
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david: what’s on today, xiao wang?//
xiao wang: 今天我们去长城，并在那里午餐，下午回来的路上还要去看看十三陵。// 你一定听说过长城，来到北京，长城是一定要去的。// 十三陵是明朝13个皇帝和皇后的坟墓，是15世纪建造的，虽然没有长城有名，但也很值得一看。//
david: i’ve read about the renowned chinese wall. it is one of the seven wonders of the world, i believe. it is said to be the only man-made project on earth which is visible from a satellite. // |
