常春藤解析英語 15 專屬您的影音分享網(wǎng)站
by Julia Koprak
As the Internet continues to grow, more and more people are turning away from newspapers and TV. Instead, they rely on the Internet as their main source of information. In the past few years, every big media company from MTV to CNN has begun to provide online video clips for the public. Now, everyone can catch the latest news, sports events, movie previews, and more with a click of the mouse.
Up until recently, this online technology was reserved only for skilled people with ultra-high speed web access. However, with the advent of cell phone video cameras and various video-sharing websites, it has become much easier for everyday people to display their filmmaking ability on the Internet. Most of these websites are totally free, and allow users to upload short clips that are viewable by the public. In addition, it is fast and simple to pass along videos to your friends. All you have to do is copy a link in an email or embed the video in a webpage.
But not everyone is happy with the recent video-sharing craze on the web. Not surprisingly, the content that people upload extends well beyond the realm of personal home videos; some of the videos may have inappropriate or even illegal content. Although many of these sites contain filters to control the spread of copyrighted or obscene material, with thousands of different videos being uploaded every day, it is difficult for these website owners to maintain control over what is posted. They often only restrict certain videos when an offense has been brought to their attention by outside sources.
單字小鋪
1. media n. 媒體
2. clip n. 剪輯的短片
3. preview n.(戲劇、電影的)預(yù)告片
4. ultra-high a. 超高的
5. access n. 管道
6. upload vt.(將資料)上傳
7. viewable a. 可看見的
8. link n. 連結(jié)
9. embed vt. 嵌進(jìn)
10. extend vi. 擴(kuò)展，延伸
11. realm n. 領(lǐng)域
12. inappropriate a. 不適當(dāng)?shù)?/p>
13. filter n. 過濾器
14. obscene a. 猥褻的
15. post vt.(在網(wǎng)絡(luò)上)張貼(文章等)
16. offense n. 違法行為
詞組小鋪
1. turn away from... 自……轉(zhuǎn)開
2. a click of the mouse 點(diǎn)一下鼠標(biāo)
精解字詞詞組
1. rely on... 依賴……(= count/depend on...)
例： Since you are an adult, you shouldn't rely on your parents anymore.
(既然你已成年，就不應(yīng)該再依賴父母親。)
2. reserve vt. 保留;預(yù)訂
preserve vt. 保存(使免遭破壞)
conserve vt. 節(jié)約(能源等)
例： We've reserved the banquet room for the wedding dinner.
(我們預(yù)訂了宴會廳作為婚宴用。)
例： Use this special paper to preserve your photos for years to come.
(使用這種特殊紙張來長久保存你的相片。)
例： We should turn off the lights when we're not using them to conserve energy.
(不使用時應(yīng)該把電燈關(guān)掉，以節(jié)省能源。)
3. with the advent of... 隨著……的到來∕出現(xiàn)
advent n. 到來，來臨
例： With the advent of genetic testing, this disease may soon be wiped out.
(隨著基因檢測技術(shù)問世，這種疾病也許不久就會絕跡。)
4. well adv. 遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)地
例： The price of this car is well past what I can afford.
(這部車的價錢遠(yuǎn)超過我所能負(fù)擔(dān)的。)
5. restrict vt. 限制
be restricted to N/V-ing 局限在……
= be limited to N/V-ing
例： Access to the locker room is restricted to women only.
(只有女性才能進(jìn)入更衣室。)
6. bring...to one's attention 引起某人對……的注意
例： I'm sorry to be the one to bring the matter to your attention, but someone had to tell you.
(很遺憾是我來讓你注意到這個問題，但總得有人告訴你。)
中文翻譯
隨著因特網(wǎng)不斷成長，越來越多人不再看報紙和電視。這些人轉(zhuǎn)而依賴網(wǎng)絡(luò)作為主要的信息來源。過去幾年來，像MTV 和 CNN 等大型媒體都開始提供在線短片供大眾觀賞?，F(xiàn)在，只要按一下鼠標(biāo)就可以得知最新的新聞、運(yùn)動賽事、和電影預(yù)告等種種訊息。
直到最近這在線科技都只限于大頻寬的技術(shù)人員能夠使用。然而，隨著有錄像功能的手機(jī)和各式各樣的影片分享網(wǎng)站出現(xiàn)，要在網(wǎng)上展現(xiàn)制片技巧越來越容易了。這些網(wǎng)站大多都是免費(fèi)的，并且可讓使用者上傳短片供大眾欣賞。此外，要將影片傳給朋友也是快速又簡單的事：只要復(fù)制連結(jié)到電子郵件 中，或是把影片內(nèi)嵌在網(wǎng)頁即可。
但并不是人人都對近來網(wǎng)絡(luò)上影片分享的熱潮感到高興。這并不令人吃驚，因?yàn)榫W(wǎng)友上傳的內(nèi)容已經(jīng)大大超過了家庭影片的范疇;有些影片可能包含不恰當(dāng)或甚至不合法的內(nèi)容。雖然許多這類型的網(wǎng)站都有篩選機(jī)制來控管有版權(quán)或猥褻影片的散布，但是每天仍有上千部影片上傳，對這些網(wǎng)站管理人而言，想要控制張貼的內(nèi)容實(shí)在是太困難了。通常只有在觸怒外界而引起他們注意時才會把某些影片移除。
