ￚperpetration noun [uncountable]
perpetrator noun [countable] formal
someone who does something morally wrong or illegal 犯罪者
The perpetrators were never caught. 犯罪者还没有捉到。
perpetrator of
The perpetrators of racially motivated violence must be punished. 种族情绪膨胀的犯罪者必须要受到惩罚。
paranoid adjective
1 believing unreasonably that you cannot trust other people, or that they are trying to harm you or have a bad opinion of you 多疑的
be/become/get paranoid
Malcolm got really paranoid, deciding that there was a conspiracy out to get him. … 真是多疑，觉得有人要阴谋绑架他。
paranoid about
He has always been paranoid about his personal security. 他总是对个人安全问题多虑。
2 medical suffering from a mental illness that makes you believe that other people are trying to harm you有妄想狂倾向的，类偏执狂的;
a patient suffering from paranoid schizophrenia
academic noun [countable] a teacher in a college or university大学教师
shady adjective
comparative shadier superlative shadiest
1 protected from the sun or producing shade成荫的
a shady street
It was nice and shady under the trees.
2 probably dishonest or illegal可疑的，见不得人的，秘密的
a shady character 不诚实的性格
Methods mentioned in the article:
Stealing a sample of the product for analysis, bugging, infiltration, hacking, copying information onto a disk and taking it home, leaking inside information, photocopying internal documents.
Informationsecurity
IV. Information security
1. Listening.
Vocabulary in the Tapescript:
up for something
a) available for a particular process 准备好
The house is up for sale. 这座房子可以出售了。
This week 14 of Campbell’s paintings were put up for auction. 这周，14幅坎贝尔的油画准备拍卖。
Even the most taboo subjects were up for discussion. 即使是最紧急的话题也准备讨论。
b) being considered for election or for a job 在选举或工作挑选中被考虑
Senator Frank Church was coming up for re-election that year. 那年，参议员….又来参加选举。
She is one of five candidates up for the chief executive’s job. 她是五个参与竞争总经理职位候选人中的一个。
c) appearing in a court of law because you have been accused of a crime (由于被空犯罪而)出席法庭
Ron’s up for drinking and driving next week. … 下周将参加法庭对他酒后驾车的开庭审理。
d) spoken willing to do something or interested in doing something 愿意做，感兴趣
We’re going to the pub later - are you up for it? 我们一会儿就去酒吧，你愿意去吗?
job ▶CRIME◀
[countable] informal a crime in which money is stolen from a bank, company etc
Police believe it was an inside job (=done by someone who works for the company where the crime happens).
Octacon has lost several important contracts to its rival, Centronics. Centroincs seemed to know when the contracts were up for renewal and had information about Octacon’s terms and conditions. Octacon needs to find out if one of its staff has leaked the information or if the company has been infiltrated.
2. Listening.
Vocabulary in the Tapescript:
reference noun [countable]
a) also letter of reference
a letter containing information about you that is written by someone who knows you well, and is usually intended for a new employer
We will need references from your former employers.
b) a person who provides information about your character and abilities
ￚsynonym referee
Ask your teacher to act as one of your references.
make noises about doing something
to say that you are considering doing something
He is now making noises about starting his own business.
archive [transitive]
1 to put documents, books, information etc in an archive 把……存档
2 to save a computer file in a way that uses less space than usual, because you do not use that file often but may need it in the future
print something ↔ off/out phrasal verb 打印出，印发
to produce a printed copy of a computer document
Could you print a copy off for me?
I’ll print the file out and then we can look at it.
printout: a sheet or length of paper with printed information on it, produced by a computer
discreet adjective
careful about what you say or do, so that you do not offend, upset, or embarrass people or tell secrets 小心的，谨慎的
ￚopposite indiscreet
He assured her that he would be discreet.
I stood back at a discreet distance.
ￚdiscreetly adverb
word ▶NEWS/INFORMATION◀
[singular, uncountable] a piece of news or a message 新闻，消息
Word came that our duties would be changed.
’Have you heard from Ann?’ ’No, not a word.’
There was still no word from John.
word gets out/around (=people hear about something)
It’s a very small town and if you do something bad, word gets around.
the word is (that)/word has it (that) (=people are saying that)
The word is that the two companies are planning a merger.
spread/pass the word (=tell other people some information or news)
Health officials are encouraging people to spread the word about the benefits of exercise.
send/bring word old-fashioned formal (=send or bring a message)
The mayor sent word he’d be late.
morale noun [uncountable]
the level of confidence and positive feelings that people have, especially people who work together, who belong to the same team etc士气，精神面貌
A win is always good for morale.
low/high morale 士气低迷/高昂
low staff morale
boost/raise/improve/build morale 振奋士气
There is a need to raise morale in the teaching profession.
the Prince’s morale-boosting (=intended to raise morale) mission to the war-torn country
maintain/keep up/restore morale 保持士气
The media feels pressure to keep the morale of the country up in war time.
