实用口语天天学 第77期:提防网络炒手 实用口语

Mary: Who got ripped off?

Joe: Big time! A hacker broke into the company's files and got all her personal information. You really think it's completely safe?

Mary: Well, maybe not 100 percent. I did hear about some tricks people use.

Joe: Now we're getting to the truth.

Mary: There are shills. A shill is someone who bids up the price of their own sale.

Joe: See? And I bet that's easy to do online. Everybody's anonymous.

★ big time 很多，非常多。本文的"Big time!"承接上句的意思，是指明义的朋友所损失的比钱被偷走更多

★ hacker (n.) 黑客

★ shill (n.) 炒手。这种人多出现在拍卖商、摊贩或赌场内，被雇用来引诱客人或买家价钱越出越高

★ bid up 竞出高价; 抬价

★ anonymous (a.) 匿名的

玛丽:她的钱被骗啦？？

乔:不只呢！有个黑客侵入了网络公司的计算机档案，取得她全部的个人数据。你真的觉得这种交易方式十分安全吗？

玛丽:嗯，或许不是百分之百。我的确也听说一些人的小手段。

乔:事实越来越明显了。

玛丽:有些人是炒手。炒手就是那种把自己拍卖的东西价钱哄抬炒高的人。

乔:看到没？我敢赌这在网络上做有多容易。每个人都是匿名的。