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1、课堂阅读训练 Passage 1Keep Safe online ITS pretty easy to find a schoolmate, isnt it? You could ask your friends for the persons phone number, or go to his or her classroom directly. But what if you wanted to identify someone you had no personal connection with?Well, some are turning to the human flesh se
2、arch thousands of individuals working to find and make public someones personal information.In 2006, a video of a woman stabbing a kitten with her high heels angered Internet users. After only one week, information about the woman was made available online. Wang Jue, a 41-year-old nurse in Heilongji
3、ang, was later suspended (停职) from her job.Two years later, Wang Fei went through something similar. Wangs wife posted blogs about his betrayal (背叛) and committed suicide (自杀). Almost instantly, his photos, phone numbers, and address appeared everywhere online. He was then harassed (骚扰) by strangers
4、 and forced to quit his job. Wang took his case to court and got 5,000 yuan in compensation (补偿) for his privacy being violated.vPeople have been worrying about being the next target since the human flesh search first started in 2006. But now it seems that they can put their minds at rest.The human
5、flesh search will be ruled as leaking personal data, which is against the law, according to Chinas top court on Oct 10.Internet users or network service providers who leak peoples personal information such as phone numbers, addresses, and clinical data (病历资料) will have to hold legal responsibility.N
6、etwork service providers will also be held responsible if they are aware that their users have violated others rights but have failed to take action.The decision comes after years of arguments over whether its ethical for the public to try those who behave wrongly.It can be defended to some extent,
7、however.Some public officials have been removed from their positions after human flesh searches led to corruption (腐败) investigations. During disasters like the Sichuan earthquake in 2008, the search method also helped many people to find their loved ones.But many think that online cyber hunting is
8、creating a threat to privacy.“Peoples unusually high enthusiasm makes the human flesh search engine phenomenon unique,” Xujun Eberlein, a Chinese American author and commentator, told Forbes. “Participants often reach out their hands recklessly, violating peoples rights instead of being righteous (正
9、义的).”And even with the laws protection, people should also learn to protect themselves.“Its better not to put any of your personal data or others information on social networks or in private online messages,” said Zhang Huaping, associate professor at the Beijing Institute of Technology.You can also
10、 change security settings on your social media accounts to make personal information only available to friends.1. Reading Read the article and answer the following questions.1. What ended up happening to the woman who stabbed a kitten after her personal information had been leaked? (no more than 8 w
11、ords)She was later suspended from her job. 2. How did Wang Fei protest against his information being leaked after he suffered a lot from it?(No more than 18 words)He took his case to court and got 5,000 yuan in compensation for his privacy being violated.3. When did the human flesh search first star
12、t? (No more than 2 words)It started in 2006.4. Why do many people oppose to the human flesh search? (no more than 12 words)They argue that online cyber hunting is creating a threat to privacy.I1. Language studyStudy the following sentences. 1. But what if you wanted to identify someone you had no pe
13、rsonal connection with?此处what if用于提出假设，意思是“假若怎么办”，“要是将会怎么样”，经常和虚拟语气连用，句中的动词用了过去时wanted和had，表示对现在情况的虚拟。例如：What if he didnt agree?2. But now it seems that they can put their minds at rest.句中的put/set ones mind at rest表示“某人可以放心了”。句意为：但现在看起来他们似乎可以放心了。Find the following phrases from the article based on t
14、heir Chinese meanings. 辞去工作 quit ones job侵犯某人的隐私/权利 violate ones privacy/rights某人可以放心了 put ones mind at rest泄漏个人资料 leak ones personal information负法律责任 hold legal responsibility 采取行动 take action在某种程度上 to some extent对造成威胁 create a threat to sthPassage 2 Teach with RespectTHIS is an excerpt (摘录) from s
15、ustainable development expert Ernesto Sirollis speech at TED in 2012:I worked for an Italian NGO (非政府组织), and every single project that we set up in Africa failed. And I was distraught (发狂的). I thought that we Italians were good people and we were doing good work in Africa. Instead, everything we to
16、uched we killed.Our first project was a project where we Italians decided to teach Zambian people how to grow food. So we arrived there with Italian seeds in southern Zambia in this absolutely magnificent valley going down to the Zambezi River, and we taught the local people how to grow Italian tomatoes and zucchini (小南瓜) and . And of course the loc
