王玉秀

保護密碼最好的方案，就是放棄密碼。但想真正告別純密碼登錄體系進入“無密碼時代”，我們還需要一段時間。

主題語境：科技與信息 篇幅：322詞 建議用時：6分鐘

1 Do you hate remembering passwords？ Soon，you may be able to forget them. For years， weverelied on a secret we share with a computer toprove we are who we say we are. But passwordsare easily compromised through a phishing scam（釣魚式欺詐） or computer virus or some simplesocial engineering. Once in the wrong hands，these strings of characters can be used to fake our identities all over the Internet.

2 Slowly， were kicking the password habit. The pressure is on to find more foolproof（萬無一失的） ways to confirm someones identity.“We are moving into a world whichwere calling passwordless， which is the ability for our applications， devices and com?puters to recognize us by something other than the old ? fashioned password，”saysWolfgang Goerlich， advisory chief information security officer for Ciscoownedsecurity firm Duo.

3 Newer forms of identification are harder to imitate： something we are （such as theshape of our face） or something we have （physical objects such as security keys）. Forexample， let users sign into mobile apps with a fingerprint or facial recognition or their?phones passcode instead of a password.4 Goerlich estimates that within five years， we could be logging into most of our onlineaccounts the same way we unlock our phones. And then we will be able to finally break upwith passwords. However， any system that depends on a single factor isnt secure enough，according to Vijay Balasubramaniyan， CEO of Pindrop， a voice authentication （身份驗證）and security company. Biometric information such as a fingerprint can be stolen， too， andyou cant change it.

5 He predicts several pieces of information will be used to confirm identity. Machineswill analyze our speech patterns or scan our fingerprints. Well also be identified by somethingwe have and something we do.“Long road to cover. Secrets always get out. Its goingto be scary，”he says，“but， its time for consumers to demand a higher level of privacy andsecurity.”

Reading Check

1. Why can we possibly break up with passwords？

A. The apps dont need passwords anymore.

B. Using passwords means being out of style.

C. There are newer ways to recognize identity.

D. Passwords can be the worst way to keep secrets.

2. What can we learn about ways to protect privacy？

A. Nowadays people dont like to use passwords at all.

B. Fingerprints are a foolproof way to confirm our identity.

C. People have already made a perfect plan to protect our privacy.

D. New ways may be better than passwords， but they still have risks.

3. Where does the text most probably come from？

A. A research report. B. A science magazine.

C. A health website. D. An advertisement.

Difficult sentences

1. For years， weve relied on a secret we share with a computer to prove we are who we say we are. 多年來，我們一直依賴于與電腦共享的秘密來證明我們即本人。

【點石成金】本句含省略關(guān)系詞的定語從句we share with a computer，修飾a secret，to prove...為動詞不定式作目的狀語。

2. We are moving into a world which were calling passwordless， which is the ability for our applications， devices and computers to recognize us by something other than the oldfashioned password. 我們正在進入一個我們稱之為“無密碼”的世界，即我們的應(yīng)用程序、設(shè)備和計算機能夠通過傳統(tǒng)密碼以外的東西來識別我們。

【點石成金】本句的主干為We are moving into a world，其后含which（第一個）引導(dǎo)的定語從句，修飾a world，且which在從句中作賓語，以及which（第二個）引導(dǎo)的非限制性定語從句，且which在從句中作主語。