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Someday soon, we might not have to be 1)embarrassed when we open our inboxes. Today, the 2)majority of 3)emails are 4)unwanted advertisements for anything from sex to 5)diet pills to 6)low-interest loans. But top 7)executives in the computer industry are 8)predicting an end to this 9)annoying flood by 2006.
　
不久的將來，我們打開電郵收件匣時或許不用再感到難為情了。今日，大多數的電子郵件都是些沒人要看的廣告，內容從色情到減肥藥丸到低利貸款都有。不過電腦業的高級主管預測，西元二○○六年就能遏止這股討人厭的郵件氾濫。
　
1) embarrassed (a.) 尷尬的
2) majority (n.) 大多數
3) email (n.) 電子郵件
4) unwanted (a.) 不想要的
5) diet pill (n.) 減肥藥丸
6) low-interest loan (n.) 低利貸款
7) executive (n.) 主管
8) predict (v.) 預測
9) annoying (a.) 煩人的
　
　
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Microsoft Corp. 1)founder Bill Gates said in Davos, Switzerland this year that the problem of unwanted 2)commercial email would soon be solved by his company. Then, Enrique Salem, president of Brightmail Inc., a leading 3)anti-spam company, 4)boasted that his own company would solve the problem by 2005.
　
微軟公司創辦人比爾蓋茲今年在瑞士達沃斯市表示，他的公司很快就會解決垃圾廣告郵件的問題。隨即，反垃圾郵件領導公司「聰明郵件」的總裁安立奎賽倫誇口說，他的公司在二○○五年就能解決這個問題。
　
1) founder (n.) 創辦人
2) commercial (a.) 商業的，廣告的
3) anti- (pref.) 表示「反」的字首
4) boast (v.) 誇口，吹噓
　
　
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Brightmail Inc. has created a “1)reputation service,” a type of program that 2)differentiates between “clean” emails from friends and good businesses and spam. America Online has created an email service that allows users to 3)identify the 4)sender of an email. Other 5)techniques include fees for commercial email unless the 6)receiver chooses to accept it, and 7)complex 8)puzzles that could slow down spammers.
　
聰明郵件公司已經推出了一項「信譽服務」，這是一種能夠將來自朋友或是正當公司的「乾淨」郵件與垃圾郵件區分開來的程式。美國線上公司也發明了一種電子郵件服務，讓使用者能夠分辨送件人是誰。還有一些技術包括除非使用者願意收信，否則就要向寄發廣告郵件的業者索取費用，或以複雜的謎題來減慢寄發垃圾郵件者的速度。
　
1) reputation (n.) 名譽，名聲
2) differentiate (v.) 區分
3) identify (v.) 辨認
4) sender (n.) 發送者，傳送者
5) technique (n.) 技術
6) receiver (n.) 接受者
7) complex (a.) 複雜的
8) puzzle (n.) 謎題
　
　
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Despite all this, spam numbers are still up this year. Brightmail research shows that the 1)percentage of spam has increased from 58% of all email in December to 60% in February. They expect it will 2)peak at around 65% later this year and then start to 3)decline.
　
雖然如此，今年垃圾郵件的數目仍在上升。聰明郵件公司的研究顯示，垃圾郵件占總郵件的比例，從十二月份的百分之五十八攀升至二月份的百分之六十。他們預期今年下半年垃圾郵件的比例會達到百分之六十五的高峰，然後開始下降。
　
1) percentage (n.) 百分比
2) peak (v.) 達到高峰
3) decline (v.) 下降