Car Thieves Could Be Stopped Remotely

　　Speeding off1 in a stolen car, the thief thinks he has got a great catch2. But he is in a nasty3 surprise. The car is fitted with a remote immobilizer, and a radio signal from a control center miles away will ensure that once the thief switches the engine____1____ , he will not be able to start it again.

　　For now, such devices____2____ only available for fleets of trucks4 and specialist vehicles used on construction sites. But remote immobilization technology could soon start to trickle down to ordinary cars5，and____3____ be available to ordinary cars in the UK____4____ two months.

　　The idea goes like this. A control box fitted to the car incorporates6____5____ miniature cellphone, a microprocessor and memory, and a GPS7 satellite positioning receiver.____6____ the car is stolen, a coded cellphone signal will tell the unit to block the vehicles engine management system and prevent the engine____7____ restarted.

　　There are even plans for immobilizers____8____ shut down vehicles on the move8, though there are fears over the safety implications of such a system.

　　In the UK, an array of9 technical fixes10 is already making____9____ harder for car thieves. The pattern of vehicles crime has changed, says Martyn Randall of Thatcham, a security research organization based in Berkshire11 that is funded in part____10____ the motor insurance industry.

　　He says it would only take him a few minutes to____11____ a novice how to steal a car, using a bare minimum of tools12. But only if the car is more than 10 years old.

　　Modern cars are a far tougher proposition13, as their engine management computer will not____12____ them to start unless they receive a unique ID code beamed out14 by the iginition key. In the UK, technologies like this____13____ achieve a 31 per cent drop in vehicle-related crime15 since 1997.

　　But determined criminals are still managing to find other ways to steal cars. Often by getting hold of the owners keys in a burglary. In 2000, 12 per cent of vehicles stolen in the UK were taken by using the owners keys, which doubles the previous years figure.

　　Remote-controlled immobilization system would____14____ a major new obstacle in the criminals way by making such thefts pointless. A group that includes Thatcham, the police, insurance companies and security technology firms have developed standards for a system that could go on the market sooner than the____15____ expects.

　　詞匯：

　　immobilizer n.使車輛不能調動的裝置

　　cellphone n.移動電話，手機

　　trickle / tr?kl / v.慢慢移動

　　immobilization / ?,mob?l?ze??n / n.使車輛不能調動

　　burglary / b??gl?r? / n.夜竊行為;盜竊

　　注釋：

　　1.speed off：超速駕駛

　　2.catch：捕獲物，獵獲物

　　3.nasty：very unpleasant or annoying使人不愉快的;煩人的

　　4.fleets of trucks：卡車隊。fleet：a group of vessels or vehicles owned or operated as a unit車隊

　　5.trickle down to ordinary cars：慢慢地用到普通汽車上。trickle：to move or proceed slowly or bit by bit慢慢地或一點一點地移動或前進

　　6.incorporate：to cause to merge or combine together into a united whole混合，合并到某一整體中

　　7.GPS：Global Positioning System全球定位系統

　　8.vehicles on the move：在行駛中的車輛

　　9.an array of：一群;一批

　　10.technical fixes：技術裝置

　　11.Berkshire：a county of south-central England貝克郡，位于英格蘭中南部

　　12.a bare minimum of tools：極少的工具。bare: just sufficient;mere剛剛充足的;僅僅

　　13.Modern cars are a far tougher proposition：現代車遠沒有這么簡單。proposition: a matter to be dealt with;a task任務，要處理的事務。

　　14.beam out：to emit or transmit發送，傳送

　　15.drop in vehicle-related crime：涉及車輛犯罪案的下降。drop：decrease下降

　　練習：

　　1.A　off B　on C　at D　of

　　2.A　is B　was C　were D　are

　　3.A　can B　have to C　need to D　should

　　4.A　after B　for C　in D　at

　　5.A　the B　/ C　a D　an

　　6.A　With B　If C　But D　And

　　7.A　helping B　being C　get D　be

　　8.A　whose B　who C　that D　when

　　9.A　life B　cars C　warning D　problem

　　10.A　about B　to C　by D　on

　　11.A　use B　inform C　ask D　teach

　　12.A　let B　allow C　make D　give

　　13.A　hav helped B　helped C　had helped D　was helped

　　14.A　speak B　have C　link D　put

　　15.A　lawyer B　doctor C　customer D　specialist

　　Car Thieves Could Be Stopped Remotely

　　Speeding off1 in a stolen car, the thief thinks he has got a great catch2. But he is in a nasty3 surprise. The car is fitted with a remote immobilizer, and a radio signal from a control center miles away will ensure that once the thief switches the engine____1____ , he will not be able to start it again.

　　For now, such devices____2____ only available for fleets of trucks4 and specialist vehicles used on construction sites. But remote immobilization technology could soon start to trickle down to ordinary cars5，and____3____ be available to ordinary cars in the UK____4____ two months.

　　The idea goes like this. A control box fitted to the car incorporates6____5____ miniature cellphone, a microprocessor and memory, and a GPS7 satellite positioning receiver.____6____ the car is stolen, a coded cellphone signal will tell the unit to block the vehicles engine management system and prevent the engine____7____ restarted.

　　There are even plans for immobilizers____8____ shut down vehicles on the move8, though there are fears over the safety implications of such a system.

　　In the UK, an array of9 technical fixes10 is already making____9____ harder for car thieves. The pattern of vehicles crime has changed, says Martyn Randall of Thatcham, a security research organization based in Berkshire11 that is funded in part____10____ the motor insurance industry.

　　He says it would only take him a few minutes to____11____ a novice how to steal a car, using a bare minimum of tools12. But only if the car is more than 10 years old.

　　Modern cars are a far tougher proposition13, as their engine management computer will not____12____ them to start unless they receive a unique ID code beamed out14 by the iginition key. In the UK, technologies like this____13____ achieve a 31 per cent drop in vehicle-related crime15 since 1997.

　　But determined criminals are still managing to find other ways to steal cars. Often by getting hold of the owners keys in a burglary. In 2000, 12 per cent of vehicles stolen in the UK were taken by using the owners keys, which doubles the previous years figure.

　　Remote-controlled immobilization system would____14____ a major new obstacle in the criminals way by making such thefts pointless. A group that includes Thatcham, the police, insurance companies and security technology firms have developed standards for a system that could go on the market sooner than the____15____ expects.

　　詞匯：

　　immobilizer n.使車輛不能調動的裝置

　　cellphone n.移動電話，手機

　　trickle / tr?kl / v.慢慢移動

　　immobilization / ?,mob?l?ze??n / n.使車輛不能調動

　　burglary / b??gl?r? / n.夜竊行為;盜竊

　　注釋：

　　1.speed off：超速駕駛

　　2.catch：捕獲物，獵獲物

　　3.nasty：very unpleasant or annoying使人不愉快的;煩人的

　　4.fleets of trucks：卡車隊。fleet：a group of vessels or vehicles owned or operated as a unit車隊

　　5.trickle down to ordinary cars：慢慢地用到普通汽車上。trickle：to move or proceed slowly or bit by bit慢慢地或一點一點地移動或前進

　　6.incorporate：to cause to merge or combine together into a united whole混合，合并到某一整體中

　　7.GPS：Global Positioning System全球定位系統

　　8.vehicles on the move：在行駛中的車輛

　　9.an array of：一群;一批

　　10.technical fixes：技術裝置

　　11.Berkshire：a county of south-central England貝克郡，位于英格蘭中南部

　　12.a bare minimum of tools：極少的工具。bare: just sufficient;mere剛剛充足的;僅僅

　　13.Modern cars are a far tougher proposition：現代車遠沒有這么簡單。proposition: a matter to be dealt with;a task任務，要處理的事務。

　　14.beam out：to emit or transmit發送，傳送

　　15.drop in vehicle-related crime：涉及車輛犯罪案的下降。drop：decrease下降

　　練習：

　　1.A　off B　on C　at D　of

　　2.A　is B　was C　were D　are

　　3.A　can B　have to C　need to D　should

　　4.A　after B　for C　in D　at

　　5.A　the B　/ C　a D　an

　　6.A　With B　If C　But D　And

　　7.A　helping B　being C　get D　be

　　8.A　whose B　who C　that D　when

　　9.A　life B　cars C　warning D　problem

　　10.A　about B　to C　by D　on

　　11.A　use B　inform C　ask D　teach

　　12.A　let B　allow C　make D　give

　　13.A　hav helped B　helped C　had helped D　was helped

　　14.A　speak B　have C　link D　put

　　15.A　lawyer B　doctor C　customer D　specialist