SpaceX称已切断缅甸诈骗园区星链服务

近日，美国太空探索技术公司（SpaceX）表示，公司已在缅甸电诈园区周边识别出超过2500台“星链”设备，使其无法运转。

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1. What can be inferred about the role of Starlink in Myanmar's scam compounds?

A. It was used to connect isolated regions, unintentionally supporting criminal operations.

B. It was directly managed by the Myanmar military for intelligence purposes.

C. It was developed specifically to target scam syndicates.

D. It had no significant impact on the operations of scam centers.

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SpaceX says it has cut Starlink services to Myanmar scam camps

From: BBC

Elon Musk's SpaceX says it has cut Starlink satellite communication links to more than 2,500 devices used by scam compounds in Myanmar.

More than 30 compounds are believed to be operating along the Thai-Myanmar border, where people from around the world are trafficked and forced to work on scams generating tens of billions of dollars annually.

Announcing the move, Lauren Dreyer, head of Starlink business operations, said the firm takes action on the rare occasion it identifies violations.

The service's termination follows Monday's takeover of one of the largest compounds, KK Park, by the Myanmar military, as it retakes territory lost to insurgent groups over the past two years.

Campaigners have long warned that Starlink technology has enabled the crime syndicates to operate from remote locations along the border.

Myanmar has become infamous for these operations, which defraud victims through romantic ploys and bogus investment schemes.

Workers are lured under the guise of legitimate jobs, only to be held captive and forced into criminal activity.

Survivors recount gruelling conditions, long hours, torture and beatings for failing to meet targets. Many of the victims come from African countries.

"In Myanmar... SpaceX proactively identified and disabled over 2,500 Starlink Kits in the vicinity of suspected 'scam centers'," Dreyer said in a post on X.

"We are committed to ensuring the service remains a force for good and sustains trust worldwide: both connecting the unconnected and detecting and preventing misuse by bad actors," she added.

On Monday Myanmar's military said it had "cleared" KK Park, releasing more than 2,000 workers and confiscating 30 Starlink terminals.

Photographs show the satellite dishes on the compound's rooftops and footage supplied to the BBC showed thousands of workers leaving KK Park on foot.

However, at least 30 other scam compounds remain active along the border, employing tens of thousands globally. Many are protected by militia groups loyal to the Myanmar military and it is unclear whether they have also lost access to Starlink services they once relied on.

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注：完整题目见本文开头；中文文本为BBC官方译文，仅供参考

含注释全文：

SpaceX says it has cut Starlink services to Myanmar scam camps

From: BBC

Elon Musk's SpaceX says it has cut Starlink satellite communication links to more than 2,500 devices used by scam compounds in Myanmar.

伊隆·马斯克（Elon Musk）旗下的SpaceX公司表示，已切断了与缅甸诈骗集团使用的2500多台设备的星链卫星通讯连接。

satellite /ˈsæt.əl.aɪt/ 表示“卫星；人造卫星”，英文解释为“a natural object moving around a larger object in space”举个🌰：The moon is Earth's satellite. 月球是地球的卫星。

表示“骗局；欺诈，诈骗”，英文解释为“A scam is an illegal trick, usually with the purpose of getting money from people or avoiding paying tax.”举个🌰：They believed they were participating in an insurance scam, not a murder. 他们认为他们只是在参与保险骗局，而不是谋杀。

compound /ˈkɒm.paʊnd/ 作名词，1）表示“化合物，复合物，混合物”，英文解释为“a chemical that combines two or more elements”举个🌰：Salt is a compound of sodium and chlorine. 盐是钠和氯的化合物。

2）表示“（围起来的）场地，楼群，院落”，英文解释为“an area surrounded by fences or walls that contains a group of buildings”举个🌰：They marched into the compound. 他们进入大院。

作动词，表示“使加重，使加剧，使恶化”，英文解释为“to make a problem or difficult situation worse”举个🌰：Her terror was compounded by the feeling that she was being watched. 她有种被人监视的感觉，这加剧了她的恐惧感。

🎬电影《盗梦空间》（Inception）中的台词提到：And when you enter a dream within that dream, the effect is compounded. 当你进入梦中梦，效果会更强。

作形容词，表示“复合的”，英文解释为“consisting of two or more parts”或者表示“（利息）以复利计算的”，英文解释为“used to refer to a system of paying interest in which interest is paid both on the original amount of money invested (= given to companies hoping to get more back) or borrowed and on the interest that has collected over a period of time”如：compound interest 复利。

More than 30 compounds are believed to be operating along the Thai-Myanmar border, where people from around the world are trafficked and forced to work on scams generating tens of billions of dollars annually.

据信，泰缅边境有30多个诈骗集团在运营，来自世界各地的人口被贩卖并被迫从事诈骗活动，每年获利数百亿美元。

熟词僻义，traffic一词除了熟知的“交通”的意思，还有“流量”的含义，英文解释：the movement of messages and signals through an electronic communication system，如“数据流量”：data traffic。

此外，作为动词，还有“贩卖（人口）”的意思，to illegally buy or sell people, or make money from work they are forced to do, such as sex work. 如：人口贩卖 human trafficking.

📍注：traffic (v.) 过去式 trafficked 过去分词：trafficked 现在分词：trafficking.

📍people trafficking/human trafficking表示“贩卖人口”，英文解释为“the crime of buying and selling people, or making money from work they are forced to do, such as sex work”

Announcing the move, Lauren Dreyer, head of Starlink business operations, said the firm takes action on the rare occasion it identifies violations.

星链业务营运主管劳伦·德雷尔（Lauren Dreyer）宣布此举时表示，公司会在发现违规行为后立即采取行动。

The service's termination follows Monday's takeover of one of the largest compounds, KK Park, by the Myanmar military, as it retakes territory lost to insurgent groups over the past two years.

在星链服务终止之前，缅甸军方于周一接管了缅甸最大诈骗园区之一的“KK园区”，以收复过去两年被叛乱组织占领的领土。

termination /ˌtɜː.mɪˈneɪ.ʃən/ 表示“终止；停止”，英文解释为“the act of ending something or the end of something”举个🌰：The termination of the bus service was a severe blow to many villagers. 公交车停驶对许多村民来说是一个严重打击。

📍此外，termination还可以指“终止妊娠”（a medical operation to end the life of a developing child before it is born）。

表示“接管，收购”，通常指公司，英文解释为“A takeover is the act of gaining control of a company by buying more of its shares than anyone else.”举个🌰：They were involved in a takeover last year. 去年他们参与了一家公司的收购。

territory /ˈter.ɪ.tər.i/ 表示“领土；领域；领地；活动范围”，英文解释为“(an area of) land, or sometimes sea, that is considered as belonging to or connected with a particular country or person”举个🌰：He was shot down in enemy territory. 他在敌方领土上被击落。

📍《消失的她》你觉得怎么样？文中也出现了这个词：Chinese mystery drama “Lost in the Stars” was the top-grossing film on the planet over the latest weekend – despite playing only a single territory. 尽管只在一个地区上映，中国悬疑电影《消失的她》（Lost in the Stars）上周末仍成为全球票房收入最高的电影。其中，playing only a single territory表示这部电影仅在一个特定的地区或市场上映，而没有在其他地方上映。这是一种特殊的用法，可能在标准的英语语法中看起来有些不寻常，但在电影行业的上下文中是常见的。在这个上下文中，说一部电影plays a territory就是说该电影在某个地区被上映或展示。当然，你也可以使用介词，比如说playing in a single territory，这样的表达方式也是正确的，意思完全相同。但在电影行业的行话或者新闻报道中，常常会省略介词，因为这样的说法更简洁。

insurgent /ɪnˈsɜː.dʒənt/ 表示“叛乱者，造反者”，英文解释为“someone who is fighting against the government in their own country”

Campaigners have long warned that Starlink technology has enabled the crime syndicates to operate from remote locations along the border.

长期以来，活动人士一直警告称，星链技术使犯罪集团能够在边境偏远地区活动。

syndicate /ˈsɪndɪkeɪt/ 表示“ 联合组织；私人联合会；企业联合组织 ”，英文解释为“A syndicate is an association of people or organizations that is formed for business purposes or in order to carry out a project.”

Myanmar has become infamous for these operations, which defraud victims through romantic ploys and bogus investment schemes.

缅甸因这些行动而臭名昭著，他们透过浪漫的花招和虚假的投资计划来诈骗受害者。

infamous表示“臭名昭著的，声名狼藉的”，英文解释为“famous for something considered bad”，infamous一词很容易混淆，以为famous是“著名的”（well-known），infamous就是其反义词，实际上infamous也是“著名的”，只是因为“something bad”而著名，同样是well-known，只不过是for something bad而著名。

📍那么，要说不出名，不著名呢？一种说法是unfamous，不过，这个说法比较争议，不太被认可，不常用，通常你可以说not famous.

📍Unfamous is a somewhat controversial word. It means not famous or not widely known about or respected. It is controversial in the sense that some dictionaries from the United States recognize it as a word, but most spellchecks on computers do not. European dictionaries tend to not recognize it either.

表示“骗取，诈取（…的钱财）”，英文解释为“If someone defrauds you, they take something away from you or stop you from getting what belongs to you by means of tricks and lies.”举个🌰：They were accused of defrauding the company. 他们被控诈骗该公司。

🎬电影《大空头》（The Big Short）中的台词提到：We didn't defraud the American people and prey on thier dreams of owning a home. 我们并没有欺诈美国老百姓，也没有利用他们的买房梦。

ploy /plɔɪ/ 表示“计谋，策略；手法，花招”，英文解释为“something that is done or said in order to get an advantage, often dishonestly”举个🌰：There are various ploys we can use if necessary. 必要的话，我们可以用各种手段。

bogus /ˈbəʊ.ɡəs/ 表示“假的；假冒的，伪造的；非法的”，英文解释为“false, not real, or not legal”举个🌰：On investigation, his claim was found to be bogus. 调查发现，他的说法并不属实。

Workers are lured under the guise of legitimate jobs, only to be held captive and forced into criminal activity.

工人被以合法工作为幌子引诱，最终被囚禁并被迫从事犯罪活动。

1) 此处作动词，表示“引诱”，英文解释为“To lure someone means to trick them into a particular place or to trick them into doing something that they should not do.”举个🌰：They did not realize that they were being lured into a trap. 他们没有意识到正被人骗入圈套。

2) 该词作名词除了表示“诱饵”，还可以表示“诱惑力；魅力”，英文解释为“A lure is an attractive quality that something has, or something that you find attractive.”举个🌰：The excitement of hunting big game in Africa has been a lure to Europeans for 200 years. 在非洲捕捉大型猎物所带来的刺激，200年来一直吸引着欧洲人。

表示“表现形式；外貌；伪装；外表”，英文解释为“a way in which sb/sth appears, often in a way that is different from usual or that hides the truth about them/it”

legitimate /ləˈdʒɪt.ə.mət/ 1）表示“合法的，正当的，法律允许的”，英文解释为“allowed by law”

2）表示“合理的，可接受的，得到认可的”，英文解释为“reasonable and acceptable”举个🌰：He claimed that the restaurant bill was a legitimate business expense. 他声称饭店账单是一笔合理的业务开支。

Survivors recount gruelling conditions, long hours, torture and beatings for failing to meet targets. Many of the victims come from African countries.

幸存者讲述了他们因未能完成目标而遭受的艰苦条件、长时间工作、酷刑和殴打。还有许多受害者来自非洲国家。

美式 grueling 英式 gruelling /ˈgrʊəlɪŋ/ 表示“使人的精疲力尽的；艰辛的；让人受不了”，英文解释为“extremely tiring and difficult, and demanding great effort and determination”举个🌰：Junior doctors often have to work a gruelling 100-hour week. 资历较浅的医生经常必须承受艰巨的工作量，一周工作100小时。

"In Myanmar... SpaceX proactively identified and disabled over 2,500 Starlink Kits in the vicinity of suspected 'scam centers'," Dreyer said in a post on X.

“在缅甸…...SpaceX主动识别并禁用了疑似‘诈骗中心’附近的2500多个星链套件，”德雷尔在X的一篇贴文中说道。

表示“周围地区；邻近地区；附近”，英文解释为“the area around a particular place”举个🌰： There is no hospital in the immediate vicinity. 附近没有医院。

🎬电影《萨利机长》（Sully）中的台词提到：Attention, all aircraft in the vicinity of the GW. 全体注意，乔治华盛顿大桥附近的各架飞机。

"We are committed to ensuring the service remains a force for good and sustains trust worldwide: both connecting the unconnected and detecting and preventing misuse by bad actors," she added.

“我们致力于确保这项服务继续成为一种向善的力量，并在全球范围内维护信任：既要连接未联网的人，又要发现并防止不良行为者的滥用，”她补充道。

sustain /səˈsteɪn/ 1）表示“保持，维持，使持续，使继续”，英文解释为“to cause or allow something to continue for a period of time”举个🌰：The economy looks set to sustain its growth into next year. 看来经济的增长会持续到明年。

2）表示“经历，遭受（尤指破坏或损失）”，英文解释为“to suffer or experience, especially damage or loss”举个🌰：She sustained multiple injuries in the accident. 她在这次事故中多处受伤。

On Monday Myanmar's military said it had "cleared" KK Park, releasing more than 2,000 workers and confiscating 30 Starlink terminals.

缅甸军方周一宣布已“清剿”KK园区，释放了2,000多名工人，并没收了30台星链（Starlink）终端设备。

confiscate /ˈkɒn.fɪ.skeɪt/ 表示“（通常指作为惩罚）没收，把…充公”，英文解释为“to take a possession away from someone when you have the right to do so, usually as a punishment and often for a limited period, after which it is returned to the owner”举个🌰：He confiscated my phone! 他没收了我的电话！

Photographs show the satellite dishes on the compound's rooftops and footage supplied to the BBC showed thousands of workers leaving KK Park on foot.

照片显示了该工地屋顶上的卫星天线，据BBC获得的录像视频显示，数千名工人步行离开了KK园区。

表示“圆盘式卫星电视天线；天线接受器；碟形卫星电视天线”，英文解释为“a round aerial for receiving television and radio signals broadcast from satellites”

However, at least 30 other scam compounds remain active along the border, employing tens of thousands globally. Many are protected by militia groups loyal to the Myanmar military and it is unclear whether they have also lost access to Starlink services they once relied on.

然而，边境沿线至少还有30个诈骗园区仍在运作，在全球雇用了数万人。许多园区受到忠于缅甸军方的民兵组织的保护，目前尚不清楚它们是否也失去了曾经依赖的星链服务。

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