时间:2018-12-28 作者:英语课 分类:轻松英文阅读


英语课

 If you have a smart phone you probably can’t even remember the last time you asked someone for directions. Getting from point A to point B has never been easier. And with features like satellite imagery and Google’s street view you can find out about your destination before you ever step out the door.


 
However, such convenience comes at a price. There are a lot of people who worry about privacy 1 and don’t want random 2 people on the Internet snooping around their front yard or looking through their windows.
 
report a problem street view
 
Luckily, there is an easy fix. You can ask Google to blur 3 out images of your place. Here’s how you do it. First, open up Google Maps and put in your home address. In ‘street view,’ navigate 4 to the scene you want blurred 5 out. Next, hit the ”Report a problem” button in the lower-right corner. Then, go through the images and choose the parts you want blurred out.
 
Google does not release data on what percent of requests are accepted but it appears that most are.. There are also similar solutions for other map providers like Yahoo and Bing.

1 privacy
n.私人权利,个人自由,隐私权
  • In such matters,privacy is impossible.在这类事情中,保密是不可能的。
  • She wept in the privacy of her own room.她在自己房内暗暗落泪。
2 random
adj.随机的;任意的;n.偶然的(或随便的)行动
  • The list is arranged in a random order.名单排列不分先后。
  • On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查,发现肉变质了。
3 blur
n.模糊不清的事物;vt.使模糊,使看不清楚
  • The houses appeared as a blur in the mist.房子在薄雾中隐隐约约看不清。
  • If you move your eyes and your head,the picture will blur.如果你的眼睛或头动了,图像就会变得模糊不清。
4 navigate
v.航行,飞行;导航,领航
  • He was the first man to navigate the Atlantic by air.他是第一个飞越大西洋的人。
  • Such boats can navigate on the Nile.这种船可以在尼罗河上航行。
5 blurred
v.(使)变模糊( blur的过去式和过去分词 );(使)难以区分;模模糊糊;迷离
  • She suffered from dizziness and blurred vision. 她饱受头晕目眩之苦。
  • Their lazy, blurred voices fell pleasantly on his ears. 他们那种慢吞吞、含糊不清的声音在他听起来却很悦耳。 来自《简明英汉词典》
学英语单词
agt.
amissive
antihijack
arched-back nursing (abn)
automatic water level recorder
Beckenausgang
biopesticidal
camfering
cancer pain
Captain William Bligh
cernuda
Chaetangiaceae
chemical conditioning
colovesical
computer integrated
continuous wall method
Cytolex(MSI-78)
Dardanelle, Lake
disk file assignment table
endres
equipment under test
equivalent source e.m.f.
failsoft
fibroplasia
genus Corylus
Global Patient Movement Requirements Center
granular kidney
gum-elastic catheter
Hiace
HLAC
hobbing method
Hopkins County
hypersomniac
in alliance with
inertial axis
insolidity
international court of justices
jinsiyya
karter
kingdoms of norway
kyung
Laruellian
louise
malar flush
maximum developed pressure
misconceivers
mitotic activity
modification message (chg)
montes apenninus
Muhammat
mushroomers
mutilate
necked out
nidiot
night letters
nitric acid dissolution
nitrocellulose emulsion
nitsky
non use
oil vapor pump
old and unequal international economic order
Pentanema vestitum
philosopher-scientist
Platyventroceras
pluvialis fulva
primogony
principal coil
Prolidon
propyl caprylate
psychoreflex
rabigenic
redesigning
representative
roll-over credit
Rubik's cube
rural town
safe-custody
saframycin
saved area description entry
seed treating machine
share-pushings
Simon poplar
sissonne
solubilizing mechanism
spent-fuel storage
spot checked
strategic airborne operation
Tan Phuoc
Tanjungpandan
tape controlled recording equipment
thermistis taiwanensis
three-arm clasp
through palletization system
topless meeting
trial-and-error method
trichopterigia kishidai
Tricomoniasis
uncommitted unit
unliquidating
unlocking rail
wannier exciton
Yoshisuke