Global cyber-attack: ransomware locks computers worldwide
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Date: 2020-09-18
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NEIL: Hello, and welcome to news review, the program where we show you how to use the language from the latest news story in your everyday English. Hi, Im Nail, join me today is Dan.
DAN: Hello
NEIL: So, Dan, Whats our story?
DAN: Its a story about a global virus. But it wont make you sick.
Neil: A virus that wont make you sick. Very interesting. Lets find out more from this BBC World Service News Bulletin.
EXPETS IN CIBER SECURITY ARE WARNING OF A POSSIBLE NEW WAVE OF MALWARE ATTACKS AROUND THE WORLD WHEN PEOPLE RETURN TO WORK AFTER THE WEEKEND.
MORE THAN 120,000 SYSTEMS IN ABOUT A HUNDRED COUNTRIES ARE ESTIMATED TO HAVE BEEN INFECTED ON FRIDAY.
THE DISRUPTION HAS HIT USERS INCLUDING GOVERNMENT OFFICES, CAR MANUFACTURERS, BANKS AND HEALTH SERVICES.
THE MALWARE PREVENTS ACCESS TO COMPUTER DATA AND DEMANDS A RANSOM TO LIFT THE BLOCK.
DAN: So starting at last Friday and continuing through the weekend, a nasty computer virus has infected and spread across a large number of countries through their computer system. This has affected major organizations including governments, health services and industry. The virus blocks access to the computer.
NAIL: OK, well, this has been a massive story over the last few days. Youve been scanning News websites and looking for the words and expressions people need to understand and to be able to talk about this story. And what have you found?
DAN: I certainly have. So, I found : SURGE, RANSOMWARE and Stopped in its tracks.
NAIL: SURGE, RANSOMWARE and Stopped in its tracks. OK, lets start with that first one, DAN. Whats the headline?
DAN: So, our fist headline comes from INDEPEDENT and says: CYBER ATTACK: FEARS OF SURGE IN RANSOMWARE INFECTIONS AS PEOPLE RETURN TO WORK ON MONDAY.
NAIL: Ok, so , SURGE there, meaning sudden increase.
DAN: Exactly, Suddenly and greatly increasing it. And its very related to water. Think of the expression a tidal surge. This is when the seawater suddenly rises on to the land. Nobody expected it.
NAIL: OK, we dont just use it when we talk about water this days dont, do we?
DAN: No we dont. We also talk about power as in electricity surge in power. What might that happen?
Nail: Yeah, so, for example, when there is a TV program that huge numbers of people are watching at the same time, that say, a football match, (uhh, uhh) and its a half time or there is a break for the adverts, a lots of people in the United Kingdom at least will make a cup of tea, and put on their kettles and there will be an electricity surge.
DAN: Exactly like that. And we can also do, surge of emotion, like a surge of joy, a surge of interest. Prices may surge due to economic factors. And of course people, Yeah, a sudden move of people, like OXFORD CIRCUS at rush hours.
NAIL: YEAH, yes for example, our nearest tube theres a underground train system, ahh, in London its Oxford Circus, its one of the busiest in the city, yeah, and going home time. Ahh theres a surge of people. Sometime they have to shut the gates to stop too many people trying to get down into that tunnel.
DAN: It also can use as a verb. So as well as saying the surge of people pushing in to the station, we can say, the people surge in to the station. And as a general rule of thumb, we use surge plus in within noun, and surge plus of, within mushroom.
SURGE , A SUDDEN INCREASE
-THE SURGE OF PEOPLE PUSHED ONTO THE TRAIN.
-SINCE JAMES BOND WORE OUR SUIT, WE HAVE SEEN A HUGE SURGE IN SALES.
NAIL: Ok, thanks for that. Our next headline are with the word RANSOMWARE.
DAN: Our second headline comes from the BBC NEWS and says: MICROSOFT WARNS RANSOMWARE CYBER-ATTACK IS A WAKE-UP CALL.
NAIL: Ok, so RANSOMWARE: A virus design to stop a computer working unless money is paid.
DAN: YES, It is very nice word and it is a PORTAMENTO which means, its two words smash together to make one word. We actually heard another one in the bulletin. It was a malware. Malware is a combination of the word malicious meaning bad or evil and ware coming from software, which is a computer program. Ransomware is like malware. Except that ransomware is more specific, we use ware from software and we have ransom as in the money you must pay to return the victim of a kidnapping.
NAIL: YES, Ok, uhm, this is a, an extremely modern word, in fact I think Ive never use this word until about three days ago, and now it s everywhere, which is a great thing about news review, we can take this words (from the cutting edge vocabulary), YEAH, so, its been around few years however (Thats right).
DAN: Because of the current level of technology, this kind of program and this kind of malware, this viruses, is there emerging more and more, you wouldnt have heard this a twenty, thirty years ago. Its just didnt exist. But brand new modern word.
RANSOMWARE A VIRUS DESIGNED TO STOP A COMPUTER WORKING UNLESS MONEY ISPAID.
-THE RANSOMWARE REQUIRED 100 TO UNLOCK THE COMPUTER FILES.
-SO FAR, NO ONE HAS FOUND A WAY TO BYPASS THE RANSOMWARE WITHOUT PAYING.
NAIL: OK, ransomware. NEXT our final headline.
DAN: A final headline comes from NEWS.COM.AU and says: MARCUS HUTCHINS NAMED AS MAN WHO STOPPED GLOBAL CYBER ATTACK IN ITS TRACKS.
NAIL: Ok, so, stopped in its tracks, stop moving or doing something.(thats right) Suddenly. YEAH, ok. Now a bit confused dear DAN, you know how it is. (I do, tell me). I thought tracks were marks that you made on the ground when you walked.
DAN: Exactly that, and youre right. Tracks are the footsteps that you leave in a soft substance on the floor. For example, snow, now imagine you are walking through a forest in the snow and every step you take you leave a footprint . These are your tracks. They show you, where youve been, where you may be going, however, suddenly, you see a bear. What do you do? You stop! You stop in your tracks, your feet are in exactly the last position that they were. (YEAH) And this is a, quite common. Its a sort of a surprise move, things like that, people get stopped in their tracks.
NAIL: So, why are we using this, to talk about softwares, pieces of malicious software?
DAN: Well, because is the abrupt halt of the computer virus, and the spread, somebody found the way to stop it, moving forward. (YEAH), if it helps, I have another story that is related, but may or may not be true, this of it like this: trains run on tracks, they show where the trains is being, where the trains will be going. If I want to stop the train to robber it, I need to stopped it in its tracks on my push over a tree and it will abruptly stop the train from moving forward.
NAIL: Ok, very usefully expression used widely (thats right). Uhm, Have you ever been stopped in your tracks, DAN?
DAN: I have once, yes, my wife stopped in my tracks, first time I saw her, actually. I come around the corner and I saw her for the first time, and she hit me a bit like a train. Love at first sight.
STOPPED (SOMETHING) IN ITS TRACKS
STOP MOVING OR DOING SOMETHING SUDDENLY
-THE ROBBER WAS STOPPED IN HIS TRACKS WHEN THE POLICE SURROUND HIM.
-I WAS STOPPED INMY TRACKS BY THE SIGHT OF HER.
NAIL: WOW, DAN, before this catchs you, marche I think we need to move on to our facebook challenge. (right). OK, so: ransomware as weve discussed it is a portamento word meaning a word made from two other words but together. WHICH TWO WORDS FORM THE WORD RANSOMWARE: OK. SO Weve put that out there on facebook and the options were:
A) RUN and SOMEWHERE
B) RANSOM and BEWARE
C) RANSOM and SOFTWARE
NAIL: what were the responses?
DAN: AGAIN, the responses were overwhelmingly positive. I think were gonna have to stop writing(making it harder)So everybody who said the answer is C, you were correct
well done
well done
DAN:..and everbody else who said C. Good job everbody.
NAIL: Yes, well done, and DAN now can you just recap the words weve been looking at today.
DAN: Certainly, the firs word we had was SURGE, which is a sudden increase. Then, ransomware, a virus design to stop a computer working unless money is paid. And finally, stopped in its tracks which is stop moving or doing suddenly.
NAIL: Yes, well , were gonna have to stop this program in its tracks, cause weve run out of time, but if youd like test yourself on todays vocabulary, theres a quiz you can take on our website bbc learning english . com we can find all kind of other videos and activities to help you improve your English. Thank you for joining us and goodbye.
Sorry if you find something wrong, but it was the best I could do. (Roberto Nogueira from Brazil )
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NEIL: Hello, and welcome to news review, the program where we show you how to use the language from the latest news story in your everyday English. Hi, Im Nail, join me today is Dan.
DAN: Hello
NEIL: So, Dan, Whats our story?
DAN: Its a story about a global virus. But it wont make you sick.
Neil: A virus that wont make you sick. Very interesting. Lets find out more from this BBC World Service News Bulletin.
EXPETS IN CIBER SECURITY ARE WARNING OF A POSSIBLE NEW WAVE OF MALWARE ATTACKS AROUND THE WORLD WHEN PEOPLE RETURN TO WORK AFTER THE WEEKEND.
MORE THAN 120,000 SYSTEMS IN ABOUT A HUNDRED COUNTRIES ARE ESTIMATED TO HAVE BEEN INFECTED ON FRIDAY.
THE DISRUPTION HAS HIT USERS INCLUDING GOVERNMENT OFFICES, CAR MANUFACTURERS, BANKS AND HEALTH SERVICES.
THE MALWARE PREVENTS ACCESS TO COMPUTER DATA AND DEMANDS A RANSOM TO LIFT THE BLOCK.
DAN: So starting at last Friday and continuing through the weekend, a nasty computer virus has infected and spread across a large number of countries through their computer system. This has affected major organizations including governments, health services and industry. The virus blocks access to the computer.
NAIL: OK, well, this has been a massive story over the last few days. Youve been scanning News websites and looking for the words and expressions people need to understand and to be able to talk about this story. And what have you found?
DAN: I certainly have. So, I found : SURGE, RANSOMWARE and Stopped in its tracks.
NAIL: SURGE, RANSOMWARE and Stopped in its tracks. OK, lets start with that first one, DAN. Whats the headline?
DAN: So, our fist headline comes from INDEPEDENT and says: CYBER ATTACK: FEARS OF SURGE IN RANSOMWARE INFECTIONS AS PEOPLE RETURN TO WORK ON MONDAY.
NAIL: Ok, so , SURGE there, meaning sudden increase.
DAN: Exactly, Suddenly and greatly increasing it. And its very related to water. Think of the expression a tidal surge. This is when the seawater suddenly rises on to the land. Nobody expected it.
NAIL: OK, we dont just use it when we talk about water this days dont, do we?
DAN: No we dont. We also talk about power as in electricity surge in power. What might that happen?
Nail: Yeah, so, for example, when there is a TV program that huge numbers of people are watching at the same time, that say, a football match, (uhh, uhh) and its a half time or there is a break for the adverts, a lots of people in the United Kingdom at least will make a cup of tea, and put on their kettles and there will be an electricity surge.
DAN: Exactly like that. And we can also do, surge of emotion, like a surge of joy, a surge of interest. Prices may surge due to economic factors. And of course people, Yeah, a sudden move of people, like OXFORD CIRCUS at rush hours.
NAIL: YEAH, yes for example, our nearest tube theres a underground train system, ahh, in London its Oxford Circus, its one of the busiest in the city, yeah, and going home time. Ahh theres a surge of people. Sometime they have to shut the gates to stop too many people trying to get down into that tunnel.
DAN: It also can use as a verb. So as well as saying the surge of people pushing in to the station, we can say, the people surge in to the station. And as a general rule of thumb, we use surge plus in within noun, and surge plus of, within mushroom.
SURGE , A SUDDEN INCREASE
-THE SURGE OF PEOPLE PUSHED ONTO THE TRAIN.
-SINCE JAMES BOND WORE OUR SUIT, WE HAVE SEEN A HUGE SURGE IN SALES.
NAIL: Ok, thanks for that. Our next headline are with the word RANSOMWARE.
DAN: Our second headline comes from the BBC NEWS and says: MICROSOFT WARNS RANSOMWARE CYBER-ATTACK IS A WAKE-UP CALL.
NAIL: Ok, so RANSOMWARE: A virus design to stop a computer working unless money is paid.
DAN: YES, It is very nice word and it is a PORTAMENTO which means, its two words smash together to make one word. We actually heard another one in the bulletin. It was a malware. Malware is a combination of the word malicious meaning bad or evil and ware coming from software, which is a computer program. Ransomware is like malware. Except that ransomware is more specific, we use ware from software and we have ransom as in the money you must pay to return the victim of a kidnapping.
NAIL: YES, Ok, uhm, this is a, an extremely modern word, in fact I think Ive never use this word until about three days ago, and now it s everywhere, which is a great thing about news review, we can take this words (from the cutting edge vocabulary), YEAH, so, its been around few years however (Thats right).
DAN: Because of the current level of technology, this kind of program and this kind of malware, this viruses, is there emerging more and more, you wouldnt have heard this a twenty, thirty years ago. Its just didnt exist. But brand new modern word.
RANSOMWARE A VIRUS DESIGNED TO STOP A COMPUTER WORKING UNLESS MONEY ISPAID.
-THE RANSOMWARE REQUIRED 100 TO UNLOCK THE COMPUTER FILES.
-SO FAR, NO ONE HAS FOUND A WAY TO BYPASS THE RANSOMWARE WITHOUT PAYING.
NAIL: OK, ransomware. NEXT our final headline.
DAN: A final headline comes from NEWS.COM.AU and says: MARCUS HUTCHINS NAMED AS MAN WHO STOPPED GLOBAL CYBER ATTACK IN ITS TRACKS.
NAIL: Ok, so, stopped in its tracks, stop moving or doing something.(thats right) Suddenly. YEAH, ok. Now a bit confused dear DAN, you know how it is. (I do, tell me). I thought tracks were marks that you made on the ground when you walked.
DAN: Exactly that, and youre right. Tracks are the footsteps that you leave in a soft substance on the floor. For example, snow, now imagine you are walking through a forest in the snow and every step you take you leave a footprint . These are your tracks. They show you, where youve been, where you may be going, however, suddenly, you see a bear. What do you do? You stop! You stop in your tracks, your feet are in exactly the last position that they were. (YEAH) And this is a, quite common. Its a sort of a surprise move, things like that, people get stopped in their tracks.
NAIL: So, why are we using this, to talk about softwares, pieces of malicious software?
DAN: Well, because is the abrupt halt of the computer virus, and the spread, somebody found the way to stop it, moving forward. (YEAH), if it helps, I have another story that is related, but may or may not be true, this of it like this: trains run on tracks, they show where the trains is being, where the trains will be going. If I want to stop the train to robber it, I need to stopped it in its tracks on my push over a tree and it will abruptly stop the train from moving forward.
NAIL: Ok, very usefully expression used widely (thats right). Uhm, Have you ever been stopped in your tracks, DAN?
DAN: I have once, yes, my wife stopped in my tracks, first time I saw her, actually. I come around the corner and I saw her for the first time, and she hit me a bit like a train. Love at first sight.
STOPPED (SOMETHING) IN ITS TRACKS
STOP MOVING OR DOING SOMETHING SUDDENLY
-THE ROBBER WAS STOPPED IN HIS TRACKS WHEN THE POLICE SURROUND HIM.
-I WAS STOPPED INMY TRACKS BY THE SIGHT OF HER.
NAIL: WOW, DAN, before this catchs you, marche I think we need to move on to our facebook challenge. (right). OK, so: ransomware as weve discussed it is a portamento word meaning a word made from two other words but together. WHICH TWO WORDS FORM THE WORD RANSOMWARE: OK. SO Weve put that out there on facebook and the options were:
A) RUN and SOMEWHERE
B) RANSOM and BEWARE
C) RANSOM and SOFTWARE
NAIL: what were the responses?
DAN: AGAIN, the responses were overwhelmingly positive. I think were gonna have to stop writing(making it harder)So everybody who said the answer is C, you were correct
well done
well done
DAN:..and everbody else who said C. Good job everbody.
NAIL: Yes, well done, and DAN now can you just recap the words weve been looking at today.
DAN: Certainly, the firs word we had was SURGE, which is a sudden increase. Then, ransomware, a virus design to stop a computer working unless money is paid. And finally, stopped in its tracks which is stop moving or doing suddenly.
NAIL: Yes, well , were gonna have to stop this program in its tracks, cause weve run out of time, but if youd like test yourself on todays vocabulary, theres a quiz you can take on our website bbc learning english . com we can find all kind of other videos and activities to help you improve your English. Thank you for joining us and goodbye.
Sorry if you find something wrong, but it was the best I could do. (Roberto Nogueira from Brazil )
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