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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.
词汇：
immobilizer n.使车辆不能调动的装置
cellphone n.移动电话，手机
trickle / tr?kl / v.慢慢移动
immobilization / ?,mob?l?ze??n / n.使车辆不能调动
burglary / b??gl?r? / n.夜窃行为;盗窃
注释：
1.speed off：超速驾驶
2.catch：捕获物，猎获物
3.nasty：very unpleasant or annoying使人不愉快的;烦人的
4.fleets of trucks：卡车队。fleet：a group of vessels or vehicles owned or operated as a unit车队
5.trickle down to ordinary cars：慢慢地用到普通汽车上。trickle：to move or proceed slowly or bit by bit慢慢地或一点一点地移动或前进
6.incorporate：to cause to merge or combine together into a united whole混合，合并到某一整体中
7.GPS：Global Positioning System全球定位系统
8.vehicles on the move：在行驶中的车辆
9.an array of：一群;一批
10.technical fixes：技术装置
11.Berkshire：a county of south-central England贝克郡，位于英格兰中南部
12.a bare minimum of tools：极少的工具。bare: just sufficient;mere刚刚充足的;仅仅
13.Modern cars are a far tougher proposition：现代车远没有这么简单。proposition: a matter to be dealt with;a task任务，要处理的事务。
14.beam out：to emit or transmit发送，传送
15.drop in vehicle-related crime：涉及车辆犯罪案的下降。drop：decrease下降
练习：
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.
词汇：
immobilizer n.使车辆不能调动的装置
cellphone n.移动电话，手机
trickle / tr?kl / v.慢慢移动
immobilization / ?,mob?l?ze??n / n.使车辆不能调动
burglary / b??gl?r? / n.夜窃行为;盗窃
注释：
1.speed off：超速驾驶
2.catch：捕获物，猎获物
3.nasty：very unpleasant or annoying使人不愉快的;烦人的
4.fleets of trucks：卡车队。fleet：a group of vessels or vehicles owned or operated as a unit车队
5.trickle down to ordinary cars：慢慢地用到普通汽车上。trickle：to move or proceed slowly or bit by bit慢慢地或一点一点地移动或前进
6.incorporate：to cause to merge or combine together into a united whole混合，合并到某一整体中
7.GPS：Global Positioning System全球定位系统
8.vehicles on the move：在行驶中的车辆
9.an array of：一群;一批
10.technical fixes：技术装置
11.Berkshire：a county of south-central England贝克郡，位于英格兰中南部
12.a bare minimum of tools：极少的工具。bare: just sufficient;mere刚刚充足的;仅仅
13.Modern cars are a far tougher proposition：现代车远没有这么简单。proposition: a matter to be dealt with;a task任务，要处理的事务。
14.beam out：to emit or transmit发送，传送
15.drop in vehicle-related crime：涉及车辆犯罪案的下降。drop：decrease下降
练习：
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
