Last week his firm was busy vacuuming up data bits from the far corners of the world and predicting a crisis in Ukraine. “As soon as that report runs, we’ll suddenly get 500 new Internet sign-ups from Ukraine,” says Friedman, a former political science professor. “And we’ll hear back from some of them.” Open-source spying does have its risks, of course, since it can be difficult to tell good information from bad. That’s where Straitford earns its keep.
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tell A from B 如何理解?
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上周,他的公司正忙于從世界上各個(gè)遙遠(yuǎn)的角落收集零散的信息,并預(yù)測(cè)烏克蘭將發(fā)生的危機(jī)?!斑@個(gè)報(bào)告一經(jīng)發(fā)布,我們將從烏克蘭一下子獲得500個(gè)新增網(wǎng)絡(luò)注冊(cè)用戶。”前政治科學(xué)教授弗里德曼說。“我們也將聽到其中一些人的回應(yīng)?!碑?dāng)然,公開來源的間諜活動(dòng)有風(fēng)險(xiǎn),因?yàn)楹茈y區(qū)分好的信息和壞的信息。(當(dāng)然,公開來源的間諜活動(dòng)之所以確實(shí)有風(fēng)險(xiǎn),是因?yàn)楹茈y區(qū)分好的信息和壞的信息。)這就是斯特福德公司賺錢的地方。
【翻譯小作業(yè)】
兒童教育很重要,因?yàn)楹⒆雍茈y分辨是非,這就是早教機(jī)構(gòu)賺錢的地方。