马里亚纳网络 - 互联网最可怕的部分：英语精读讲义

With a depth of approximately 7 mi, the Marianas Trench is the deepest oceanic trench in the world. 短語搭配

马里亚纳海沟的深度约为 7 英里，是世界上最深的海沟。

So much remains unknown about it, 短語搭配

关于它还有很多未知之处，

and scientists are still studying what dwells in its dark depths.

科学家们仍在研究它黑暗深处究竟栖息着什么。

How is this trench related to the high-tech world of the internet? 短語搭配

这个海沟与高科技的互联网世界有什么联系？

Well, the deepest part of the internet is named after it.

嗯，互联网的最深处就是以它命名的。

In the past few years,

在过去的几年里，

Marianas Web has captured the interest of everyday computer users and computer experts alike. 語法

马里亚纳网络（Marianas Web）引起了普通电脑用户和电脑专家的浓厚兴趣。

Today,

今天，

we will explore the facts and rumors surrounding this mysterious part of the internet 表達脈絡

我们将探索围绕这个神秘互联网角落的真相与传言，

in this episode of The Infographics Show,

尽在《信息图表秀》（The Infographics Show）的本期节目，

Marianas Web,

马里亚纳网络，

the scariest part of the internet.

互联网最可怕的部分。

Marianas Web became widely known because of an iceberg infographic that spread across the internet.

马里亚纳网络之所以广为人知，是因为一张在互联网上疯传的冰山信息图。

This infographic divides the internet into different levels

这张信息图将互联网分为不同层级，

ranging from level zero or the common web that most of us are familiar with 語法

从零级，即我们大多数人熟悉的普通网络，

to several other hidden levels.

到其他几个隐藏的层级。

Marianas Web is identified as level five,

马里亚纳网络被标识为第五级，

the most hidden level of the internet,

也就是互联网中最隐藏的层级，

but the infographic does not list examples of what is in Marianas Web

但是该信息图并没有列出马里亚纳网络里具体包含什么，

as it does for the other levels. 語法

不像它对其他层级的描述那样。

Instead, there is a cryptic one-line message

相反，只有一条隐晦的单行信息，

with offensive language that is not worth repeating. 短語搭配

其中带有不值得重复的冒犯性语言。

The presence of Marianas Web on this iceberg infographic

这张冰山信息图上存在马里亚纳网络，

seems to be the only fact about it that can be verified. 語氣意圖

似乎是关于它唯一能被证实的真相。

The dubious infographic further hints at a major problem

这张令人生疑的信息图进一步暗示了一个主要问题，

that you face when you try to learn more about Marianas Web.

即当你试图了解更多关于马里亚纳网络的信息时所面临的难题。

Most of what is known about it is based on rumors. 語法

关于它的大部分已知信息都基于传言。

Some of the rumors are scary

其中一些传言令人毛骨悚然，

and some of them are not.

而另一些则不然。

Here are some of the prevailing ones. 表達脈絡

以下是一些广为流传的说法。

Rumor number one:

传言一：

Marianas Web is deeper and darker than the dark web.

马里亚纳网络比暗网更深、更暗。

To understand this rumor,

要理解这个传言，

you have to understand what the dark web is.

你必须了解什么是暗网。

The dark web is a small subsection of the deep web, 文化背景

暗网是深网的一小部分，

which is a part of the internet that is hidden from public view.

它是互联网中对公众隐藏的一部分。

Websites on the deep web and the dark web

深网和暗网上的网站

are part of an encrypted network,

是加密网络的一部分，

so they cannot be found with commercial search engines

因此它们无法用商业搜索引擎找到，

such as Google or Bing.

比如 Google 或 Bing。

They also cannot be viewed with common browsers

它们也不能用普通的浏览器查看，

like Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome.

比如 Mozilla Firefox 和 Google Chrome。

You need a special browser such as Tor

你需要一个特殊的浏览器，比如 Tor，

to access websites on the deep web and the dark web,

才能访问深网和暗网上的网站，

and Tor allows you to view them anonymously. 語法

而 Tor 允许你匿名浏览它们。

Recently, the dark web has gained media attention

最近，暗网引起了媒体的关注，

as the home of shady nefarious websites 習語

成了各种见不得人的邪恶网站的大本营，

such as the notorious Silk Road black market site 文化背景

例如臭名昭著的“丝绸之路”黑市网站，

that was shut down by the FBI in 2013.

该网站于 2013 年被 FBI 关闭。

The dark web's bad reputation

暗网的坏名声

has led people to jump to conclusions about Marianas Web. 講解

导致人们对马里亚纳网络妄下结论。

If the dark web attracts contract killers,

如果暗网吸引了职业杀手、

drug dealers, and worse,

毒贩乃至更糟的人，

what horrors does Marianas Web contain

那么马里亚纳网络里包含了什么恐怖的东西，

if it is even deeper than the dark web?

如果它比暗网还要深的话？

Several possibilities appear in other rumors.

其他传言中还出现了几种可能性。

Rumor number two:

传言二：

An artificial intelligence system exists in Marianas Web.

马里亚纳网络中存在一个人工智能系统。

Move over HAL in 2001 A Space Odyssey, 習語

忘了《2001太空漫游》里的 HAL 吧，

there's a new AI system in town 習語

镇上出了一个新的 AI 系统，

and she lives in Marianas Web.

她就住在马里亚纳网络中。

There is even a possibility

甚至有一种可能性，

that Marianas Web is the AI.

马里亚纳网络本身就是这个 AI。

She is bigger and more powerful than HAL

她比 HAL 更大、更强大，

and supposedly monitors and controls information on the entire internet.

据说还在监控并控制着整个互联网的信息。

Just wait until she becomes sentient.

等到她具有自我意识的那一天吧。

Hello, Skynet. 文化背景

你好，天网。

Rumor number three:

传言三：

It contains some of humankind's darkest secrets.

它包含着人类一些最黑暗的秘密。

This rumor presents the possibility

这个传言提出了一种可能性，

that Marianas Web is a digital library of X-Files. 文化背景

即马里亚纳网络是《X档案》的数字图书馆。

Are you a historian looking for some obscure facts

你是一位在寻找一些鲜为人知的真相的历史学家吗，

about the first pope of Rome?

想要了解关于罗马第一任教皇的事？

The Vatican Secret Archives

梵蒂冈秘密档案馆

are supposedly in there.

据说就在那里。

Do you want to find out where Atlantis is? 講解

你想找出亚特兰蒂斯在哪里吗？

Its location is supposedly in there.

它的位置据说就在那里。

Do you want to read up on that Russian spy that 短語動詞

你想读读关于十年前

lived next door to you 10 years ago?

住在你隔壁的那个俄罗斯间谍的信息吗？

An intelligence agency archive database

一个情报机构的档案数据库

is supposedly in there.

据说就在那里。

Getting into Marianas Web 語法

进入马里亚纳网络

is not easy, however,

却并不容易，

which we will discuss in the next rumor.

这也是我们在下一个传言中要讨论的。

Rumor number four:

传言四：

It is the most inaccessible part of the internet.

它是互联网中最难以访问的部分。

You can use Tor to visit Marianas Web.

你可以使用 Tor 访问马里亚纳网络。

Accessing Marianas Web is more complicated than that.

访问马里亚纳网络比这更复杂。

According to this rumor,

根据这个传言，

you must calculate a complex algorithm

你必须计算一个复杂的算法，

called the polymeric falsigol derivation.

称为 polymeric falsigol derivation（聚合伪基推导）。

There is some doubt that this algorithm is actually real,

有人怀疑这个算法是否真的存在，

and you may be stuck with the impossible task 習語

而你可能会陷入一个不可能完成的任务：

of computing something that does not exist.

去计算一个根本不存在的东西。

In addition,

此外，

you can't make this calculation on just any computer. 語法

你不能随便在哪台电脑上进行这种计算。

You need a quantum computer,

你需要一台量子计算机，

which is new technology that is not widely available to the public.

这是一种尚未向公众普及的新技术。

There is a good reason for this lack of public availability.

无法向公众普及是有充分理由的。

Currently, quantum computers need some extreme conditions to function properly.

目前，量子计算机需要一些极端条件才能正常运行。

For instance,

例如，

the processor of a D-Wave 2000Q quantum computer

D-Wave 2000Q 量子计算机的处理器

can run only in a high vacuum environment.

只能在高真空环境中运行。

The pressure of this vacuum must be 10 billion times lower than the Earth's atmosphere, 語法

这种真空的压力必须比地球大气压低 100 亿倍，

according to one source.

某消息源称。

Unless your home includes a climate-controlled room 語法

除非你家里有一间气候控制室，

that can maintain environmental conditions

能够维持

reminiscent of outer space,

类似于外太空的环境条件，

you're out of luck. 習語

否则你就倒霉了。

Because of their special requirements,

由于其特殊的要求，

quantum computers are owned mainly by government entities.

量子计算机主要归政府实体所有。

This means that a few select people working for these government entities

这意味着少数在这些政府实体工作的人，

are probably the only ones who have access to Marianas Web.

可能是唯一有机会访问马里亚纳网络的人。

They can access it,

他们可以访问它，

that is, 語氣意圖

前提是，

if it actually exists,

它真的存在，

which leads us to our next rumor. 表達脈絡

这就引出了我们的下一个传言。

Rumor number five:

传言五：

Marianas Web is a purposely fabricated invention.

马里亚纳网络是一个蓄意捏造的产物。

This rumor sounds like something from a techno-thriller movie.

这个传言听起来像是科技惊悚电影里的桥段。

Under the cover of anonymity, 習語

在匿名的掩护下，

some hackers claim that they invented Marianas Web

一些黑客声称他们发明了马里亚纳网络，

because they were being blackmailed by the FBI.

因为他们正遭到 FBI 的勒索。

The FBI needed them to create a distraction

FBI 需要他们制造一个诱饵，

that would take attention away from its shutdowns 短語搭配

来转移公众对其打击

of various black markets on the dark web.

各种暗网黑市的注意力。

Since these claims are anecdotal information from anonymous sources, 用詞

由于这些声明是来自匿名来源的坊间传闻，

we cannot say with certainty that they are true. 語氣意圖

我们无法肯定它们是否真实。

What we can say with certainty 語法

我们可以肯定的是，

is that Marianas Web remains a strange,

马里亚纳网络依然是一个奇怪的、

unsolved internet mystery.

未解的互联网谜团。

Much has been written about it,

已经有很多关于它的文章，

but few people,

但很少有人，

or perhaps none, 語氣意圖

或者可能根本没有人，

have actually seen it.

真正见过它。

There is no concrete evidence that clearly proves or disproves its existence, 短語搭配

没有具体的证据能明确证明或证伪它的存在，

and depending on which rumors you believe, 語法

并且取决于你相信哪些传言，

it may be the most or least scary part of the internet. 表達脈絡

它可能是互联网中最可怕的部分，也可能是最不可怕的部分。

Do you think Marianas Web is real?

你认为马里亚纳网络是真的吗？

Let us know in the comments.

在评论中告诉我们。

Also,

此外，

be sure to check out our other video

一定要去看看我们的另一个视频，

called Illegal Things You Do Every Day.

叫做《你每天都在做的违法事情》。

Thanks for watching,

感谢观看，

and as always,

像往常一样，

don't forget to like, share, and subscribe.

不要忘记点赞、分享和订阅。

See you next time.

我们下次见。