互联网上最离奇的未解之谜有哪些？：英语精读讲义

There's nothing like a good unsolved mystery to get the mind going. 講解

没有什么比一个好的未解之谜更能引人深思的了。

When we think of such mysteries,

当我们想到这类谜团时，

the first things that often spring to mind revolve around the macabre. 講解

脑海中往往首先浮现出与恐怖相关的事物。

For instance, who was behind the identity of Jack the Ripper,

例如，开膛手杰克的真实身份究竟是谁？

the man that eviscerated women on the streets of London,

那个在伦敦街头将女性开膛破肚的男人，

sometimes with a surgeon's precision? 習語

作案手法有时甚至像外科医生般精准？

Or where did Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappear to? 語法

或者，马来西亚航空370航班究竟消失在哪里了？

Was it shot down by the US military,

它是被美国军方击落，

hacked by North Korea,

被朝鲜黑客劫持，

or are its passengers currently residing on an alien spaceship?

还是机上乘客目前正居住在外星飞船上？

Who was behind the assassination of JFK?

谁是暗杀肯尼迪总统的幕后黑手？

Who was the Zodiac Killer?

十二宫杀手又是谁？

Who was behind one of the biggest cyber attacks in history,

谁策划了史上最大规模之一的网络攻击，

what became known as the WannaCry hack? 語法

也就是后来被称为WannaCry的黑客事件？

Today we are going to focus on computer technology.

今天我们将重点探讨计算机技术。

In this episode of the Infographic Show,

在这一集的Infographic Show中，

Weirdest Unsolved Internet Mysteries.

我们要讲的是：最诡异的互联网未解之谜。

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别忘了订阅并点击小铃铛按钮，

so that you can be part of our notification squad.

这样你就能成为我们通知小队的一员了。

Number 10, internet black holes.

第十名，互联网黑洞。

Yes, you heard that right. 語氣意圖

是的，你没听错。

There is such a thing as internet black holes. 講解

确实存在互联网黑洞这种东西。

It's very much a real thing and like a black hole in space,

它是真实存在的，就像宇宙中的黑洞一样，

we only really know they are there because they swallow things up. 短語動詞

我们之所以知道它们存在，只是因为它们吞噬了东西。

They are easily explained, however.

然而，它们很容易解释。

Tech people have simply described them as places where packets vanish. 用詞

技术人员简单地将它们描述为数据包消失的地方。

In 2008, Wired reported that hackers were busy creating these black holes,

2008年，Wired杂志报道称黑客们正忙于制造这些黑洞，

rerouting traffic towards them, 用詞

将网络流量重定向到它们那里，

and surreptitiously collecting valuable data.

并暗中收集有价值的数据。

While we can't say this is an unsolved mystery, 表達脈絡

虽然我们不能说这是一个未解之谜，

we don't exactly know how many black holes there are out there.

但我们并不确切知道外面到底有多少个黑洞。

Number nine, october282011.com.

第九名，october282011.com。

This one is creepier.

这个要更令人毛骨悚然。

In 2011, a website appeared called october282011.com.

2011年，一个名为october282011.com的网站出现了。

On the site, there seemed to be some cryptic messages,

在这个网站上，似乎有一些神秘的信息，

as well as a picture of Schrödinger's cat and pyramids. 短語搭配

以及薛定谔的猫和金字塔的图片。

There was also a phone number.

上面还有一个电话号码。

When the date of the site passed,

当网站域名上的日期过去后，

the site stayed online,

该网站依然在线，

and that's when things got strange. 表達脈絡

这正是事情开始变得离奇的时候。

People called this number

人们拨打这个号码，

reporting that what they heard was very creepy noises, 語法

报告说他们听到的是非常令人毛骨悚然的噪音，

muffled voices,

沉闷的说话声，

or the sounds of what seemed like something heavy being dragged on the floor. 語法

或者是似乎有什么重物在地上拖拽的声音。

Others said they got voicemail.

其他人说他们被转到了语音信箱。

You can, of course, check domain information for this site,

当然，你可以查看该网站的域名信息，

and that takes you to a business called New Media Investments Inc.

这会把你引向一家名为New Media Investments Inc.的企业，

located in Kingstown, Alabama,

地址位于阿拉巴马州的金斯敦（Kingstown），

although it seems Kingstown is in the British Virgin Islands.

尽管金斯敦似乎是在英属维尔京群岛。

No such company seems to exist, though. 語法

然而，似乎并不存在这样一家公司。

Number eight, who created Bitcoin?

第八名，谁创造了比特币？

Yes, Bitcoin might be booming,

是的，比特币可能正在蓬勃发展，

at time of writing anyway, 短語搭配

至少在撰写本文时是这样，

but we still don't know who created it.

但我们仍然不知道是谁创造了它。

Why has this remained such a mystery?

为什么这仍然是个谜？

We do know that the cryptocurrency was created by an alias that goes by the name of Satoshi Nakamoto. 短語搭配

我们确实知道这种加密货币是由一个化名为中本聪（Satoshi Nakamoto）的人创造的。

He sounds Japanese, right? 語氣意圖

他听起来像日本人，对吧？

But this person or persons writes only in flawless English

但这个人或这些人只用完美无瑕的英语写作，

and uses terms such as bloody something or other. 講解

并且使用了诸如“bloody something or other”之类的词汇。

That sounds quite British.

这听起来相当有英国味。

British tabloids reported in January that indeed this person is a mystery,

英国小报在今年一月报道称，这个人确实是个谜，

but whoever is behind the name could be one of the richest people on the planet. 語法

但无论这个名字背后是谁，他都可能是这个星球上最富有的人之一。

Number seven, Valor por Tamaulipas.

第七名，Valor por Tamaulipas。

Reporting on Mexican drug cartels is no joke, 習語

报道墨西哥贩毒集团可不是闹着玩的，

and those that do could find themselves dead. 語法

那些这样做的人可能会惹来杀身之祸。

So if you are going to try and bring down the cartels and any kind of corruption supporting them, 短語動詞

因此，如果你打算尝试扳倒贩毒集团及支持他们的任何腐败势力，

then there would be no better way to do it than doing it anonymously. 語法

那么没有比匿名更好的方法了。

This person or persons uses social media to expose the cartels,

这个人或这些人利用社交媒体曝光贩毒集团，

and the cartels are not happy.

这让贩毒集团非常不悦。

They even handed out flyers in Mexico offering an almost $50,000 reward for information on the group. 講解

他们甚至在墨西哥散发传单，悬赏近5万美元征集该组织的信息。

Numerous threats were made while the group was active,

该组织活跃期间受到了无数次威胁，

with criminals actually kidnapping,

犯罪分子甚至绑架、

torturing, and killing someone who supported the group.

折磨并杀害了一名支持该组织的人。

Thankfully for Valor por Tamaulipas,

对Valor por Tamaulipas来说值得庆幸的是，

no one ever found out who they are.

从来没有人发现他们的真实身份。

Number six, snuff videos.

第六名，虐杀视频（snuff videos）。

We apologize here for discussing the extreme and sadistic nature of mankind at times, 語氣意圖

我们在讨论人类有时极端且残虐的本性时表示歉意，

but the question has often been asked if snuff films actually exist. 表達脈絡

但人们经常问到虐杀电影是否真的存在。

A snuff film shows a real-life murder that can be purchased for entertainment.

虐杀电影展示的是为了娱乐而购买的真实谋杀场景。

A few years ago,

几年前，

videos showing child rape and torture appeared on the dark web for sale,

在暗网上出现了出售展示强奸和折磨儿童的视频，

which became one of the biggest and grisliest internet mysteries ever known to man.

这成为了人类所知最大、最令人毛骨悚然的互联网谜团之一。

We won't state in graphic detail what these films contained, 短語搭配

我们不会详细描述这些电影包含的露骨细节，

as it is unspeakable,

因为那是不可名状的，

but we can say that these films did exist,

但我们可以说这些电影确实存在过，

although they were considered for a time urban legend. 短語搭配

尽管它们曾一度被认为是都市传说。

No one was murdered on film,

没有人是在镜头前被谋杀的，

but murders did take place off film.

但谋杀确实在镜头外发生了。

An Australian man named Peter Scully was arrested for the crimes.

一名叫彼得·斯卡利（Peter Scully）的澳大利亚男子因这些罪行被捕。

While this was solved, 表達脈絡

虽然这起案件已被侦破，

we now must ask what horrible videos are out there in the dark web,

但我们现在必须问，暗网上还有什么可怕的视频，

and which are real and which are fake.

哪些是真的，哪些是假的。

That's a macabre mystery that shouldn't belong in this world.

这是一个不该属于这个世界的恐怖谜团。

Number five, the dark web.

第五名，暗网。

So, what is the dark web?

那么，什么是暗网？

Do we know what's on it?

我们知道上面有什么吗？

It's part of the World Wide Web,

它是万维网的一部分，

but to access it,

但要访问它，

you'll require special software and you'll need to be given access by approval.

你需要特殊的软件，并且需要获得批准才能访问。

This is a place where drugs are sold,

这是一个出售毒品的地方，

or guns,

或者枪支，

hired killers,

雇佣杀手，

or even the aforementioned nasty videos. 用詞

甚至前面提到的那种恶心视频。

In fact,

事实上，

it's been said that 96% of the web isn't accessible via standard search engines. 語法

据说96%的网络无法通过标准搜索引擎访问。

But as Wired Magazine points out, 短語動詞

但正如《Wired》杂志指出的那样，

there is a big difference from the deep web 文化背景

深网与

and these darknet sites where criminality takes place.

这些发生犯罪活动的暗网站点之间存在很大差异。

We don't quite know exactly what is going on in the dark web,

我们不太清楚暗网上到底在发生什么，

so it still remains a bit of a mystery.

所以它仍然有点像一个谜。

Number four, Mariana's Web.

第四名，马里亚纳网（Mariana's Web）。

So,

那么，

we have the deep web,

我们有深网，

and then harder to find than that is the dark web.

比这更难找到的是暗网。

What's below that?

那在那下面又是什么呢？

The answer is Mariana's Web,

答案是马里亚纳网，

if it exists. 表達脈絡

如果它存在的话。

It's named after Mariana's Trench, 短語搭配

它是以马里亚纳海沟命名的，

the deepest part of all the world's oceans in the Western Pacific Ocean.

那是西太平洋中世界所有海洋最深的地方。

Some say it's a hoax, 表達脈絡

有人说这是一场骗局，

others are still trying to find it.

其他人仍在试图找到它。

Number three, Markovian Parallax Denegrate.

第三名，Markovian Parallax Denegrate。

This mystery goes back to the mid-90s when word puzzles appeared on USENET. 短語動詞

这个谜团可以追溯到90年代中期，当时USENET上出现了字谜。

The word salads to some seemed like nonsense 講解

这些语无伦次的文字组合对一些人来说似乎毫无意义，

and to others a great mystery with some meaning.

对另一些人来说则是一个有某些含义的巨大谜团。

This has even been called the internet's oldest and weirdest mystery.

这甚至被称为互联网最古老、最奇怪的谜团。

Why is that?

为什么会这样？

Because in spite of numerous experts that attempted to decode the puzzles, 短語搭配

因为尽管有许多专家试图破译这些谜题，

they all couldn't quite properly figure them out.

他们都无法完全正确地找出答案。

Some people think the messages were left by the government,

一些人认为这些信息是政府留下的，

while others said journalist and CIA asset Susan Lindauer was behind them.

而另一些人则说记者兼中情局特工苏珊·林道尔（Susan Lindauer）是幕后黑手。

It's also been said that they are nothing but nonsense, 短語搭配

也有人说这些全是胡言乱语，

and whoever made them was one of the internet's first great trolls. 用詞

不管是哪个人制造了它们，他都是互联网早期最伟大的网络喷子之一。

Number two, Unfavorable Semicircle.

第二名，Unfavorable Semicircle。

This comes so high on the list because it has been hailed as YouTube's greatest ever mystery. 短語搭配

这个之所以在名单上排得这么靠前，是因为它被誉为YouTube史上最大的谜团。

This is because in 2015 and 2016,

这是因为在2015年和2016年，

thousands upon thousands of videos appeared on YouTube belonging to this channel, 習語

数以万计的视频出现在属于该频道的YouTube上，

sometimes a new video every few minutes.

有时每隔几分钟就会出现一个新视频。

They were often the thing of nightmares, 習語

它们往往如同梦魇一般，

weird,

怪异，

spooky,

令人毛骨悚然，

with strange sounds or strange voices.

带有奇怪的声音或说话声。

But the sheer volume of them had internet sleuths in a tizzy. 講解

但其庞大的数量让互联网侦探们陷入了疯狂。

They were all posted with the Sagittarius zodiac symbol

它们发布时全都带有射手座标志，

and also a random six-digit number.

以及一个随机的六位数号码。

No one has ever figured out what they mean,

从来没有人弄清楚它们意味着什么，

if anything, 語氣意圖

如果真有什么意义的话，

or who was behind them.

或者谁是幕后推手。

YouTube eventually suspended the account for violating its terms of service. 用詞

YouTube最终以违反服务条款为由封停了该账号。

And finally,

最后，

number one, Cicada 3301.

第一名，Cicada 3301。

This one is our favorite

这是我们最喜欢的一个，

and has rightly been called the most elaborate and mysterious puzzle of the internet age.

被理所当然地称为互联网时代最精心设计和最神秘的谜题。

It was basically a test for very clever codebreakers that first appeared in 2012.

它基本上是一项针对非常聪明的密码破解者的测试，首次出现于2012年。

Somebody or a group started posting puzzles or games on the internet as a way to recruit smart folks. 短語搭配

某个人或某个团体开始在互联网上发布谜题或游戏，作为招募聪明人的一种方式。

They were so difficult that people have said the CIA or MI6 is behind them. 語法

它们如此之难，以至于人们说中情局或军情六处在幕后操纵。

Not only were the puzzles mathematical, 語法

这些谜题不仅包含数学，

but people also had to have a good knowledge of psychology,

人们还必须对心理学、

literature,

文学、

philosophy,

哲学、

science,

科学，

and religion.

和宗教有很好的了解。

A few people actually did solve the puzzles. 語法

实际上有几个人解开了谜题。

Some of those that did said the organization asked them some questions, 語法

其中一些解出谜题的人说，该组织问了他们一些问题，

but nothing else happened.

但再也没有发生其他事情。

The end of the puzzle was in the dark web,

谜题的终点在暗网，

but there appeared a post from the organization that stated

但该组织随后出现了一篇帖子，声明说

they were disappointed people had only solved the puzzles in groups rather than individually. 短語搭配

他们很失望人们只是在团队中而不是单独解开了谜题。

Government,

政府，

cult,

邪教，

or some highly intelligent human,

或者是某个极其聪明的人类，

no one really knows who created these puzzles. 語法

没人真正知道是谁创造了这些谜题。

So,

那么，

can you add to this list

你能补充这个清单吗，

or tell us what you know about the ones we've listed?

或者告诉我们你对我们列出的这些了解多少？

Let us know in the comments.

请在评论区告诉我们。

Also,

同时，

be sure to check out our other video called What happened to Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.

一定要去看看我们另一部叫做《马来西亚航空370航班发生了什么》的视频。

Thanks for watching

感谢观看，

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像往常一样，

don't forget to like,

别忘了点赞、

share,

分享，

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我们下次见。