馬里亞納網絡 - 網際網路最可怕的部分：英語精讀講義

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

馬里亞納海溝的深度約為 7 英里，是世界上最深的海溝。

So much remains unknown about it, 片語搭配

關於它還有很多未知之處，

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

科學家們仍在研究它黑暗深處究竟棲息著什麼。

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

這個海溝與高科技的網際網路世界有什麼關聯？

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

嗯，網際網路的最深處就是以它命名的。

In the past few years,

在過去的幾年裡，

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

馬里亞納網路（Marianas Web）引起了普通電腦使用者和電腦專家的濃厚興趣。

Today,

今天，

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

我們將探索圍繞這個神秘網際網路角落的真相與傳聞，

in this episode of The Infographics Show,

盡在《資訊圖表秀》（The Infographics Show）的本期節目，

Marianas Web,

馬里亞納網路，

the scariest part of the internet.

網際網路最可怕的部分。

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

馬里亞納網路之所以廣為人知，是因為一張在網路上瘋傳的冰山資訊圖。

This infographic divides the internet into different levels

這張資訊圖將網際網路分為不同層級，

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

從零級，即我們大多數人熟悉的普通網路，

to several other hidden levels.

到其他幾個隱藏的層級。

Marianas Web is identified as level five,

馬里亞納網路被標識為第五級，

the most hidden level of the internet,

也就是網際網路中最隱藏的層級，

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

但是該資訊圖並沒有列出馬里亞納網路裡具體包含什麼，

as it does for the other levels. 文法

不像它對其他層級的描述那樣。

Instead, there is a cryptic one-line message

相反，只有一條隱晦的單行訊息，

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

其中帶有不值得重複的冒犯性語言。

The presence of Marianas Web on this iceberg infographic

這張冰山資訊圖上存在馬里亞納網路，

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

似乎是關於它唯一能被證實的真相。

The dubious infographic further hints at a major problem

這張令人生疑的資訊圖進一步暗示了一個主要問題，

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

即當你試圖了解更多關於馬里亞納網路的資訊時所面臨的難題。

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

關於它的大部分已知資訊都基於傳聞。

Some of the rumors are scary

其中一些傳聞令人毛骨悚然，

and some of them are not.

而另一些則不然。

Here are some of the prevailing ones. 表達脈絡

以下是一些廣為流傳的說法。

Rumor number one:

傳聞一：

Marianas Web is deeper and darker than the dark web.

馬里亞納網路比暗網更深、更暗。

To understand this rumor,

要理解這個傳聞，

you have to understand what the dark web is.

你必須了解什麼是暗網。

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

暗網是深網的一小部分，

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

它是網際網路中對公眾隱藏的一部分。

Websites on the deep web and the dark web

深網和暗網上的網站

are part of an encrypted network,

是加密網路的一部分，

so they cannot be found with commercial search engines

因此它們無法用商業搜尋引擎找到，

such as Google or Bing.

比如 Google 或 Bing。

They also cannot be viewed with common browsers

它們也不能用普通的瀏覽器查看，

like Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome.

比如 Mozilla Firefox 和 Google Chrome。

You need a special browser such as Tor

你需要一個特殊的瀏覽器，比如 Tor，

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

才能造訪深網和暗網上的網站，

and Tor allows you to view them anonymously. 文法

而 Tor 允許你匿名瀏覽它們。

Recently, the dark web has gained media attention

最近，暗網引起了媒體的關注，

as the home of shady nefarious websites 慣用語

成了各種見不得人的邪惡網站的大本營，

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

例如臭名昭著的「絲綢之路」黑市網站，

that was shut down by the FBI in 2013.

該網站於 2013 年被 FBI 關閉。

The dark web's bad reputation

暗網的壞名聲

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

導致人們對馬里亞納網路妄下結論。

If the dark web attracts contract killers,

如果暗網吸引了職業殺手、

drug dealers, and worse,

毒販乃至更糟的人，

what horrors does Marianas Web contain

那麼馬里亞納網路裡包含了什麼恐怖的東西，

if it is even deeper than the dark web?

如果它比暗網還要深的話？

Several possibilities appear in other rumors.

其他傳聞中還出現了幾種可能性。

Rumor number two:

傳聞二：

An artificial intelligence system exists in Marianas Web.

馬里亞納網路中存在一個人工智慧系統。

Move over HAL in 2001 A Space Odyssey, 慣用語

忘了《2001太空漫遊》裡的 HAL 吧，

there's a new AI system in town 慣用語

鎮上出了一個新的 AI 系統，

and she lives in Marianas Web.

她就住在馬里亞納網路中。

There is even a possibility

甚至有一種可能性，

that Marianas Web is the AI.

馬里亞納網路本身就是這個 AI。

She is bigger and more powerful than HAL

她比 HAL 更大、更強大，

and supposedly monitors and controls information on the entire internet.

據說還在監控並控制著整個網際網路的資訊。

Just wait until she becomes sentient.

等到她具有自我意識的那一天吧。

Hello, Skynet. 文化背景

你好，天網。

Rumor number three:

傳聞三：

It contains some of humankind's darkest secrets.

它包含著人類一些最黑暗的秘密。

This rumor presents the possibility

這個傳聞提出了一種可能性，

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

即馬里亞納網路是《X檔案》的數位圖書館。

Are you a historian looking for some obscure facts

你是一位在尋找一些鮮為人知的真相的歷史學家嗎，

about the first pope of Rome?

想要了解關於羅馬第一任教皇的事？

The Vatican Secret Archives

梵蒂岡秘密檔案館

are supposedly in there.

據說就在那裡。

Do you want to find out where Atlantis is? 講解

你想找出亞特蘭提斯在哪裡嗎？

Its location is supposedly in there.

它的位置據說就在那裡。

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

你想讀讀關於十年前

lived next door to you 10 years ago?

住在你隔壁的那個俄羅斯間諜的資訊嗎？

An intelligence agency archive database

一個情報機構的檔案資料庫

is supposedly in there.

據說就在那裡。

Getting into Marianas Web 文法

進入馬里亞納網路

is not easy, however,

卻並不容易，

which we will discuss in the next rumor.

這也是我們在下一個傳聞中要討論的。

Rumor number four:

傳聞四：

It is the most inaccessible part of the internet.

它是網際網路中最難以造訪的部分。

You can use Tor to visit Marianas Web.

你可以使用 Tor 造訪馬里亞納網路。

Accessing Marianas Web is more complicated than that.

造訪馬里亞納網路比這更複雜。

According to this rumor,

根據這個傳聞，

you must calculate a complex algorithm

你必須計算一個複雜的演算法，

called the polymeric falsigol derivation.

稱為 polymeric falsigol derivation（聚合偽基推導）。

There is some doubt that this algorithm is actually real,

有人懷疑這個演算法是否真的存在，

and you may be stuck with the impossible task 慣用語

而你可能會陷入一個不可能完成的任務：

of computing something that does not exist.

去計算一個根本不存在的東西。

In addition,

此外，

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

你不能隨便在哪台電腦上進行這種計算。

You need a quantum computer,

你需要一台量子電腦，

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

這是一種尚未向公眾普及的新技術。

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

無法向公眾普及是有充分理由的。

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

目前，量子電腦需要一些極端條件才能正常運作。

For instance,

例如，

the processor of a D-Wave 2000Q quantum computer

D-Wave 2000Q 量子電腦的處理器

can run only in a high vacuum environment.

只能在高真空環境中運作。

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

這種真空的壓力必須比地球大氣壓低 100 億倍，

according to one source.

某消息來源稱。

Unless your home includes a climate-controlled room 文法

除非你家裡有一間氣候控制室，

that can maintain environmental conditions

能夠維持

reminiscent of outer space,

類似於外太空的環境條件，

you're out of luck. 慣用語

否則你就倒楣了。

Because of their special requirements,

由於其特殊的要求，

quantum computers are owned mainly by government entities.

量子電腦主要歸政府實體所有。

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

這意味著少數在這些政府實體工作的人，

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

可能是唯一有機會造訪馬里亞納網路的人。

They can access it,

他們可以造訪它，

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

這就引出了我們的下一個傳聞。

Rumor number five:

傳聞五：

Marianas Web is a purposely fabricated invention.

馬里亞納網路是一個蓄意捏造的產物。

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

這個傳聞聽起來像是科技驚悚電影裡的橋段。

Under the cover of anonymity, 慣用語

在匿名的掩護下，

some hackers claim that they invented Marianas Web

一些駭客聲稱他們發明了馬里亞納網路，

because they were being blackmailed by the FBI.

因為他們正遭到 FBI 的勒索。

The FBI needed them to create a distraction

FBI 需要他們製造一個誘餌，

that would take attention away from its shutdowns 片語搭配

來轉移公眾對其打擊

of various black markets on the dark web.

各種暗網黑市的注意力。

Since these claims are anecdotal information from anonymous sources, 用詞

由於這些聲明是來自匿名來源的坊間傳聞，

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

我們無法肯定它們是否真實。

What we can say with certainty 文法

我們可以肯定的是，

is that Marianas Web remains a strange,

馬里亞納網路依然是一個奇怪的、

unsolved internet mystery.

未解的網際網路謎團。

Much has been written about it,

已經有很多關於它的文章，

but few people,

但很少有人，

or perhaps none, 語氣意圖

或者可能根本沒有人，

have actually seen it.

真正見過它。

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

沒有具體的證據能明確證明或證偽它的存在，

and depending on which rumors you believe, 文法

並且取決於你相信哪些傳聞，

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

它可能是網際網路中最可怕的部分，也可能是最不可怕的部分。

Do you think Marianas Web is real?

你認為馬里亞納網路是真的嗎？

Let us know in the comments.

在留言中告訴我們。

Also,

此外，

be sure to check out our other video

一定要去看看我們的另一個影片，

called Illegal Things You Do Every Day.

叫做《你每天都在做的違法事情》。

Thanks for watching,

感謝觀看，

and as always,

像往常一樣，

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

不要忘記按讚、分享和訂閱。

See you next time.

我們下次見。