VOA慢速英语:US Seeks ‘Shadow’ Internet, Mobile Networks in Repressive Countries

短语讲解：

1. We’re now in a moment of time where it’s increasingly the case that the government is trying to stifle what their people think, what their people say and what content they access.

try to设法
例句：He has been trying to solve the problem.
他一直在设法解决这一问题。

2. And so we’re spending this money so that values that are centuries old -- that go to things like the freedom of expression, the freedom of the press and the freedom to organize -- are available in the digital age.

so that结果, 以致, 以便
例句：Everyone lent a hand, so that the work was finished ahead of schedule.
每个人都帮了忙, 所以工作提前完成了。

3. The New York Times says the State Department expects to have spent about seventy million dollars on these efforts by the end of this year.

by the end of到…为止
例句：He had finished his great works by the end of 1980.
到1980年底, 他已完成了他的巨著。

4. Alec Ross says one project involves a so-called panic button.

panic button紧急按钮; 在紧张(或慌忙)中做错了的动作
例句：He thought he saw a ghost and pushed the panic button.
他以为他见到了鬼，被吓得惊惶失措。

5. People could use it to quickly remove a list of contacts from a phone or computer.

remove from从…中移开〔拿走, 除掉〕
例句：She removed mud from her shoes.
她擦去了鞋上的泥。

6. What's happening right now is people are being arrested and they are being forced to hand over their passwords, a lot of the times, for their social media accounts.

hand over交出; 交付; 交给
例句：You must hand over your passport before you leave.
离境前必须交回护照。

7. And at least twelve had interfered with networks, listened in on people’s communications or taken down websites.

interfere with干预, 阻挠, 妨碍, 阻止
例句：The noise interferes with my work.
这噪音妨碍我的工作。
listen in监听, 窃听
Someone has been listening in to our telephone conversation.
有人一直在窃听我们的电话谈话。
take down记录, 记下; 拆卸
The reporters took down the speech in shorthand.
记者们迅速记下讲话的内容。

8. The newspaper said Iran could move toward a system of two Internets like a few other countries.

move toward前往
As we move toward the twenty-first century surely there is the need to dream up new institutions. 
我们在向二十一世纪前进，确实有必要构想新的制度。 

9 China is considering the same thing, of basically having a closed system that would be hard for outside information to get in on.

get in on参加,加入
例句：He is trying to get in on the new society
他正设法加入这个新协会。

10. Alec Ross at the State Department says "the global community should respond" wherever freedom of expression is under attack.

under attack受到攻击
例句：The patrol came under attack from all sides.
巡逻队遭到来自四面八方的攻击。