2017考研英语拓展阅读：七岁男孩花5000美元玩游戏

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    2017考研英语拓展阅读：七岁男孩花5000美元玩游戏
    Parents, let this be a lesson: Don't leave your childunattended with your
iPad. Seven-year-old FaisallShugaa apparently decided to get himself an
earlyChristmas present in the form of Dino Bucks, whichin addition to being an
in-game currency of JurassicWorld, are also linked to, you know, real money.
Thegrand total? A whopping $5,000, all of which wasspent between December 13 and
18. Needless tosay, Faisall's father, Mohamed Shugaa, is none toopleased about
the charges.
    父母们，引以为戒吧：不要在无人看守的情况下让你的孩子玩你的iPad。这不，七岁的Faisall
Shugaa显然决定为自己早早准备一份的圣诞礼物，那就是恐龙币。是的，这种恐龙币除了作为侏罗纪世界的游戏货币外，还与现实中的钱有关。花费总额是多少?高达5000美元，这些钱都是在12月13号至18号期间花的。不用说，作为Faisall的爸爸，Mohamed
Shugaa对这笔花费是非常不高兴的。
    As it turns out, the youngster memorized his father's Apple ID and
password, which allowedhim to make purchases, mostly to upgrade the dinosaurs
available in the video game. In asix-day period, Faisall managed to make an
impressive 65 transactions, at one point spendingsome $2,000 over the course of
a single hour.
    事实表明，这个孩子记住了他爸爸的苹果账号和密码，这使他可以随心所欲的花钱，大部分钱用在电子游戏里来升级他的恐龙。在六天时间里，Faisall完成了惊人的65次交易，曾一度一小时花费2000美元。
   
    Shugaa, who is a storeowner in the United Kingdom, discovered his son's
many, many mistakeswhen he attempted to make a purchase from a supplier. After
his own charge was declined,he called his credit card company. He was was put in
touch with the fraud team, who asked ifhe "was aware 60-plus transactions had
been made to iTunes from December 13 to 18 totaling3,911 pounds," he told
British newspaper The Metro. "I didn't have a clue what they weretalking about
and I had to check my bank account online to understand what was going on."
    作为一名英国的小店店主，当Shugaa试图从供应商那儿购物的时候，他才发现自己儿子惹出的一连串麻烦。在他的支付请求被拒绝后，他给他的信用卡公司打了电话。之后他联系到了防欺诈小组，"他们问我是否知道自己于12月13号至18号期间在iTunes上进行了六十多次、总计多达3911英镑的交易，"他对英国都市报说，"我不知道他们在谈论什么，我必须在线核对我的银行账户以便了解到底发生了什么。"
    After he figured it out, things didn't get much better.
    当他弄明白以后，事情没有任何好转。
    "I was so mad. I'm 32-years-old, why would Apple think I would be spending
thousands ofpounds on buying dinosaurs and upgrading a game?" he said.
    他说："我都快疯了。我已经32岁了，苹果公司认为我会为了购买恐龙角色和升级游戏而花费几千英镑吗?"
    But don't worry — this story has a happy ending. Despite initially being
told by an AppleSupport team member that there was no guarantee he could get a
refund, Shugaa eventuallygot all his money back, which is lucky for Faisall
(considering he would've gotten zero presentsand been in even more trouble
otherwise). Shugaa, for his part, says that he hopes Apple doessomething to
ensure that no other parents endure the same headache.
    不过也不用太担心。这个故事有一个圆满的结局。尽管一开始被一名苹果支持团队的成员告知不能保证退款，最但后Shugaa还是拿回了他全部的钱，这对小Faisall来说也是幸运的(考虑到如果不是这样的话，他将得不到任何礼物，甚至还有更多的麻烦)。就Shugaa本人而言，他希望苹果公司能够做出一些完善措施，来避免其他父母遭受这样的头疼事儿。
    Apple, for its part, recommends that parents not share their password. Or
at the very least,make sure that your child is using your iDevice under careful
supervision.
    苹果公司表示，他们建议父母不要分享自己的密码。或者至少保证你的孩子是在你严密的监督之下使用你的苹果产品的。