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  3. (46)We’re all too familiar with the concept of technology as a double-edged sword, and wire less is no exception. In fact, the b

(46)We’re all too familiar with the concept of technology as a double-edged sword, and wire less is no exception. In fact, the b

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问题     (46)We’re all too familiar with the concept of technology as a double-edged sword, and wire less is no exception. In fact, the back edge of this rapier is sharp enough to draw blood. Yes, the idea of shedding wires and cables is exhilarating: we can go anywhere and still maintain intimate con tact with our work, our loved ones and our real-time sports scores. (47)But the same persistent connectedness may well lead us toward a future in which our cell phones tag and track us like FedEx packages, sometimes when we’re not aware.
    To see how this might work, check out Worktrack, a product from a California "mobile services’’ company Aligo. The system is sold to employers who want to automate and verify digital time logs on their workers in the field. The first customers are in the heating and air-conditioning business. (48)Workers have GPS-equipped cell phones that locate precisely their positions to computers in the head office; therefore, their journey can be checked against the "Ceo Fence" their employers draw up, indicating the area where their work is situated.
    "If they’re not in the right area, they’re really not working, "says Aligo CEO Robent Smith. "A notification will come to the back office that they’re not where they should be". The system also tracks how fast the workers drive, so the employer can verify to insurance companies that no one is speeding. All of this is perfectly legal, of course, as employers have the right to monitor their workers.
    Worktrack is only one of a number of services devoted to tracking humans. (49)For example, parents use similar schemes to make sure their kids are safe, and many drivers are already allowing safety monitors to keep GPS records on their travels. Look for the practice to really explode as mobile-phone makers continue to incorporate GPS in their handsets.
    The prospect of being tracked "turns the freedom of mobile telephony upside down". (50)In fact, if information from the GPS signals is retained, it would be trivial to retain a log of an individual’s movements over a period of years. An even darker view is proposed by two academics who wrote a paper warning of the advent of "geoslavery." Its definition: "a practice in which one entity, the master, forcibly or stealthily monitors and exerts control over the physical location of another individual to routinely control time, location, speed and direction for each and every movement of the slave."

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答案比如，父母可以使用类似的装置来确保孩子的安全。许多司机已经允许安全监控设备通过全球定位系统来记录他们的行程。
解析 本句为并列复合句，主干结构是parents use schemes and many drivers are allowing safety monitors。不定式短语to make sure their kids are safe为目的状语；而to keep GPS records on their travels是monitors的宾语补足语。翻译时注意词义的选择和词性转换。句中scheme常见含义为"计划，阴谋"，此处谈论的是有关监控设备的内容，因此应该选择不太常见的意思"装置"译出。此外，records原为名词，为了保持译文通顺，转成动词"记录"。
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