The story1, Ron Rosenbaum's "Secrets of the Little Blue Box,"2 described3 how hackers and phone phreakers had found ways to make long-distance calls for free by replicating the tones that routed signals on the AT&T network4.

长难句解析

解：主语1+同位语2+谓语3+宾语从句4

析：句子包含宾语从句“how hackers and phone phreakers had found ways...that routed signals on the AT&T network.”。在该从句中，主语为“ hackers and phone phreakers”，谓语为“had found”，宾语为“ways”，“to make long-distance calls”为不定式短语作“ways”的后置定语，“for free”为状语，“by replicating the tones”为方式状语，“that routed signals on the AT&T network”为修饰先行词“tones”的定语从句。

重点词汇词组

1. combination 结合；联合；混合

例：The firm is working on a new product in combination with several overseas partners.

这家公司与几家海外合伙人在联合开发新产品。

常见搭配： in combination with... 与...结合/联合

例：The firm is working on a new product in combination with several overseas partners.

这家公司与几家海外合伙人在联合开发新产品。

2. launch 发起，发动

例：A group of 80 attackers launched an all-out assault just before dawn.

有80名攻击者的一个小队在黎明前发起了一次全面进攻。

常见搭配：launch an an investigation 开始进行调查

例：The police have launched an investigation into the incident.

警察已经开始对此事件进行调查。

3. drive off 驱车离去；驶去

例：The robbers drove off in a stolen vehicle.

劫匪驾驶着一辆偷来的汽车逃跑了。

相关俚语：drive sth. home 把…讲透彻；阐明...

例：You will really need to drive your point home.

你的确需要把你的观点阐释清楚。

4. replicate 复制；（精确地）仿制

例：Subsequent experiments failed to replicate these findings.

后来的实验没有得出同样的结果。

词汇拓展：

replication noun. 复制；回答；反响

replica noun. 复制品，仿制品

5. fool sb. into doing sth. 欺骗某人做某事

例：I was fooled into believing their promises.

我上当受骗，相信了他们的承诺。

常见搭配：make a fool of sb. 戏弄某人

例：I suddenly realised that I was being made a fool of.

我突然意识到我被戏弄了。

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