美国电话诈骗花样百出却令人备感熟悉_BEC初级作文

美国电话诈骗花样百出却令人备感熟悉

But what is far worse is what these schemes do emotionally to older people. “We had to change all my mother’s phone numbers, which meant her friends could not reach her and she lost all confidence and trust in her helpers,” Fran said. “She was mostly just horribly embarrassed,” she added, “and, of course, it affected her health.”

更糟糕的是，这些诈骗活动伤害了老年人的感情。“我们更换了妈妈的所有电话号码，那意味着，她的朋友们无法和她取得联系，她对护理人员也失去了信心和信任，”弗兰说。“最重要的是，她觉得非常尴尬，”弗兰补充说，“当然那也影响了她的健康。”

I know I don’t want to stop my parents from giving money to their favorite community organizations and Catholic charities (as long as they are real ones), nor am I immune to an alluring infomercial (what lured my father into the overpriced bleach box).

我并不想阻止父母捐钱给他们喜欢的社区组织和天主教慈善机构（只要它们是真实的），况且我本人对诱人的电视促销节目（就是诱惑我父亲买下高价漂白水的那种节目）也没有抵抗力。

My family still kids me about the ’70s box set (12 CDs of Tony Orlando and Dawn, the Captain & Tennille and Helen Reddy) that I was seduced into buying for an exorbitant price when we first moved back to the United States four years ago. But I also think our generation is smarter when it comes to these kinds of cybercrimes than our parents are.