2006年NEWS BROADCAST(3/3)-英语听力

[00:00.00]A credit card that only works when it hears its owner's voice has been developed by US scientists. [00:06.84]Researchers hope that the device, [00:09.07]which comes with a built-in voice recognition chip and microphone, [00:13.87]will be a weapon in the battle against credit card fraud. [00:17.97]Even if thieves know a card's password and personal identification number, [00:23.43]they will still have to copy the owner's voice accurately. [00:27.84]The trial card was created by scientists at Beecard in California US. [00:34.36]The first version is three times as thick as a normal credit card, [00:39.21]but researchers believe smaller chips will allow the card [00:42.82]to slim down to a more conventional size. [00:46.50]The card is apparently the first to put a voice recognition chip, a microphone, speaker and battery into a credit card. [00:55.30]To use the card, the owner first presses a button and hears the prompt "Say your password". [01:02.63]If the password is correct and spoken by the right person, [01:07.70]the card emits an identification signal [01:11.00]which is processed by a computer connected to the Internet. [01:15.41]Researchers hope to get the card to handle ten transactions per day for two years [01:21.31]before its non-replaceable battery runs out.