标题：Don’t Fool Yourself About the Exploding Pagers

Your phone is not a bomb

正文：Yesterday, pagers used by Hezbollah operatives exploded simultaneously in Lebanon and Syria, killing at least a dozen people and injuring thousands. Today brought another mass detonation in Lebanon, this time involving walkie-talkies. The attacks are gruesome and shocking. The pagers received a message that caused them to vibrate in a way that required someone to press buttons to stop it. That action appears to have triggered the explosion. At a funeral in Beirut, a loudspeaker reportedly called for people to turn off their phones, illustrating a fear that any device could actually be a bomb, including the one in your pocket.

知识点：operative n.

1. a worker, especially one who works with their hands工作人员；（尤指）技术工人，操作员

a factory operative工厂工人

skilled/unskilled operatives 技术╱非技术工人

2. a person who does secret work, especially for a government organization密探；（尤指政府的）特工人员

an intelligence operative情报人员

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