ESL Podcast 910 – Plagiarizing a Paper

 　　Paul: All done.

　　Samantha: You’re done with your paper? How can that be? I’m just getting started.

　　Paul: I’m just a better student than you are.

　　Samantha: Let me see that. You didn’t write this.

　　Paul: No, I didn’t. I downloaded somebody’s paper from some website and slapped my name on it. The professor will never know. Wise up. Do you want me to find one for you?

　　Samantha: No way! Not only is it cheating, if you get caught, you could flunk¹ the class or get expelled.

　　Paul: Don’t be such a goody two-shoes. Everybody does it. I know a guy who pays somebody in another state to write all of his papers for him and another guy who lifts his papers from old books. Don’t tell me you’ve never paraphrased² ideas from a source and represented them as your own.

　　Samantha: Are you kidding me? Borrowing ideas from a book with proper attribution is what you’re supposed to do. You, on the other hand, are plagiarizing³ your way to your degree.

　　Paul: Damn straight! Look who’s done with his homework and who is still working on hers.

　　Samantha: I’d rather earn what I get and know that I didn’t shortchange myself out of an education!

1 flunk   

v.(考试)不及格(=fail)

参考例句：

• I will flunk him if my student doesn't learn the material in the course.如果我的学生没有掌握课程的内容，我就会让他不及格。
• If you flunk finals,you don't get the chance to do them again.如果你没通过期末考试，就没有机会再考一次了。

2 paraphrased   

v.释义，意译( paraphrase的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Baxter paraphrased the contents of the press release. 巴克斯特解释了新闻稿的内容。 来自辞典例句
• It is paraphrased from the original. 它是由原文改述的。 来自辞典例句

3 plagiarizing   

v.剽窃，抄袭( plagiarize的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• He was accused of plagiarizing his colleague's results. 他被指控剽窃同事的成果。
• Moderates are plagiarizing his ideas in hopes of wooing voters. 温和派为讨好选民在盗用他的观点。 来自辞典例句