万花筒 2009-08-20&08-22 你的分数能有多低？

All right, quickly, from PETS to plagiarism¹, F is no longer the mark of true duncery. Now you can do worse. A university in Canada recently introduced a grade called FD, which stands for Fred Dearth². Actually I am kidding. It stands for failure with academic dishonesty, and indeed, it’s a notch³ below an F, Simon Fraser University, named after Simon Fraser, FYI, cooked up the new grade to deal with cheaters, including students who use online essay writing companies as well as high-tech⁴ devices like cell phones and spoons during exams. The FD grade would stay on the student’s transcripts⁵ during their time at college, and for two years after graduation, translation blur⁶ ? black mark. Really? Yeah, which really isn't much of a translation at all.

I, I, I don’t understand!

Never been more clear to me! Oh my god!

Paul, what you think this, it’s, it’s this new grade, a good addition to the overall grading scale? Yeah, I wanna know where this was when I was in school because I would get a D or an F! Walk out of the class with my head down feeling like a loser. And now, there is actually people that are going to be beneath that, so those guys can feel better about it, so, um, you know, and how bad does it look if you go into like a job interview, and you have an FD on there. What will you even say to the guy? How much of a loser do you have to be?

It says he's resourceful, yeah.

It does and could be seen as a good sign in there. And actually you would go the extra mile include cheating, but I want to ask you , Julie, what do you make of this, do you think this is fair, because we didn't have this option so it’s unfair to them now, right?

It’s totally unfair, but it’s Canadian, and there’s a Canadian sitting around I don’t know if it’s my imagination or not.

Ok, congratulations.

Thanks. But, um, here is the thing, there is something that I came up with the context grading,(yeah,) where you would have a grade and instead of like what they do, you would get a grade like that, let’s say I got a D.

right!

You would have DBBM, so if I got a D, then I could have context, you can explain it to your future employers, your parents. DBBM,ur,D, due to boyfriend breaking up with me.

Oh……
Oh, always blame it on the dudes.
Yeah……
That’s always your fault.
Yeah, well I’m not surprised. Ron, what do you make of this?
Well, ur, you know, I have been both a college student, and I’ve taught college courses, so I see this from both sides, where I think it’s a hypocritical use, you know ,university’s acting⁷ like, It’s only the actions of the students that can make a grade, (right,) non-legit!
First, I..
So what you were saying is you manipulated your grades?
Yes, first of all, ok, A, B, they should get an AB, A, but…[expletive]
Interesting, hahaha…….
AS, A, but, you have to stoke up some 60-year-old lady professor, you know, AA, A but…
Yeah, it’s OK!
Alcoholic⁸ guy, he has a grade of A, but seriously idiots...

1 plagiarism   

n.剽窃，抄袭

参考例句：

• Teachers in America fight to control cheating and plagiarism.美国老师们努力对付欺骗和剽窃的问题。
• Now he's in real trouble.He's accused of plagiarism.现在他是真遇到麻烦了。他被指控剽窃。

2 dearth   

n.缺乏，粮食不足，饥谨

参考例句：

• There is a dearth of good children's plays.目前缺少优秀的儿童剧。
• Many people in that country died because of dearth of food.那个国家有许多人因为缺少粮食而死。

3 notch   

n.(V字形)槽口，缺口，等级

参考例句：

• The peanuts they grow are top-notch.他们种的花生是拔尖的。
• He cut a notch in the stick with a sharp knife.他用利刃在棒上刻了一个凹痕。

4 high-tech   

adj.高科技的

参考例句：

• The economy is in the upswing which makes high-tech services in more demand too.经济在蓬勃发展，这就使对高科技服务的需求量也在加大。
• The quest of a cure for disease with high-tech has never ceased. 人们希望运用高科技治疗疾病的追求从未停止过。

5 transcripts   

n.抄本（ transcript的名词复数 ）；转写本；文字本；副本

参考例句：

• Like mRNA, both tRNA and rRNA are transcripts of chromosomal DNA. tRNA及rRNA同mRNA一样，都是染色体DNA的转录产物。 来自辞典例句
• You can't take the transfer students'exam without your transcripts. 没有成绩证明书，你就不能参加转学考试。 来自辞典例句

6 blur   

n.模糊不清的事物；vt.使模糊，使看不清楚

参考例句：

• The houses appeared as a blur in the mist.房子在薄雾中隐隐约约看不清。
• If you move your eyes and your head,the picture will blur.如果你的眼睛或头动了，图像就会变得模糊不清。

7 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

8 alcoholic   

adj.（含）酒精的，由酒精引起的；n.酗酒者

参考例句：

• The alcoholic strength of brandy far exceeds that of wine.白兰地的酒精浓度远远超过葡萄酒。
• Alcoholic drinks act as a poison to a child.酒精饮料对小孩犹如毒药。