英国学生在考场用手机作弊的情况越发严重

 　　The number of pupils caught cheating in GCSE and A-level exams using their mobile phones this summer has increased, new data reveals.

　　最新数据显示，在今年夏季的普通中等教育证书考试（GCSE）和“英国高考”（A-level）当中，因使用手机作弊被抓的学生人数有所增加。

　　A rising number of teachers have also been punished for malpractice because they wrongly gave help to teenagers during exams.

　　由于玩忽职守受到处分的老师人数也有所上升，他们曾在考试期间给予了学生们不当的帮助。

　　While the overall rate of malpractice has lowered slightly, by 1 per cent, this is actually less than the decrease in the exam-taking population.

　　虽然玩忽职守的总比率稍有下降（为1%），但是这相对于参考人数下降的百分比而言事实上要低不少。

　　英国学生在考场用手机作弊的情况越发严重

　　In contrast, the number of pupils who snuck smart phones into their exams increased by 14 per cent, from 790 to 900 incidents.

　　相比之下，学生偷偷将智能手机带入考场的人数增加了14%，从去年的790起上升至今年的900起。

　　Mobile phones are a growing problem for exam invigilators, as pupils can use them to look up answers on the internet. They can also contact friends and family to help them during exams.

　　对于监考老师而言，手机成为了一个越来越突出的问题，因为学生们可以使用手机在网上寻找答案。他们还能够在考试期间联系朋友和家人寻求帮助。

　　Pupils taking unauthorised material into the exam room was the most common form of malpractice, making up 54 per cent of cases.

　　将违规材料带入考场是最常见的不当行为，占作弊行为的54%。

　　The second most common was plagiarism¹, copying from other candidates or collusion — accounting² for 420 penalties, or 17 per cent of the total.

　　其次就是抄袭，抄袭他人的答案或者是互相抄袭共有420起，占总数的17%。

　　And disruptive behaviour in the exam room resulted in 140 penalties, accounting for 6 per cent of the overall figure.

　　考场上的破坏性行为导致了140起处分，占总数据的6%。

　　A further 80 penalties, or 3 per cent, were issued because pupils had failed to follow exam board supervision³ requirements, or tried to obtain, receive, exchange or pass information related to an exam.

　　另有80起处分（占3%）归因于学生们未能遵守考试委员会的管理要求，即试图获取、接收、交换或传递与考试相关的信息。

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 accounting   

n.会计，会计学，借贷对照表

参考例句：

• A job fell vacant in the accounting department.财会部出现了一个空缺。
• There's an accounting error in this entry.这笔账目里有差错。

3 supervision   

n.监督，管理

参考例句：

• The work was done under my supervision.这项工作是在我的监督之下完成的。
• The old man's will was executed under the personal supervision of the lawyer.老人的遗嘱是在律师的亲自监督下执行的。