【一起闲话英语】你是否在考试中作过弊？-Have you ever cheated on a test?

Katia / Mexico

Oh, no. No, I never tried. Yeah, I'd rather fail the test than try to cheat. I wouldn't feel comfortable.

 

 Mak / Croatia 

speaker Yes, I did. Actually, well, I tried to cheat on our tests many times, which is not really good of me, but it's, I guess, something that, you know, in Croatia, it's quite common to do that, but I try not to do.

 

 

Alex / Australia

speaker I would never cheat on a test. It's not something that I'd ever done, nor I think I ever will do. I just don't find it necessary. If you put a little bit of effort into it, it's not that difficult. One usually feels one can't do it because you haven't done it, you haven't done the work. And if you just put a bit of effort into it, it shouldn't really be that necessary.

 

Paul / England

speaker I have tried to cheat on a test when I was a primary school student. I collaborated¹ with a friend and we decided² to write the vocabulary words for the test on the palm³ of our hands. Of course, this was a rather obvious way to cheat, and we were soon found out by the teacher and punished accordingly⁴.

 

Matt / United⁵ States

speaker I've never tried to cheat on a test. I have read up on how to do it a lot, and I have dreamt about doing it a lot, but I'm always just a little bit too afraid of getting caught.

 

 Adria / United States 

speaker Ah, no. I haven't cheated on a test, but there are times when I really wished I could, but I don't think I have the guts⁶ to cheat on a test.

1 collaborated   

合作( collaborate的过去式和过去分词 )； 勾结叛国

参考例句：

• We have collaborated on many projects over the years. 这些年来我们合作搞了许多项目。
• We have collaborated closely with the university on this project. 我们与大学在这个专案上紧密合作。

2 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

3 palm   

n.手掌，棕榈，胜利；vt.与…握手，藏…于掌中

参考例句：

• That woman had her husband in the palm of her hand.那女人牢牢地控制住她丈夫。
• Palm trees grow all around the island.岛上到处长着棕榈树。

4 accordingly   

adv.相应地，照着办，按照；于是，因此

参考例句：

• Please inform us of your decision and we will act accordingly.请把你们的决定通知我们，我们会照着去办的。
• He was told to speak briefly;accordingly he cut short his remarks.人家叫他说话简短，于是他就长话短说了。

5 united   

adj.和谐的；团结的；联合的，统一的

参考例句：

• The whole nation is closely united.全国人民紧密团结。
• The two men were united by community of interests.共同的利益使两个人结合在一起。

6 guts   

v.狼吞虎咽，贪婪地吃，飞碟游戏（比赛双方每组5人，相距15码，互相掷接飞碟）；毁坏（建筑物等）的内部( gut的第三人称单数 )；取出…的内脏n.勇气( gut的名词复数 )；内脏；消化道的下段；肠

参考例句：

• I'll only cook fish if the guts have been removed. 鱼若已收拾干净，我只需烧一下即可。
• Barbara hasn't got the guts to leave her mother. 巴巴拉没有勇气离开她妈妈。 来自《简明英汉词典》