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Section B
Web Site Resources:
The Best Aid for Cheating?
SAN FRANCISCO (CNN) — For generations of students, writing term papers has been a major source of nerves and frustration, if not the ultimate homework nightmare. But for those with Internet access, illicit resources are just a few links away.
The contemporary student who wants to fake a term paper does not have to search far. All one has to do is to go to the appropriate Web site, where online papers can either be purchased, ordered, or downloaded for free.
Collegiate Care Research Assistance, for instance, may do the job. Do you want to "write" a paper on "Hamlet’s irreconcilable moral dilemmas"? Simply hand over $29.75, and the essay is yours.
For those who find this too great an expense, there is an alternative. Collegiate Care, with its "highest quality papers at the lowest possible prices", offers on-file papers for $5.95 per page. So, a few pages may just do the trick for the cost-conscious students.
Genius Papers, another student assistance site, offers "high-quality" and "low-priced" term papers. "You will be happy and successful," the web site promises potential consumers.
If you are too lazy or simply too busy writing your own term paper, Genius Papers is readily available. For a one-time fee of $9.95, you get access to pre-written papers for an entire semester.
Some sites, such as Term Paper Emporium and Absolutely Free: Online Essays offer course papers for free. Simply press the button and download — if you find the paper you want, that is.
Students are, of course, fully aware of these web site resources, and some people worry that the Internet, once hailed as the ultimate learning tool, could become the best aid yet for cheating.
For teachers, the problem is figuring out whether a student’s author-ship is authentic. But, as teaching assistant Jane Morrison explained, the task may not be too difficult for the perceiving teacher.
"Students who have gotten it off the Internet don’t look at me, twitch a little bit and look at their feet. And students who wrote every bit of it can talk about the paper very intelligently and look me in the eye," Morrison said.
Faking term papers is nothing new, and stolen intellectual property has been marketed for years. But the appearance of the Internet raises the issue: Is this new technology making cheating more widespread?
A senior official at Berkeley doubts it. "Students who are inclined to cheat are going to cheat regardless of the technology. I think it’s sort of a cynical notion to think that this new tool is going to spread the incidence of cheating," Gary Handman said.
This view was backed by Berkeley graduate student Arianne Chernock, who says that, after all, students have to decide what’s best for themselves. "It’s a question of honesty. We’re here to learn, so we’ve got to make the most of it ourselves."
And inventive teachers can make their assignments almost cheat-proof.
"If you structure the assignment in a creative way, and if students, for instance, have to transform the information into a hand-out, or do a drama, or write an account in first person narrative, then you may curb illicit work," said library media teacher Leslie Farmer.
That kind of strategy, some experts say, will basically force students to do more than simply download their education.
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NEW WORDS
▲web
n. 1. computer network （计算机）网络
2. a net of thin threads made by a spider 蜘蛛网
cheat
v. act in a dishonest way for one's own benefit 欺骗
n. a person who cheats 骗子
nerve
n. 1. threadlike part in the body that carries feelings and messages to and from the brain 神经
2. courage; strength or control of mind 勇气；胆量
3. disrespectful manners 厚颜
ultimate
a. 1. greatest 最大的
2. at the final or farthest distance; being at the end or happening in the end 最终的；最后的
nightmare
n. 1. a bad, frightening, or terrible experience or event 恐怖的经历；可怕的事情
2. an unpleasant and terrible dream 恶梦
■illicit
a. not allowed; unlawful 非法的
link
n. tie; connection 纽带
vt. join or connect 连接
contemporary
a. 1.modern; of the present 当代的
2.of the same time 同代的
n. a person who belongs to the same period of time 同代人
▲fake
vt. 1. make a copy in order to trick 伪造；造假
2. pretend 假装
n. a person or thing that is not what he/she/it looks like; something that is not real 假货；赝品
appropriate
a. right for the occasion; proper; suitable; or fitting 合适的，适当的
download
vt. transfer sth. to or from a computer network 下载
▲reconcile
vt. 1. make peace between; make friendly again 和解
2. find agreement between (two actions or ideas) 调和
irreconcilable
a. impossible to bring into agreement 不可调和的
▲dilemma
n. a difficult choice between two (bad) things; a problem 进退维谷；难处
essay
n. a short piece of writing on a subject; an article 文章；短文
expense
n. cost or charge 花费；费用
on-file
a. recorded or kept in a file or in a database of information 存档的
per
prep.for each 每
consumer
n. a person who buys and uses goods and services 消费者
readily
ad. 1. willingly 甘愿
2. quickly and easily 轻易地
fee
n. money paid for professional services, to join a club, etc. 费；酬劳
semester
n. (AmE) either of the two periods into which a year at universities is divided; (BrE) term 学期
■emporium
n. a large store selling many different things 商场
▲hail
vt. 1. recognize (someone) as important by calling out (a name of honour, etc.) 向……欢呼；拥戴（某人）为……
2. call out to (someone) by name or in greeting 招呼
author
n. the writer 作者
▲authentic
a. known to be real; genuine 真实的
perceive
vt. 1. see 看见
2. take in with the mind; understand 理解；明白
◆twitch
v. move with a quick, sharp pull of a muscle 抽动
n. a slight, unconscious movement of a muscle or a quick, sharp movement of some part of the body 抽动
intellectual
a. 1. showing unusual reasoning powers 有知识的
2. concerning the ability to reason (rather than to feel or act) 理智的；智力的
n. a person who is well-informed and intelligent, and interested in activities involving the intellect 知识分子
property
n. 1. something owned; possessions 财产
2. (area of) land and/or building(s) 房地产
3. a quality, power, or effect that belongs automatically to something 属性
issue
n. 1. an important point 要点；问题
2. a single printing of a newspaper or magazine, etc. （书、报等）期、号
vt. 1. send out; put forth 颁布；发行
2. print; publish 出版；刊行
incline
v. 1. (to) tend to; feel drawn to 倾向；意欲
2. tend to influence or cause (someone) to feel, think, etc. 使倾向；使意欲
▲cynical
a. not believing; doubting or making fun of 玩世不恭的；好挖苦人的
notion
n. 1. idea; understanding 思想；理解
2. an opinion 见解
▲incidence
n. range of happening or influence 发生率；影响范围
view
n. 1. an opinion 观点
2. what one can see 眼界；视域
vt. 1. consider; regard 考虑
2. see; watch 看；观察
proof
a. having or giving protection 能防……的
n. way of showing that something is true 证据
cheat-proof
a. protected against cheating 能防止受骗的
structure
vt. order so that each part is properly related to others; build; put together 组织；构造；建造
transform
vt. change completely 改变；改造
hand-out (handout)
n. 1. a paper containing a review of information or subjects which will be dealt with in a lecture or talk 印发的讲稿等
2. something given for free 施舍物
drama
n. 1. a play 剧（单个戏剧）
2. plays 戏剧（总称）
▲ narrative
n. 1. a story or tale 故事
2. the practice or act of telling stories; narration 叙述；讲故事
a. that narrates or tells 叙述的
▲ curb
vt. hold in check; restrain 抑制；控制
n. check; limit 抑制；控制
media
n. television, radio, newspapers, etc. 媒介；媒体
strategy
n. 1. able planning and management of anything 策略
2. the art of planning movements of armies or forces in war 战略；兵法
basically
ad. simply; essentially 基本地
PHRASES AND EXPRESSIONS
for free
without charge or cost 免费
hand over
give to another; deliver 递交
do the trick
do what one wants done; accomplish the purpose 达到目的
get/have access to
have the right or permission to approach, enter, or use; have admittance of 有权得到、使用等
hail as
recognize (sth.) as (sth. good) 称赞……为……
figure out
1.understand (sth. or sb.) with difficulty 理解
2. consciously study; find out by using figures 想出，得出
get off
(cause to) be removed from (sth. or sb.) 搬移；取走
a little bit
to a small range or degree 有点
be inclined to
be likely to; tend to 倾向于；容易（做）
sort of
to some degree; rather 有点；有几分
make the most of
get the best use or greatest gain from 充分利用
PROPER NAMES
San Francisco
（美）旧金山（三藩市）
CNN
Cable News Network（美国）有线新闻网
Collegiate Care
“大学关心”网
Hamlet
哈姆雷特（莎士比亚戏剧《哈姆雷特》的男主人公）
Jane Morrison
简·莫里森（人名）
Berkeley
（此处指）加州大学伯克利分校
Gary Handman
加里· 汉德曼（人名）
Arianne Chernock
阿里亚尼· 彻诺克（人名）
Leslie Farmer
莱斯利· 法默（人名）
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