新視野大學英語讀寫教程第一冊unit10-b Web Site Resources:The Best Aid for Cheating?

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 （計算機）網絡
2. a net of thin threads made by a spider 蜘蛛網

cheat
v. act in a dishonest way for one's own benefit 欺騙
n. a person who cheats 騙子

nerve
n. 1. threadlike part in the body that carries feelings and messages to and from the brain 神經
2. courage; strength or control of mind 勇氣；膽量
3. disrespectful manners 厚顏

ultimate
a. 1. greatest 最大的
2. at the final or farthest distance; being at the end or happening in the end 最終的；最后的

nightmare
n. 1. a bad, frightening, or terrible experience or event 恐怖的經歷；可怕的事情
2. an unpleasant and terrible dream 惡夢

■illicit
a. not allowed; unlawful 非法的

link
n. tie; connection 紐帶
vt. join or connect 連接
contemporary
a. 1.modern; of the present 當代的
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 偽造；造假
2. pretend 假裝
n. a person or thing that is not what he/she/it looks like; something that is not real 假貨；贗品

appropriate
a. right for the occasion; proper; suitable; or fitting 合適的，適當的

download
vt. transfer sth. to or from a computer network 下載

▲reconcile
vt. 1. make peace between; make friendly again 和解
2. find agreement between (two actions or ideas) 調和

irreconcilable
a. impossible to bring into agreement 不可調和的

▲dilemma
n. a difficult choice between two (bad) things; a problem 進退維谷；難處

essay
n. a short piece of writing on a subject; an article 文章；短文

expense
n. cost or charge 花費；費用

on-file
a. recorded or kept in a file or in a database of information 存檔的

per
prep.for each 每

consumer
n. a person who buys and uses goods and services 消費者

readily
ad. 1. willingly 甘愿
2. quickly and easily 輕易地

fee
n. money paid for professional services, to join a club, etc. 費；酬勞

semester
n. (AmE) either of the two periods into which a year at universities is divided; (BrE) term 學期

■emporium
n. a large store selling many different things 商場

▲hail
vt. 1. recognize (someone) as important by calling out (a name of honour, etc.) 向……歡呼；擁戴（某人）為……
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 真實的

perceive
vt. 1. see 看見
2. take in with the mind; understand 理解；明白

◆twitch
v. move with a quick, sharp pull of a muscle 抽動
n. a slight, unconscious movement of a muscle or a quick, sharp movement of some part of the body 抽動

intellectual
a. 1. showing unusual reasoning powers 有知識的
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 知識分子

property
n. 1. something owned; possessions 財產
2. (area of) land and/or building(s) 房地產
3. a quality, power, or effect that belongs automatically to something 屬性

issue
n. 1. an important point 要點；問題
2. a single printing of a newspaper or magazine, etc. （書、報等）期、號
vt. 1. send out; put forth 頒布；發(fā)行
2. print; publish 出版；刊行

incline
v. 1. (to) tend to; feel drawn to 傾向；意欲
2. tend to influence or cause (someone) to feel, think, etc. 使傾向；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 見解

▲incidence
n. range of happening or influence 發(fā)生率；影響范圍

view
n. 1. an opinion 觀點
2. what one can see 眼界；視域
vt. 1. consider; regard 考慮
2. see; watch 看；觀察

proof
a. having or giving protection 能防……的
n. way of showing that something is true 證據

cheat-proof
a. protected against cheating 能防止受騙的

structure
vt. order so that each part is properly related to others; build; put together 組織；構造；建造

transform
vt. change completely 改變；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 印發(fā)的講稿等
2. something given for free 施舍物

drama
n. 1. a play 劇（單個戲?。?br /> 2. plays 戲?。偡Q）

▲ narrative
n. 1. a story or tale 故事
2. the practice or act of telling stories; narration 敘述；講故事
a. that narrates or tells 敘述的

▲ 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；媒體

strategy
n. 1. able planning and management of anything 策略
2. the art of planning movements of armies or forces in war 戰(zhàn)略；兵法

basically
ad. simply; essentially 基本地
PHRASES AND EXPRESSIONS

for free
without charge or cost 免費

hand over
give to another; deliver 遞交

do the trick
do what one wants done; accomplish the purpose 達到目的

get/have access to
have the right or permission to approach, enter, or use; have admittance of 有權得到、使用等

hail as
recognize (sth.) as (sth. good) 稱贊……為……

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 有點

be inclined to
be likely to; tend to 傾向于；容易（做）

sort of
to some degree; rather 有點；有幾分

make the most of
get the best use or greatest gain from 充分利用
PROPER NAMES

San Francisco
（美）舊金山（三藩市）

CNN
Cable News Network（美國）有線新聞網

Collegiate Care
“大學關心”網

Hamlet
哈姆雷特（莎士比亞戲劇《哈姆雷特》的男主人公）

Jane Morrison
簡·莫里森（人名）

Berkeley
（此處指）加州大學伯克利分校

Gary Handman
加里· 漢德曼（人名）

Arianne Chernock
阿里亞尼· 徹諾克（人名）

Leslie Farmer
萊斯利· 法默（人名）