Who’s Doing Your Homework? 谁在做你的作业？（VOA常速）
It has been fifteen years since pioneering British computer programmer, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, created the protocols which power the World Wide Web. But could he have ever imagined how much the web would transform our lives?And would he approve of how some British students are taking advantage of his invention?
Universities and exam boards around the UK are becoming increasingly concerned with the rising number of cases of plagiarism, many of which are facilitated by internet access.
In the UK most school and university students complete coursework throughout the academic year which contributes towards their final mark. In many cases coursework makes up the bulk of the qualification. Since coursework is completed in the student’s own time it cannot be monitored by teachers in the same way as an exam.
Derec Stockley, director of examinations in the UK, explains, “Plagiarism affects coursework more than external exam conditions, and in the cases that come to our attention, more and more are linked to the internet.
At a university level recent reports suggest that plagiarism has evolved from isolated cases of individual cheating to a systematic and even commercial operation. Students can now pay for bespoke essays to be written for them by experts.
It is estimated that the market in online plagiarism is now worth £200 million a year. Every month more and more websites offering to write students’ essays for them appear on the internet.
Barclay Littlewood, owner of Degree Essays UK employs 3,500 specialist writers and charges between £120 and £4,000 per essay. However, Mr Littlewood refutes the accusation that he is helping students to cheat.
He says that although students receive an essay that answers their exact question, “They then have to go and do their research outside our piece, formulate their own opinions, look at their own reference and write the creative and original piece which is distant from ours."
pioneering
开垦
protocols
草案, 协议
approve
赞成, 批准
taking advantage
利用 . .之便; 利用. . .优势
exam boards
考试委员会
plagiarism
剽窃, 剽窃物
facilitated
使容易, 使便利
coursework
功课, 作业
contributes
捐助, 贡献
makes up the bulk
占大多数的
monitored
监控
director of examinations
考试委员会委员长
evolved
(使)发展, (使)进化
isolated cases
孤立事件
commercial operation
商业运作
bespoke essays
“定做”的论文
charges
收费
refutes the accusation
反驳指控
research
研究, 调查
formulate their own opinions
阐述自己的观点
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