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In the digital age, copying someone else's words is easy, but getting caught copying is even easier. When Melania Trump recently spoke at the Republican convention, she used some of the same words that Michelle Obama had used at the Democratic convention in 2008. Within hours, news spread around the world with the claim that Melania Trump had plagiarized Michelle Obama's speech.One of Trump's aides said she unintentionally included sentences from Michelle Obama's speech. But students and teachers at universities in the U.S. and elsewhere were shocked. They learn from their early years in school that copying another writer's words is wrong.The word "plagiarism" comes from the Latin word plagiarius. It means "kidnapper, seducer, plunderer, one who kidnaps the child or slave of another," according to the Online Etymology Dictionary. We now use the word "plagiarist" to describe someone who steals another person's written work. That person could also be called a "literary thief."Why is plagiarism a serious problem? Virginia Unkefer is Manager of Academic Writing Services at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Thuwal, Saudi Arabia. Unkefer says that when students first come to the university, they do not realize how serious the problem is. "I think they don't realize how serious an offense it is. And until they're made aware that that offense is as serious as it is, they don't take it seriously at all."She teaches new students the Latin root of the word plagiarism to tell them how serious it is. "It means kidnapping. It's our own worst fear, to have that thing that we created stolen from us, and it's the same as our words. That thing that we created is essential to who we are, and when other people steal our words, it is as serious as if you were to steal someone's child."Academics are especially aware of the nature of plagiarism, Unkefer says, because their work is essentially the creation of ideas and putting them into words. "Maybe outside the university, where your currency is not your idea, maybe it seems silly to care about this so much. But inside the university where your ideas are who you are, we absolutely must protect them. That's why plagiarism is such a serious offense."For students in universities, copying is______.A absolutely wrongB unimportantC unimaginableD forgivable

In the digital age, copying someone else's words is easy, but getting caught copying is even easier. When Melania Trump recently spoke at the Republican convention, she used some of the same words that Michelle Obama had used at the Democratic convention in 2008. Within hours, news spread around the world with the claim that Melania Trump had plagiarized Michelle Obama's speech. One of Trump's aides said she unintentionally included sentences from Michelle Obama's speech. But students and teachers at universities in the U.S. and elsewhere were shocked. They learn from their early years in school that copying another writer's words is wrong. The word "plagiarism" comes from the Latin word plagiarius. It means "kidnapper, seducer, plunderer, one who kidnaps the child or slave of another," according to the Online Etymology Dictionary. We now use the word "plagiarist" to describe someone who steals another person's written work. That person could also be called a "literary thief." Why is plagiarism a serious problem? Virginia Unkefer is Manager of Academic Writing Services at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Thuwal, Saudi Arabia. Unkefer says that when students first come to the university, they do not realize how serious the problem is. "I think they don't realize how serious an offense it is. And until they're made aware that that offense is as serious as it is, they don't take it seriously at all." She teaches new students the Latin root of the word plagiarism to tell them how serious it is. "It means kidnapping. It's our own worst fear, to have that thing that we created stolen from us, and it's the same as our words. That thing that we created is essential to who we are, and when other people steal our words, it is as serious as if you were to steal someone's child." Academics are especially aware of the nature of plagiarism, Unkefer says, because their work is essentially the creation of ideas and putting them into words. "Maybe outside the university, where your currency is not your idea, maybe it seems silly to care about this so much. But inside the university where your ideas are who you are, we absolutely must protect them. That's why plagiarism is such a serious offense." For students in universities, copying is______. A absolutely wrong B unimportant C unimaginable D forgivable

题目解答

答案

我们来一步一步分析这道题目。

题目要求我们根据文章内容，判断“对于大学生来说，抄袭是____”。选项有四个：

A. absolutely wrong（绝对错误）
B. unimportant（不重要）
C. unimaginable（难以想象）
D. forgivable（可以原谅）

第一步：理解文章主旨

这篇文章主要讲的是“抄袭”（plagiarism）在学术界为什么是一个严重的问题。文章以 Melania Trump 被指抄袭 Michelle Obama 的演讲为例，引出人们对抄袭的关注。然后重点强调，在教育和学术领域，抄袭被视为非常严重的错误。

文章特别引用了沙特阿拉伯 KAUST 大学的 Virginia Unkefer 的观点。她指出：

  1. 学生刚入学时，并不意识到抄袭有多严重。
  2. 她通过讲解“plagiarism”这个词的拉丁语词根“plagiarius”（意为“绑架者”）来让学生明白：抄袭别人的文字，就像绑架别人的孩子一样严重。
  3. 在大学里，思想和创意就是一个人的身份象征，因此必须保护自己的和他人的知识产权。
  4. 在学术界，思想就是“货币”，所以抄袭是绝对不能容忍的。

第二步：定位关键信息

文章中明确提到：

> “But students and teachers at universities in the U.S. and elsewhere were shocked. They learn from their early years in school that copying another writer's words is wrong.”

意思是：美国和其他地方的大学生和教师都感到震惊，因为他们从小就学到，抄袭别人的文字是错误的。

还有：

> “That's why plagiarism is such a serious offense.”
> （这就是为什么抄袭是如此严重的过错。）

这些都说明，在大学环境中，抄袭被看作是非常严重、不可接受的行为。

第三步：分析选项

A. absolutely wrong（绝对错误）
——这与文中观点完全一致。文章强调抄袭在学术界是严重过错，必须严肃对待。Virginia Unkefer 甚至用“绑架”来比喻，说明其严重性。这个选项符合文意。

B. unimportant（不重要）
——与文章相反。文章明确说学生一开始可能不重视，但实际是非常重要的问题。所以错误。

C. unimaginable（难以想象）
——这个词太强了。虽然抄袭是错误的，但文章并没有说“抄袭这件事是完全无法想象的”，而是说它确实发生了（比如 Melania 的例子），并且学生有时会无意中抄袭。所以“难以想象”不符合事实。

D. forgivable（可以原谅）
——文章提到 Trump 的助手说“是无意的”，但学生和教师仍然感到震惊，说明即使无意，也不能轻易原谅。而且 Unkefer 强调要让学生意识到其严重性，说明这不是一件可以轻易原谅的事。所以这个选项也不对。

第四步：得出结论

最符合文章观点的选项是 A. absolutely wrong。

答案：

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解题过程总结：

文章通过真实事件引出“抄袭”话题，强调在学术环境中，抄袭被视为极其严重的错误，因为它侵犯了他人思想的原创性，而思想在大学中是个人身份和价值的核心。作者引用专家观点，用“绑架”来比喻抄袭的严重性，说明在大学里，抄袭是绝对不能接受的行为。因此，对于大学生来说，抄袭是绝对错误的。