Listening
exercise
The Infinite Mind:
Cheating
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You need only listen to the first few segments of the program, i.e. only as
far as the vocabulary words go.
Vocabulary:
| major underwriting to provide John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation National Institute of Mental Health Nonprofit Finance Fund Dr. Fred Goodwin medical school "the pockmarked landscape" "the steep-sided hollows" undergraduates The New York Times to crib from to afford to do honest to get ahead spouse biologically predisposed to + V species a little "Peyton Place" link 2 monkey cucumber rocks cage to refuse basically to participate experiment ultimate anthem spurned lovers commentator John Hockenberry to explore to be on the rise contemporary society attitudes more...than ever permissive reasons guests to focus on to deserve additional emphasis for some time now elite educational institutions to become suffused with moral relativism reluctance to acknowledge absolutes behavior just plain wrong to stem from perception uncomfortably close to religion dogma fuzzy thinking consequences punishment Psychology 101 (a beginning course in psychology at a university) consistently to reward to decry all-too-common habit to look the other way when it comes to to plagiarize; plagiarism other forms of what's going on... public arena to send a destructive message equally on a grand scale clever enough to pay off handsomely to consider celebrated case Stephen Glass to be caught to fabricate articles The New Republic magazine to be fired media culture celebrity to make money example disgraced writer Jayson Blair to come out force to undermine ethnical moral tendency to erect elaborate rules and laws |
in
order to codify to enforce implicit legal ethical breaches of ethics frequent efforts fresh look, ideas among rampant to admit to to speak out Mary Reed Ervin freshman Duke University senior Virginia to catch s.o. cheating despite the consequences AP (= advanced placement) take-home test lunchroom guys multiple choice to split in half to transfer to answer sheet obvious shocked to be amazed openly upset respect trust immediately to take advantage of who did what eventually I got to the point of saying scenario he goes (= says) to turn yourself in I gather (= guess) to get online Instant Messaging incident to accuse to play the act kinda to bash s.o. handful of seniors to shun to be talked about scary situation party to be attacked normal senior routine to be close to to back s.o. to stick up for s.o. to exclude oneself fault support to hang out totally to bring s.o. along uncomfortable bad guy to come to an understanding to take of oneself constantly competitive survival graduation Senior of the Year to be nominated by peers supportive of to buy term papers off the Internet technology tech-savvy to figure out to catch inspiration facing a science test digital watch inconspicuous to store and recall to type in periodic table Au gold to look over s.o.'s shoulder pagers to go high-tech cell phones academic paper Term Paper Blues.com to chase down arms race to struggle |
to
stay one step ahead to disguise his voice in general pragmatic ethical tools to expect good grades good college to represent the reality homework test-taker to feel guilty what if... like.. you know....and stuff... to outsmart to get away with to plug mathematical formulas calculator expulsion academic teenagers pilots flight school training exams medical students surgery prescription to copy from sophisticated means Andrea Goodwin Office of Student Conduct University of Maryland to face scandal to post bulletin board to text-message to work with s.o. 'sting' operation to neatly nab to be expelled permanent XF (academic dishonesty) extremely remorseful tears embarrassed a sobering experience Lou Bloomfield physics University of Virginia "copyfind" to root out in a row independently typically phrases snowflakes free of charge thousands to download turnitin.com to offer University of Pennsylvania Michelle Goldfarb director to investigate to shell out...to buy obvious Whoa! to transport era consensus formal honor codes official codes of conduct severe Ivy League moderate failing the class suspension system to exercise some discretion compassion judgment to redeem oneself faculty to be willing to to refer cases 'off with their heads' stricter automatically political science board academic integrity ceiling building contractor architect engineer abstract example earthquake devastating loss of life to depend on trustworthiness to get hurt |
Listening
comprehension questions:
1.
What is 'Peyton
Place'?
2. How do attitudes towards cheating seem to
have changed from previously?
3. What is 'moral relativism', and why, according
to the speaker, do some people seem to shy away from acknowledging moral absolutes?
4. Although cheating may be punished on an individual level, how can cheating
ultimately be profitable?
5. Briefly summarize the Jayson Blair case.
6. If you had been in a situation like that of Mary Reed Ervin, what would
you have done upon discovering that your classmates were cheating?
7. How would you treat someone who did what Ervin did? Would there be a difference
if you were and if you were not one of the cheaters who was caught?
8. How did Ervin's classmates tacitly demonstrate support for Ervin?
9. Describe two ways a student can use technology to cheat.
10. How do most students react when they are caught for cheating?
11. Describe two ways a teacher can use technology to catch student cheating.
12. What does the speaker mean: '...even in your own writing against your
own writing'?
13. Research suggests that what kinds of schools have fewer problems with
cheating?
14. How can cheating hurt other people?
15. Have you cheated in your schoolwork or on a test? Tell about it, and how
you felt about it then, and now.