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 1) transform our lives? 从英国先锋计算机程序员提姆·伯纳斯李先生创造了万维网协议到现在已经十五年了。但他可曾想象到网络会如何改变我们的生活？
And would he approve of how some British students are taking advantage of his invention? 他会不会同意一些英国学生这样利用自己的发明？
Universities and exam boards around the UK are becoming increasingly concerned with the rising number of cases of plagiarism, many of which 2) are facilitated by internet access. 英国的大学和考试委员会越来越关心剽窃案例的增加，其中许多是通过互联网实现的。
In the UK most school and university students complete coursework throughout the academic year which 3) 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 4) cannot be monitored by teachers in the same way as an exam. 英国大多数中学和大学的学生用一整学年完成课程作业，这是他们最终成绩的组成部分。在许多情况下，课程作业占了合格条件的大部分。由于课程作业是学生在自己的时间完成的，不能像考试那样由教师监督。
Derec Stockley, director of examinations in the UK, explains, “Plagiarism affects coursework more than 5) external exam conditions, and in the cases that come to our attention, more and more are linked to the internet.
德雷克·斯托克利，英国的考试委员会委员长，解释说：“剽窃对课程作业的影响超过了外部的考试条件，在我们注意到的案例里，通过互联网实现的越来越多。
At a university level recent reports suggest that plagiarism has evolved from isolated cases of individual cheating to a 6) systematic and even commercial operation. Students can now pay for bespoke essays to be written for them by experts. 在最近的一个大学水平报告表明，剽窃已经从个人作弊的个例转化为系统性甚至商业化的运作。学生现在可以付费订制由专业枪手为他们写的论文。
It is estimated that the market in online plagiarism is now worth £200 million a year. Every month more and more websites 7) offering to write students’ essays for them appear on the internet. 据估计，网上抄袭的市场价值现已达到每年2亿英镑。每个月，越来越多提供学生论文的网站出现在互联网上。
Barclay Littlewood, owner of Degree Essays UK employs 3,500 specialist writers and 8) charges between £120 and £4,000 per essay. However, Mr. Littlewood refutes the accusation that he is helping students to cheat.
巴克莱·利特尔伍德，英国学位论文的站长，雇用了3500名专业枪手，每篇论文收费120到4000英镑。然而，利特尔伍德先生驳斥了帮助学生作弊的指控。
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, 9) formulate their own opinions, look at their own reference and write the creative and original piece which 10) is distant from ours.\" 他说，虽然学生收到了回答他们确切问题的文章，“然后他们得在我们的文章之外去做自己的研究，阐述自己的观点，阅读自己的参考资料，写出创新性和原创性的文章，那我们的文章相去甚远。”
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