《中英對照讀新聞》Cheating students using Web to buy coursework 作弊的學生用網路買作業

◎羅彥傑

Cheating students are using outsourcing Web sites where bidders compete to write their coursework for them, researchers have found.

作弊的學生正利用外包網站，讓競標者爭取替他們寫作業，研究人員發現。

They have labelled the new twist on Internet plagiarism contract cheating and warn it could jeopardize the value of university degrees.

他們將這種網路剽竊契約的新歪風貼上作弊的標籤，並警告這可能損及大學學位的價值。

"What we have identified is a new type of cheating where students put their coursework out to tender and suppliers bid to complete the work," said Dr Thomas Lancaster of the University of Central England in Birmingham.

「我們發覺的是一種新型態的作弊，學生將作業招標，而供應者爭取代勞，」伯明罕中英格蘭大學的湯瑪斯．蘭卡斯特博士說。

Offenders use legitimate outsourcing Web sites, normally used by businesses offering freelance project work to skilled professionals, and submit work which has been written to order for them.

違規者利用正當的外包網站，通常是業者提供自由專案計畫給有專門技能的專業人士的網站，然後繳交得標者為他們寫好的作業。

Researchers looked at one particular software solutions outsourcing site and found that one in 10 of all bid requests were from students.

研究人員觀察一家特定的軟體解決外包網站，發現在10件徵求案中就有1件來自學生。

新聞辭典

outsourcing︰業務外包、委外。例句︰The US economy as a whole benefits from outsourcing to countries like India.（美國經濟整體來說受益於將業務委外給像印度這樣的國家。）

plagiarism︰剽竊、抄襲。例句︰Plagiarism can have catastrophic consequences for one's career as a student （剽竊可能對一個人的學生生涯構成毀滅性後果。）

jeopardize︰危及、損害。例句︰He jeopardized his fortune by making bad investments.（他因為投資不當而損失財富。）