哈佛遭遇诚信危机(1/2)

英语自学网

概述：前不久哈佛学生集体作弊事件给这所世界名校带来极大的压力。
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Harvard
"the Harvard"
Ivy League
Boston
Cambridge
Massachusetts
crème de la crème
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口语节目地址：http://bulo.hujiang.com/menu/11921/item/667299/America's first college, Harvard University, is almost universally regarded as our gold standard of higher learning.
So much so that in jest, students in other parts of the country sometimes call their colleges "the Harvard" of this place or that, knowing that no other school could match the old Ivy League institution in the Boston suburb of Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Traditionally, only the crème de la crème of the nation's high school graduates are admitted, and a Harvard degree is said to be a sure ticket to a lucrative career.
But haughty Harvard is dealing with an embarrassing blemish on its record and reputation.
It's a cheating scandal possibly implicating as many as 125 students in a government class. It's the sort of incident that sometimes besets a less prestigious institution - which is precisely what has Harvard, its critics, and its alumni astir.
Dozens of varsity athletes have been connected to the cheating episode, involving a take-home test last academic year, just when Harvard's basketball team had become one of the nation's 25 best, for the first time ever.美国的第一所高校哈佛大学几乎普遍被认为是高等教育的金本位。
以至于美国其他地方的学生有时会玩笑似地把他们的大学叫做当地的“哈佛大学”，因为没有什么学校能跟这所位于马萨诸塞州波士顿郊区剑桥城的老牌常春藤联盟相媲美。
一向以来只有全美最为优秀的高中毕业生才能有幸进入哈佛大学，而哈佛的学位据称则是通往成功之路的有力保证。
然而一向高傲的哈佛正忙于处理一件使其声誉和良好记录沾上污点的尴尬事件。
这就是涉及到政府管理课多达125名学生的作弊丑闻。这类事件偶尔会发生在一些不那么出名的高校，而此次发生在哈佛身上，着实让哈佛，众多评论家以及其校友大为震惊。
几十名校队运动员学生和这次作弊事件有关。他们在上个学年参加了一次课外考试，当时正值哈佛的篮球队首次进入全美25强。