【作者：胡敏】
　　Direction: Plagiarism in academic studies is becoming a major problem worldwide,. Study the picture carefully.Your essay should include the following points:
　　1)a description of the illustration showing your understanging of the symbolic meaning;
　　2) your understanding theissue;
　　3) suggest counter measures.
　　You should write about 160~200 words neatly on ANSWER SHEET 2.


In the illustration provided, authors of what should be unique articles peer over at their colleague’s work. Perhaps they are looking for inspiration, but more likely, they are stealing ideas and using these ideas as their own. It appears from this pictures that everyone is guilty of this crime; there is no strat or finish to the cycle of plagirism .
　　Academic plagiarism is a problem that is not limited to one or two schools in the word. One can only imagine that some form of academic is present everywhere. This process can occur innocently enough. One writer is looking for information on a certain topic and does not cite his work properly, the orignal author is forgotten, and credit is not placed where it is due.
　　I believe that this issue is a very serious problem in universities today. The administration should do everything they can to stop plagiarism. This could include lecturing students on how to properly quote references, and also raising the penalities for those who are found guility of plagiarism