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Proverbs and sayings

• Honesty and diligence should be your eternal mates.

• 诚实和勤奋应成为你永远的伴侣。 • Honesty is the best policy.

• Honesty is the first chapter of the book of wisdom. 诚实是智慧之书的第一章。

• ——Thomas Jefferson • No legacy is so rich as honesty. 诚实是最丰

厚的一笔遗产。• ——William Shakespeare • Honesty is the cornerstone of all

success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist.

• 诚实是所有成功的奠基石；没有诚实，就没有信心和能力去实现目标。

• ——Mary Kay Ash

• Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.• ——Sigmund Freud• He that loses his honesty has nothing else to lose .• ——John Lyly (English writer)• Almost any difficulty will move in the face of honesty.• ——Huge Prather • I believe fundamental honesty is the keystone of

business.• ——Harvey S. Firestone• To make your children capable of honesty is the

beginning of education. • ——John Ruskin (English writer &critic)

• You are probably familiar with the term “white lie.” It means a harmless lie, told to make (or keep) someone happy.

• This is OK for some things (like flattery), but white lies should never be used in, say, work-related situations, or legal matters, or in academics. Untruths in those areas are not “white lies;” they’re just lies. And lying, as we know, is wrong.

• Listen to the song Honesty and fill in the missing words.

• if you search for _________it isn't hard to findyou can have the love you need to livebut if you look for ____________you might just as well be blindit always seems to be so hard to give

Honesty is such a _______________everyone is so untruehonesty is hardly ever heardand mostly what I need from you

lonely word

tenderness

truthfulness

• I can always find someoneto say they _____________if I wear my heart out on my sleevebut I don't want some pretty faceto tell me _______________all I want is someone to believe

I can find a loverI can find a friendI can have ______until the bitter endanyone can __________with promises againI know, I know

sympathize

pretty lies

comfort me

security

• when I’m deep inside of medon’t be____________ I won’t ask for nothing while I’m gonebut when I want ________tell me where else can I turnbecause you’re the one that I _______

too concerned

sincerity

depend upon

Questions and Answers

• Directions: you may be asked such questions as found below. Try to answer them with the help of the following points

Question 1 Have you ever told lies? And is telling lies always

a bad thing?• Hints: Certainly I have. tell lie sometimes,

a normal human behavior especially when we mean well, hide the truth from a dying patient, for fear that, destroy the patient’s hope,

make his disease worse, as long

as, don’t mean ill( 恶意 ), don’t mean to take advantage of( 利用 ) others and do harm to other interests, acceptable…

Question 2 What do you think of

honesty? Should people be honest or not?

• Hints: To me, honesty means speaking the

truth and being fair and upright ( 诚实的；正直的 ) in one’s actions. Considered a virtue （品德） , admired in every country and every culture ，

dishonesty generally despised （被轻视，鄙视） and condemned( 被谴责 ) by everyone, a liar, always looked down upon and avoided by the people around him, however, in society, encounter people who try to get benefits by dishonest means, may succeed for a time, but sooner or later, caught and deserted （被抛弃） by their friends, bring them nothing but troubles….

Question 3What’s your view of cheating on

campus?

• Hints: Though it is contemptible ( 卑鄙的 )to the

majority and forbidden by the university authorities （权威） , cheating on campus is far from extinct( 灭绝的 ).

• What’s worse, don’t consider cheating a disgraceful （可耻的） act, through cheating, get high marks on exams, receive scholarships, not only do great harm to the students’ initiative( 主动性；积极性 ) to study hard, but also affect the cultivation of the student’s minds, great necessity, the university authorities, to take more effective and severe measures, counteract( 抵制，抵抗 ) cheating on campus…

Question 4Why do people

sometimes cheat each other and what can we do

about it?• Hints: many elements play a role in

tempting ( 诱惑，引诱 )people to cheat. First of all, attach much importance to material benefits, hold them as the sole pursuit of life,

• Secondly, the penalties （处罚） for those law-breakers （违法者） , not severe, more often than not( 时常 ), easily escape from punishment, thirdly ， honest people, praised and respected by the whole society, encourage all people to learn from them…

Question 5Do you think doctors

should tell dying patients the truth? Why or Why

not?• HINTS: I think that doctors should tell dying patients

the truth. Have the right to know the truth, secondly, keeping patients in the dark( 把病人蒙在鼓里 ) can not help, recover, on the contrary, often mislead patients into a blind optimism about their illness,

• delay effective treatments, truthful information helps, tolerate（容忍；忍受） pain better, cooperate with their doctors better, decide the end of life, in the long run, do harm to their doctors’ integrity( 正直；诚实 ) and credibility （信任）…

Making Presentations• Directions: Now let’s move on to

something more specific. You’ll be shown three pictures. You will have two minutes to prepare and one and a half minutes to talk about the picture.

Picture 1

Useful Words and Expressions

sweat n. &v. 汗；出汗peek at 偷看deskmate n. 同proctor n. 监考人cast one’s eyes

around 环视examinee 应试者tension n. 紧张，压力academic achievement

学业成绩

eventually adv. 最后，终于 lead to 导致 arouse v. 唤醒；引起 moral cultivation 思想道德教育 upright and honest 正直诚实

Reference AnswersPicture 1

In my picture a boy, with sweat on his forehead, is peeking at the paper of his deskmate, while his deskmate, a bright girl, is covering her exam paper with her left hand. At the back of the classroom, the proctor is casting his eyes around. On the blackboard are the rules for examinees: No cheating!

As a student, I am quite familiar with the phenomenon shown in this picture. I think there are many reasons for students' cheating ． The primary reason may be that people and the society pay too much attention to the exam marks ， causing tension and stress in students and eventually leading to their cheating on the exams ． This problem arouses more consideration among people ．

Picture 2

Useful Words and Expressions

make a fortune 赚大钱 foodstuffs n. 食品 consumer n. 消费者 manufacturer n. 厂商；制

造商 surgical mask n. 口罩 fake commodity 假货 disinfectant n. 消毒 pursuit n. 追求 greedy adj. 贪婪的 conscienceless adj. 昧良心的；不知廉耻的

merchandise n. 商品；货物

inspector n. 检察员；巡视员

profiteer n. 奸商 at the cost of 以 … 为代价 supervision n. 监督；管理 sound adj. 健全的，合理的 law-violator n. 违法的 by all means 尽一切办法，一定 preserve v. 保护；保持

Reference AnswersPicture 2

In my picture inspectors are inspecting the merchandise in some stores. Some goods on the ground have been marked as “ fake commodities.” Some of them are food-stuffs. Some are phony disinfectants and surgical masks. As we all know, these goods are indispensable( 不可缺少的 ) in the fight against disease. But those profiteers produce and sell

• fake goods at the cost of innocent consumers’ health as long as they can make a profit. The picture shows that the supervision system of commodities in our country is not sound enough and more severe penalties should be given to those law-violations. The rights of the public should be protected by all means, and the peace and security of the society should be preserved.

Picture 3

Useful Words and Expressions

have a good appetite 有好胃口 optimistic adj. 乐观的 pessimistic adj. 悲观的 moral standard 道德标

准 in this case 再此病例中 positive adj. 积极的

negative adj. 消极的 for one’s sake/ for the

sake of 为了 criterion n. 标准 profit v. 有益于 dishonest n. 不诚实的 refrain from 克制；戒除

Reference AnswersPicture 3

In my picture the doctor is telling a dying patient that he will soon recover. Hearing these words, the patient is very pleased and has a good appetite, eating chicken, fish and vegetables. It is not difficult to see that good news and optimistic attitudes can help the patients to improve. This picture provides us with an interesting

• Question:Should doctors tell lies or not? we believe that honesty is a valuable moral standard. But in this case we see the positive effects of telling lies. In my opinion, we should not just tell the truth for truths sake. The criterion of telling truth or lies is whether it can profit others or the public. If dishonesty profits others or the public, why refrain from doing it?

Further Discussion• Discussion Topic: Dishonesty on campus and

SolutionsDirections: Now you are required to

discuss this topic further. You will have about four and a half minutes for the discussion.

STEP 1Some useful words and

expressions are as follows surge n. 急增 plagiarize v. 剽窃 misconduct n. 不正当行为 defy v. 蔑视；公然反抗 mentality n. 智力；精神 vanity n. 虚荣 have access to 可以使用treasure trove 珍品；财宝

academic adj. 学术的 palm-sized adj. 手掌大小 key point 要点 attach to 使依附，把 放在 earphone n. 耳机 be paired up with 与 …为伍，与 …搭档 peer n. 同等的人 pinch v. 偷

attribution n. 归属，归因 make up 杜撰；编造 rampant adj. 猖獗的 falsification n. 弄虚作假 launch v. 发动；高贵

• proctor n. 监考人员• patrol n. 巡逻• observe v. 观察• dignity n. 尊严

Step 2 • Try to think about the

cheating methods on campus and provide the corresponding solutions. You may refer to the points below. Discuss with your partners and then give an oral report.

• Cheating Methods 1) One goes into an exam with

a palm-sized sheet of paper filled with “key points” from lectures and textbooks…

2)Equipped with mobile phones attached to hidden earphones, students are paired up with more qualified peers who send answers from the outside…

3) Cheating also occurs on term papers and in design work. Students copy off the Internet and make up figures…

• Solutions

1) More proctors should supervise during exams…

2) Monitoring systems should be set up and examinees should be given different test papers at the same time…

3) Teachers should pay more attention to students’ term papers to prevent plagiarism…

• Let’s keep the following in our minds: If it is not true, don’t say it. If it is not right, don’t do it. If it is not ours, don’t take it. If it belongs to someone else, return it. Honesty is not only the best policy, but also a principle. It is absolutely essential for the good and happy living of life.