英语双语版阅读：又到一年毕业季

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A shabby minivan is parked near a tranquil building on a Beijing campus. Wang Lin is sitting in the vehicle wearing headphones with a mike. “D. B. A. D. C,” set after set of five-letter codes slip from his lips… All of a sudden, someone gives two warning knocks on the back door of the van. Wang drops his headphones and drives off quickly.
在北京某校园里，一辆破旧的小货车停在一栋宁静的建筑旁。王林（音译）头戴耳麦，坐在车中。“D、B、A、D、C”，他口中说着一串串五个字母的代码。突然，有人在后车门上敲了两下以示警报。王林丢下耳麦，飞快地开车走了。
He’s one of the new breed of “gunners”, cheats who write essays and sit exams for others for cash.
他就是“枪手”这个新兴行业中的一员，这些枪手通过代写论文或替考来赚钱。
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Academic cheating has become a lucrative business with well-organized gangs. Meanwhile there are insufficient deterrents to tackle the problem.
* B8 I, T% a9 a6 v7 Y. W% \# S学术造假已经成为一门相当赚钱的生意，内部组织十分严密。而与此同时，目前尚无足够有效的手段来遏制这一现象。

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! n2 ^1 B$ k' {Every year more than 10 million faculties, researchers, students and specialists require to publish academic papers, according to a survey conducted by Shen Yang, a professor at Wuhan University, in 2009. Shen’s team concluded that the market in research papers was worth more than 1 billion yuan.
武汉大学教授沈洋2009年所做的一项调查显示，每年有超过一千万的大学教师、研究员、学生以及专业人士需要发表学术论文。据沈洋的团队统计，科研论文市场价值高达10亿元人民币。
3 t0 K- O. h. O8 o4 ?1 |6 k' E: p“With virtually no investment and huge profits, the academic black market is becoming more lucrative,” said Zhang Qiang, a junior in a Beijing-based university.
“由于零投资高回报的现实，学术黑市越来越有利可图。”来自北京的大三学生张强（音译）说。


He calls himself a “campus agent” and works on commission connecting student clients with professional essay writers.
他自称为“校园代理”，通过联系学生客户与专业论文写手来赚取佣金。

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7 q/ i7 L6 J. k! ~, FZhang’s domain is China University of Geosciences and Beijing University of Technology. He said proudly that more than 200 students from undergraduates to PhD students contacted him during the last six months.
中国地质大学和北京科技大学是张强的主要市场。他骄傲地表示，在过去半年中，从本科生到博士生，他接待的客户有200多人。


The majority of them are old customers. With 15 to 20 percent commission, Zhang’s monthly “salary” easily exceeds 3,000 yuan during the graduation season.
这其中大多数都是老顾客。每位客户收取15%到20%的中介费，每到毕业季，张强的月收入超过3000元。


“I guarantee you that on every campus in major cities, agents like me are in good company,” said Zhang.
. p" O3 J" B/ R; r  H3 }张强说：“我保证在大城市的每个校园中，像我这样的代理生意都好着呢。”


0 S2 h3 H4 }" ?0 u# _2 k4 ZZhang connects students to writers like Li Jian, a graduate student in economics. The client needs to provide the title of the essay and the recommended reading list.
% x/ s( R# |( D6 |张强让学生们与经济学专业毕业生李建（音译）这样的写手取得联系，客户需要提供论文的题目与推荐书单。


Li set up his own service on a major online shopping website where he charges between 3,000 and 5,000 yuan for papers on economics and finance. He is very busy these days.
& i" d) ~( e% [' Y" G3 F6 k李建在一家大型购物网站上开了家网店兜售服务，经济、金融方面的论文每篇收取3000至5000元。最近这些天，他的生意非常火。