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cheating /作弊/ (zuòbì)

A: Recently, someone on the internet shared 100 types of ways to cheat on tests, which was criticized by netizens.

最近,有人在网上分享了考试的100种作弊方法,遭到了很多网友的批评。

(zuìjìn,yǒurén zài wǎnɡshànɡ fēnxiǎnɡle kǎoshìde yibaizhǒnɡ zuòbì fānɡfǎ, zāodào le hěnduō wǎnɡyǒu de pīpínɡ.)

B: Really? Even though I guess a lot of people cheated before while they were students, but I think it doesn't seem appropriate to announce them in a public space. 

是吗？虽然我猜很多人学生时代多少都作弊过,但是我觉得在公共场合宣传似乎不太好。

(shìma？suīrán wǒcāi hěnduōrén xuéshēnɡ shídài duōshǎo dōu zuòbì ɡuò, dànshì wǒ juédé zài ɡōnɡɡònɡ chǎnɡhé  xuānchuán sìhū bùtàihǎo.)

A: Let me tell you a few of them. Some people will hide small notes inside erasers, while some girls wear skirts and write notes on their thighs.  

我跟你说说有哪些吧,有人会把小抄藏在橡皮擦外壳里面,有些女生穿裙子,会把小抄写在自己的大腿上。

(wǒ ɡēnnǐshuōshuō yǒu nǎxiēbā, yǒurén huìbǎ xiǎochāo cánɡzài xiànɡpícā wàiké lǐmiàn, yǒuxiē nǚshēnɡ chuānqúnzǐ, huìbǎ xiǎochāo xiězài zìjǐde dàtuǐ shànɡ.)

B: It seems some student testers are using all their brain power on this. It would be better to spend their efforts on studying more. 

看来这些考生们确实是绞尽脑汁,有这功夫还不如去多学习。

(kànlái zhèxiē kǎoshēnɡ mén quèshí shì jiǎojìnnǎozhī, yǒuzhèɡōnɡfū háibùrú qù duōxuéxí.)

A: Yeah. Cheating isn't really a good habit that one should have. It will potentially make someone addicting to it and lazy. 

是啊,作弊的确不是好习惯,它会让人产生依赖心理,并且变得很懒惰。

(shìā, zuòbì diquè bùshì hǎoxíɡuàn, tāhuì rànɡrén chǎnshēnɡ yīlài xīnlǐ, bìnɡqiě biàndé hěn lǎnduò.)

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