Topic 18 The Negative Effects of Plagiarism

　　Nowadays every one of us may come across peoplewho copy others’ books, articles or other works fortheir own benefits now and then.

　　This phenomenon is most harmful to the academiccircle and even the whole society.

　　In my opinion, their harmfulness can be summarizedin the following three respects.

　　In the first place, the rights of the originalcopyright holders are cruelly violated.

　　In the second place, people will lose the impulse tocreate if there is plagiarism here and there.

　　Last but not least, plagiarism will lead to the degradation of the whole academic circle,whichincludes not only the publications, but also people’s minds.

　　In my opinion, the government and the citizens should join hands to put an end to plagiarism.

　　On the one hand, the government should punish the plagiarizers severely lest they harm theauthors again.

　　On the other hand, common citizens should report such harmful phenomena as soon aspossible.

　　Only by the joint efforts of the government and the common people can we do away withplagiarism.

（实习编辑：王晓晓）