02年同等学力人员申请硕士学位英语考试(二)(20201027161347).docxVIP

PAGE PAGE # 02年同等学力人员申请硕士学位英语考试 02年同等学力人员申请硕士学位英语考试（二）02年同等学力 人员申请硕士学位英语考试（二）passage 5 eve n before historia n joseph ellis became a best-sell ing author, he was famous for his vivid lectures. in his popular courses at mount holyoke college in massachusetts, he would ofte n make classroom discussi on lively by describ ing his own combat experienee in vietnam. but as ellis s reputation grew-his books on the founding fathers have won both the prestigious national book award and the pulitzer prize the history professor bega n to en terta in local and n ati onal reporters with his memories of war. last year, after the bost on globe carried acco unts of ellis s experie nee in the viet nam war, some one who knew the truth about ellis dropped a dime（ 揭 发）.last week the bost on globe revealed that ellis, famous for explaining the nation s history, had some explaining to do about his own past. even in the best of lives, mistakes are made, said a wretched ellis . it turned out that while the distinguished PAGE PAGE # historia n had served in the army, he d spe nt his war years not in the jun gles of southeast asia , but teach ing history at west point（西点军校）.he d also overstated his role in the antiwar movement and even his high-school athletic records. his admissi on shocked colleagues, fellow historia ns and stude nts who won dered why some one so accomplished would beautify his past. but it seems that success and truthfulness don t always go hand in hand, even among the distinguished achievers, security experts say, one in ten is deceiving in dulg ing in everythi ng from empty boasti ng to more serious offenses such as plagiarism（ 剽 窃）,fictionalizing military records, making up false academic certificates or worse . and, oddly, prominent people who beautify the past often do so once they re famous, says ernest brod of kroll associates, which has con ducted thousa nds of backgro und checks. says brod: it s not like they use these lies to climb the ladder. then what