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The majority of students at the University of Maryland applauded the campaign. The campus newspaper editorial said, "Like police arresting speeders, the intent is not to catch everyone but rather to catch enough to spread the word"
马里兰大学的大多数学生都鼓掌欢迎这一运动。校刊社论说：“就像警察逮捕违法超速驾驶者一样，这一运动的目的并不是要捉拿所有的人，而是抓住足够的作弊者以便把信息传开去。”
We frequently hear about "the good old days," when Americans were better, happier, and more honest. But were they more honest? Maybe yes, a long time ago when life was very different from what it is today.
我们经常听人谈起“美好的往日”，说是那时的美国人比现在好，比现在幸福，也比现在诚实。但他们真的更诚实吗？也许在很久以前，他们确实更诚实，因为那时的生活跟今天的生活大不相同。
School children used to know the story of how Abraham Lincoln walked five miles to return a penny he'd overcharged a customer. It's the kind of story we think of as myth. But in the case of Lincoln, the story is true ... unlike the story of George Washington and the cherry tree. Washington's first biographer invented the tale of little George saying to his father, "I cannot tell a lie. I did it with my ax." What is important in both stories, however, is that honesty was seen as an important part of the American character.
中、小学学生过去都知道亚伯拉罕·林肯步行五英里把多收的一分钱还给顾客的故事。我们已经把这类故事看成了神话。但就林肯来说，这故事却是真实的……而不像乔治·华盛顿和樱桃树的故事那样是杜撰的。华盛顿的第一位传记作者虚构了小乔治对父亲说“我不能说谎，我用斧子砍倒了樱桃树”的故事。然而，在两个故事中都很重要的一点是，诚实过去一向被看作是美国性格中的一个重要组成部分。
And these are just two stories out of many. Students in the last century usually didn't read "fun" stories. They read stories that taught moral values. Such stories pointed out quite clearly that children who lied, cheated, or stole came to bad ends.
而且这仅仅是许许多多故事中的两个故事。上个世纪的学生一般都不读“娱乐性的”故事。他们读的都是些传授道德标准的故事。这类故事非常明确地指出，说谎、骗人、偷东西的孩子决没有好下场。
Parents may have further reinforced those values. It's difficult to know. We do know that children didn't hear their parents talk of cheating the government on income taxes — there weren't any.
做父母的很可能进一步加强了这些道德标准。是不是真的如此就很难知道了。但我们的确知道，过去的孩子听不到父母谈论在所得税上欺骗政府的事——那时候还没有所得税。
