Students Use AI to Cheat at Brown University

布朗大學學生利用 AI 作弊

Jul 9, 2026, 20:29

Introduction

A teacher at Brown University thinks some students used AI to cheat on a test.

布朗大學的一位教師認為有些學生在考試中使用 AI 作弊。

Main Body

Professor Serrano gave a math test at home. Many students got perfect scores. The average score was 96. This was very high. The teacher saw that the answers looked like ChatGPT.

Serrano 教授布置了一次在家完成的數學考試。許多學生獲得了滿分，平均分數為 96 分。這分數非常高。老師發現答案看起來像是 ChatGPT 生成的。

Next, the teacher gave a test in the classroom. 27 students left the class. The students who stayed did poorly. The average score fell to 48. Many students failed.

接著，老師在教室內進行了一次考試。27 名學生離開了教室。留在教室的學生表現不佳，平均分數下降至 48 分。許多學生不及格。

Now, the university is checking the students. The teacher will not give tests at home anymore. He will not give grades for homework. He wants students to think for themselves.

現在，大學正在對這些學生進行調查。老師將不再布置在家完成的考試，也不會再給予作業分數。他希望學生能獨立思考。

Conclusion

The university is looking at the cheating. The teacher is changing how he tests students.

大學正在處理作弊事件。老師正在改變評量學生的方式。

Vocabulary Learning

📉 The Power of 'Opposites'

To reach A2, you need to describe how things change. Look at how the scores moved in the story:

High $\rightarrow$ Low
Perfect $\rightarrow$ Poorly

The 'Fall' Pattern When something goes from a big number to a small number, we use the word fell.

Example: "The average score fell to 48."

🚫 Saying 'No' to the Future

Notice how the teacher decides to stop something. He uses: will not.

He will not give tests at home.
He will not give grades for homework.

Easy Rule: Use Will not + Action to promise that something stops happening starting now.

Vocabulary Learning

cheat (v.)

To act dishonestly to get a better result in a test.

Example:The student tried to cheat by looking at his friend's paper.

average (n.)

A number that is the middle value of a group of numbers.

Example:The average score for the math test was 70 percent.

perfect (adj.)

Something that has no mistakes.

Example:She got a perfect score because she answered every question correctly.

poorly (adv.)

Doing something in a bad way or not very well.

Example:He did poorly on the test because he did not study.

grade (n.)

A letter or number that shows how well a student did in school.

Example:I hope I get a good grade on my history project.

Practice A2 words in a crossword→