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1、Unit7TextATheCultofCelebrityProfessors—Celebrityprofessorsareagoodthing.Really!Fewspecieshaveasmanynaturalenemiesasthecelebrityprofessor.Otheracademicsenvytheirmoneyandfame;journalistsdisliketheircleverer-than-thouairs;andeverybodyhatestheirdeterminationtohaveitall—thesecurityofacademictenure
2、andtheglitzofmediastardom.Sothesearehappydaysfortherestofus.Plagiarism,lying,waffle-mongering:hardlyaweekgoesbywithoutsomeacademiccelebrityorotherbitingthedust,hisreputationintatters.StephenAmbrosewasarguablyAmerica’sfavoritehistorian,amanwhowrotebestsellersfasterthanmostpeoplereadthem.Aninsp
3、irerofHollywoodblockbusters,hecanalsoclaimcreditfortwoofthebestpresidentialbiographiesaround,onEisenhowerandNixon.Butitnowturnsoutthatfiveofhisbookscontainextensive“borrowings”fromotherhistorians.(“I’mnotwritingaPhD”,hehasofferedasanexplanation—anunsurprisingclaim,ashewouldnotgetoneforsomebod
4、yelse’swork.)Mr.Ambrosemustbegratefulthatattentionhasshiftedtoanothercutterandpaster,DorisKearnsGoodwin.ShewasafixtureonAmericantelevision,alwaysreadywithatellinganecdoteon,say,LyndonJohnson(whomsheknew)orAbrahamLincoln(thesubjectofhernextblockbuster).Herhandlingoftheplagiarismchargesagainsth
5、erhasarguablybeenworsethanthechargesthemselves.Inthelast1980sshequietlymollifiedoneofherchiefvictims,payinghersomemoney.Nowsheexplainsherbehaviorbythefactthatshereliedonhandwrittennotes—somethingotherhistorianshavemanagedtodowithoutsuchdireconsequences.Amazingly,Ms.GoodwinremainsonHarvard’sbo
6、ardofoverseers,despitethefactthatshecommittedsinsthatmightgetanundergraduateexpelled.Thehuntisnowonforthenextserialplagiarist.Meanwhile,otherchargesarealsobeinghurledatcelebrityprofessors.Takecompulsivelying.JosephEllis,theauthorofafirst-ratestudyoftheFoundingFathers,toldthestudentsthathehadf
7、oughtinVietnamwhentheclosesthecametocombatwassittinginauniversitylibrary.Ortakehypocrisy.Paulkrugman,aprofessorofeconomicsatPrincetonUniversity,usedhiscolumnintheNewYorkTimestoSavagetheBushadministrationforitslinkstoEnron,whenthefearlessprofe
