Student: Olimova Sitora Group: 203 a. Read the text below, and circle the three most essential ideas Historian Who Chronicled the

Student: Olimova Sitora

Group: 203

a. Read the text below, and circle the three most essential ideas

Historian Who Chronicled the Roosevelt’s Admits Plagiarism
The historian Doris Kearns Goodwin is struggling to save her reputation after she admitted plagiarism. Ms. Goodwin, one the most popular and esteemed historians in America, has been vilified on editorial pages throughout the land. In happier times, Ms. Goodwin was a Pulitzer prize-winning chronicler of the Roosevelts and the Kennedys. ... Her problems stem from the revelation that she lifted several passages of her 1987 bestseller, The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys, from other authors. ... She announced paperback copies of her book would be shredded and that her publishers, Simon and Schuster, would issue an edition that acknowledged the lifted passages. Ms. Goodwin also paid Ms. McTaggart some money. ... Public television said she would take a break from The News Hour with Jim Lehrer program. The same day the University of Delaware withdrew an invitation for her to speak.

b. Summarize the passage.

“Roosevelt’s Chronicler Recognizes Plagiarism” by Robert Cornwell reports that renowned American historian Doris Kearns Goodwin is about to lose his reputation for hiding the fact that he has plugged excerpts for his best-selling book. It is mentioned that the copies were disposed of, its publishers admitted that they were removed and paid for. Ms. Goodwin was suspended from broadcasting, and her speech was rejected.