时间:2019-02-05 作者:英语课 分类:英语口语


英语课

   从小老师就教育我们要诚实,长大了才发现世界上没有人不说谎,只是撒谎的程度轻重不一。


  Johnny tells everybody he got an A for every subject last term. I'm afraid he's telling a fib - I happen to know he got at least one B, but he's too embarrassed 1 to admit 2 it.
  Johnny告诉大家自己上学期门门功课都得了A,恐怕他撒了个小谎,我碰巧知道他至少有一个B。他只是不好意思承认。
  Johnny虽然得了一个B,但是他还可以算是个优秀生。他撒谎也许是因为别人对他期望过高,认为他样样都该得A,再说他的谎话也不会损害他人。这样看来fib是无关紧要的小谎。
  Fib是无伤大雅的小谎,有一种fib的动机甚至更容易被理解,是出于礼貌或者为了不伤害他人的感情。这种清白无辜的谎言就称为 white lie。 White lie是动机善良的谎话。换句话说,虽然没说实话,但是至少有理由这样做。
  I told Sally a white lie when she asked me how I liked her new party dress. I didn't like the color or the design but when I saw how happy she was with it, I told her it looked great.
  当Sally问我喜不喜欢她的新宴会服的时候,我对Sally撒了个无辜的谎言,其实我并不喜欢那件衣服的颜色和设计,但我看到Sally对那衣服的满意劲儿,我就告诉Sally那衣服真漂亮。
  所以white lie就是出于好意而说的小谎话。

adj.尴尬的,不好意思的
  • He was very embarrassed to hear people speak so highly of him.他听见别人这样夸他,感到很难为情。
  • He is somewhat embarrassed.他稍微有点窘迫。
vt.承认,供认;准许…进入,准许...加入
  • He will never admit to me that he is lazy.他不会向我承认他懒惰。
  • If you're wrong,you should admit it.错了就要认账。
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actinide thiocyanate
Albans
Ambulu
amjad
An Ngai
antipredator response
ardisia sieboldii
axis of visual cone
beatrice
bittercress
boilerplate code
bring into production
brockish
burhi gandak r.
carameline
Chamber of Shipping Fertilizer Charter
chlorogermane
clouds
core wire for welding rod
current of contract
daguerres
deep seated alteration
deflouring
dhobying
diaphragm hydrophone
diminishing cost
dorsal interosseous artery
electron beam gun
envive
error-prone measurement
felinoids
fines herbes
fish around
Francois Villon
friendship hotel
frigorific mixture
G. M. A. T.
geodesic circle
gravure plate making
Hemophilus parapertussis
Hershell's culture-medium
horizontal marketing systems
hot trim
Illicium lanceolatum
impaired vision
incognizance
intensified sector
intergranum
intermarkets
isothiazoles
karob
laca
Linophryne
liquid methane fuel
liquid waste treatment system
louis henry sullivans
make a god of
maltoporins
MCS (main control system)
Memoport
monosomatous
multi-purpose stripping pliers
Negotino
new man
nitin
olisboi
over easy (egg)
over net
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phospholopids
phthalate anhydride
population standard deviation
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provender mill
pseudothrombophlebitis
replacement fabric
roll-on roll-off
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sac spiders
sameyel
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seam dip
secondary wife
Sergt., sergt.
shrinking process
specific polling
steerage passenger room
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take on ourselves
three wheel plow
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undeclaring
under favor of
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UNSCCUR
very-low-frequency communication
virl
visually
wildship
Zero insertion.