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Section Ⅲ Developing ideas—Reading
1.tear the family apart 引起家庭不和
2.paint the fence white 把围栏刷成白色
1.justify v.证明(别人认为不合理的事)有道理;为……辩护→justified/justifiable adj.有正当理由的→justification n.正当理由,可接受的理由
2.frank adj.坦率的,坦诚的,直言不讳的→frankly adv.坦率地,坦诚地
3.tear n.眼泪,泪水→tearful adj.含泪的,泪汪汪的
4.independent adj.独立的→independence n.独立
1.by accident 偶然,意外地
2.white lies 善意的谎言
3.tell a lie 撒谎
4.protect...from 保护……免遭……
5.tell the truth 讲真话
6.to what extent 到何种程度
7.even if 即使
8.hide...from 向……隐瞒……
9.consist of 由……组成
1.[句型公式] so that引导目的状语从句
Stop for a moment and consider that perhaps your friend wants some frank comments from you so that they can improve.
停下来想一想,也许你的朋友就是想听到你的真实评价,从而改进和提高。
2.[句型公式] every time引导时间状语从句
Perhaps the meal you said was “delicious” will be served every time you visit.
也许被你评价为“很好吃”的菜肴会在你每次到访时都出现在餐桌上。
①line n.诗行;台词
②excerpt n.摘录,节选
③tangled adj.纠结的;复杂的
④web n.蜘蛛网;错综复杂的事物
⑤weave v.编,织
⑥deceive v.欺骗
⑦value n.价值观,生活准则
⑧tell a lie撒谎
⑨knowledge n.知道,了解
⑩protect...from 保护……免遭
⑪tell the truth 讲真话
⑫to what extent 到何种程度
⑬justify v.证明(别人认为不合理的事)有道理;为……辩护
⑭say (for example that) 比方说,举例
⑮frank adj.坦率的,坦诚的,直言不讳的
⑯tear n.眼泪,泪水
⑰latter n.后者
the former...,the latter...前者……,后者……
⑱ask for one's advice 征求某人的建议
⑲in advance 提前,预先
⑳serve v.提供,端上
㉑moreover adv.此外,而且
㉒hide...from sb.向某人隐瞒……
Little White Lies
Written more than two hundred years ago[1],these lines① by Walter Scott remain one of the most well-known excerpts② of Scottish poetry:
Oh,what a tangled③ web④ we weave⑤,
When first we practise to deceive⑥!
[1]过去分词短语written more than作让步状语,相当于让步状语从句Although they were written more than...
We all know that honesty is an important value⑦ and that lying is wrong,but who can honestly say that they've never told a lie⑧? Perhaps we comfort ourselves with the knowledge⑨ that most of the lies we tell are “white lies”: little lies that we tell to protect others from⑩ the truth[2].
[2]此处that引导同位语从句,对knowledge进行解释说明,其中第一个we tell是省略了that的定语从句,修饰先行词most of the lies,冒号后的部分是对white lies的解释说明,其中that引导