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Unit I Knowing me,knowing you
PartⅢ
Developing ideas
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Little White Lies
善意的谎言
Written more than two hundred years ago,these
沃尔特·司各特写于200多年前的
lines by Walter Scott remain one of the most well-
这些诗行至今仍是苏格兰诗歌中最著名
known excerpts of Scottish poetry:
的摘录之一:
Oh,what a tungled web we weave,
噢,我们编织了一张多么复杂的网,
When first we practise to deceive!
当我们第一次练习欺骗的时候!
We all know that honesty is an important value and
我们都知道诚实是一种重要的价值
that lying is wrong,but who can honestly say that
观,说谎是错误的,但是谁能诚实地说他
they've never told a lie?Perhaps we comfort ourselves
们从未说过谎呢?也许我们会安慰自己,
with the knowledge that most of the lies we tell are
我们说的大多数谎言都是“善意的谎言”:
"white lies":little lies that we tell to protect others
我们为了保护别人不受真相伤害而说的
from the truth.
①but连接并列分句:第一个分句中动词know后跟有两
小谎。
个由that引导的宾语从句:第二个分句中that引导宾语
从句,作动词say的宾语。
②第一个that引导同位语从句,解释名词knowledge;
we tell是省略关系词的定语从句,修饰先行词most of
我们肯定都有过这样的经历:有人为
the lies:冒号后的内容是对white lies的解释说明,其中
我们做了一顿我们不喜欢的饭。我们大
that引导定语从句,修饰先行词little lies。
多数人当然不会说真话一一我们会撒谎
We've all surely had the experience of someone
说食物“好吃”。
cooking a meal for us that we don't like.The majority
或者如果朋友问我们对他们的新发
of us of course don't tell the truth-we lie and say that
型有什么看法,我们会说:“太棒了!”,即
the food is“delicious'”.
使我们认为它很槽糕。但是,我们能在多
③that引导定语从句,修饰先行词a meal.
大程度上为说这些善意的谎言辩护呢?
Or if a friend asks us what we think of their new
haircut,we say "It's great!",even if we think it's
说善意的谎言的一个主要原因是试
awful.But to what extent can we justify telling white
图让别人感觉更好。然而,当我们撒谎说
lies like these?
某人的发型很好看时,或者当我们说我们
④if引导条件状语从句:what引导宾语从句,作asks的
喜欢一顿我们内心深处讨厌的饭时,我们
宾语;even if引导让步状语从句it's awful是省略连接
真的希望为别人改善这种情况吗?也许
词的宾语从句,作think的宾语。
One of the main reasons for telling a white lie is to
我们实际上在用说谎来保护自己免受他
try to make others feel better.However,when we lie
人的失望和愤怒。
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and say that someone's haircut looks good,or when we
说善意的谎言的另一个原因是给予
say that we love a meal that we secretly hate,are we
鼓励。比如说,你的朋友问你对他的歌唱
really hoping to improve the situation for someone else?
有什么看法。你当然会说好极了,尽管你
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