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Section Ⅲ Using language & Developing ideas
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①Walter Scott 沃尔特·司各特(英国著名的历史小说家和诗人)
②excerpt n. 摘录,节选
③Scottish poetry 苏格兰诗歌
④tangled adj. 纠结的;复杂的
⑤web n. 蜘蛛网;错综复杂的事物
⑥weave v. 编,织
⑦deceive v. 欺骗
⑧tell a lie 说谎
⑨comfort vt. 安慰
⑩white lies 善意的谎言
⑪protect ...from ... 保护……免遭……
⑫experience n. 经历
⑬the majority of 大多数
⑭tell the truth 说实话
⑮awful adj. 糟糕的
⑯to ...extent 在……程度上
⑰justify v. 证明(别人认为不合理的事)有道理;为……辩护
⑱disappointment n. 失望
disappoint vt. 使失望
disappointed adj. 失望的
disappointing adj. 令人失望的
⑲encouragement n. 鼓励
encourage vt. 鼓励
⑳despite=in spite of 尽管
frank adj. 坦率的,坦诚的,直言不讳的
comment n. 评论
tear n. 眼泪,泪水
latter n. 后者
ask for one’s advice 向某人征求意见
in advance 提前
serve v. 提供,接待,服务
emotion n. 情感
moreover adv. 此外,而且
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Little White Lies
Written more than two hundred years ago,these lines by Walter Scott① remain one of the most wellknown excerpts② of Scottish poetry③[1]:Oh,what a tangled④ web⑤ we weave⑥[2],When first we practise to deceive⑦!
[1]过去分词短语作状语,write与句子主语these lines是逻辑上的动宾关系。
[2]what引导感叹句,其结构为:What+a/an+形容词+名词+主语+谓语!
We all know that honesty is an important value and that lying is wrong,but who can honestly say that they’ve never told a lie⑧?[3]Perhaps we comfort⑨ ourselves with the knowledge that most of the lies we tell are “white lies⑩”: little lies that we tell to protect others from⑪ the truth. [4]
[3]本句为but连接的并列句。在but前面的句子中,know 后面是that 引导的两个宾语从句,其中第二个that 不能省略;在but后面的句子中,say 后面是that 引导的宾语从句。
[4]本句是复合句。knowledge 后面是that 引导的同位语从句;we tell是省略了关系代词that或which的定语从句;little lies后是that 引导的定语从句;to protect others from the truth为动词不定式短语表示目的。
We’ve all surely had the experience⑫ of someone cooking a meal for us that we don’t like.[5]The majority of⑬us of course don’t tell the truth⑭ — we lie and say that the food is “delicious”.[6]
[5]本句是复合句。that we don’t like为that 引导的定语从句,修饰前面的先行词meal。
[6]and 连接前后并列的两个谓语动词lie和say,say 后面是that 引导的宾语从句。
Or if a friend asks us what we think of their new haircut