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2027届安徽高三英语读后续写背诵 · 诚实与补救(三)· 说实话
诚实与补救(三)|01 承认自己不会
适用情境:别人以为你会,其实你不会。
1. He handed me the tool and stepped back.
他把工具递给我,退后一步。
2. Everyone was waiting, and it was a small thing.
大家都在等,而这本来是件小事。
3. I could have pretended for twenty minutes and made it worse.
我可以装二十分钟,然后把事情弄得更糟。
4. I said I had never done this one.
我说这个我没做过。
5. Saying it took two seconds.
说出来用了两秒。
6. Then he showed me, and it took him one.
然后他示范了一下,用了一秒。
7. If I had kept quiet, we would have lost the afternoon.
我要是没说,那个下午就废了。
8. Not knowing lasts an afternoon at most.
“不会”顶多持续一个下午。
9. Since then I say it early, before the tool is handed over.
那以后我说得很早,在工具递过来之前。
10. The sooner you say it, the less it costs.
说得越早,代价越小。
搭配积累
step back(退后一步)
it took him one(他用了一秒)
before the tool is handed over(工具递过来之前)
串联示范
He handed me the tool and stepped back. I could have pretended for twenty minutes and made it worse. I said I had never done this one. Saying it took two seconds.
使用要点:“说出来用了两秒,他示范用了一秒”——用两个秒数对比,把承认不会的成本算得明明白白,比讲道理有力。
诚实与补救(三)|02 说出不同意见
适用情境:全场都同意,只有你不同意。
1. Six people said yes. Then there was a gap, and I was in it.
六个人说好。然后空了一下,而那空白是我。
2. I agreed with most of it, and that was the problem.
大部分我都同意——问题就在这儿。
3. Agreeing with most of something is how you end up agreeing with all of it.
大部分都同意,最后就会全都同意。
4. I said the one part I could not go along with.
我说了我没法接受的那一部分。
5. Somebody sighed, which I had expected.
有人叹了口气,我料到了。
6. Then somebody else said they had thought the same.
然后另一个人说他也这么想过。
7. Two more agreed before the meeting ended.
会开完之前又多了两个。
8. If I had stayed quiet, the vote would have been unanimous and wrong.
我要是没说话,表决就会全票通过,而且是错的全票。
9. Being the first one to disagree is the expensive part.
第一个反对,是最费劲的部分。
10. After that it is only disagreement.
那之后就只是意见不同了。
搭配积累
a gap, and I was in it(空了一下,那空白是我)
go along with(接受)
the expensive part(最费劲的部分)
串联示范
Six people said yes. Then there was a gap, and I was in it. I said the one part I could not go along with. Somebody sighed, which I had expected. Then somebody else said they had thought the same.
使用要点:“第一个反对是最费劲的部分,那之后就只是意见不同了”——把说不同意见拆成两段,让学生知道难只难在开头那一下。
诚实与补救(三)|03 承认自己害怕
适用情境:别人以为你只是谦虚,其实你是害怕。
1. They said I was being modest. I was not.
他们说我谦虚。我不是。
2. I had not slept properly for three nights.
我三晚没睡好。
3. My hands did the thing they do.
我的手做出了它们常做的那个样子。
4. For a week I described it as being busy.
有一星期我把它说成“忙”。
5. Being busy is a useful word.
“忙”是个好用的词。
6. He asked me straight out if I was nervous.
他直接问我是紧张吗。
7. I said yes, which I had not said to anyone.
我说是——这话我没对别人说过。
8. He said he had been too, the first time.
他说他第一次也这样。
9. That sentence did more than an hour of advice.
那句话比一小时的开导有用。
10. Naming it made it smaller.
说出来,它就变小了。
搭配积累
being modest(谦虚)
the thing they do(它们常做的样子)
straight out(直接)
串联示范
They said I was being modest. I was not. My hands did the thing they do. He asked me straight out if I was nervous. I said yes, which I had not said to anyone.
使用要点:“‘忙’是个好用的词”——承认自己在用某个词遮掩真实情绪,是一种很高级的自我观察。末句“说出来,它就变小了”可直接用。
诚实与补救(三)|04 说实话会让对方失望
适用情境:真话会让对方难过,而你还是说了。
1. She had made the whole thing by hand.
那东西是她亲手做的。
2. She asked me what I thought, and she meant it.
她问我怎么看,是真心的。
3. There were three things wrong with it.
那东西有三处问题。
4. Two of them did not matter.
其中两处没关系。
5. The third one mattered and could still be changed.
第三处要紧,而且现在还改得了。
6. I could have said it was lovely. She would have believed me.
我本可以说很好看,她会信。
7. I said the third thing.
我说了第三处。
8. She went quiet for a second, and I let her.
她安静了一秒,我让她安静。
9. Two days later she showed me the fixed version.
两天后她给我看了改好的版本。
10. She said she would have worn it like that for years.
她说,要是我没说,她会那样穿好几年。
搭配积累
by hand(亲手)
could still be changed(还改得了)
the fixed version(改好的版本)
串联示范
She had made the whole thing by hand. She asked me what I thought, and she meant it. I could have said it was lovely. I said the third thing. Two days later she showed me the fixed version.
使用要点:结尾“要是我没说,她会那样穿好几年”——把真话的价值延后到两年后兑现,比当场见效更有说服力。
诚实与补救(三)|05 说出“我不知道”
适用情境:被问到,而你确实不知道。
1. I was asked with everyone listening.
我被问到的时候,所有人都在听。
2. I had a rough idea and could have made it sound certain.
我有个大概的想法,本可以把它说得像确定的一样。
3. Everyone else had answered something.
别人都答了点什么。
4. I said I did not know.
我说我不知道。
5. There was a pause, and then he nodded.
停了一下,他点了点头。
6. He did not answer it either. He let it stand.
他自己也没回答。他让那个问题立在那儿。
7. Nobody had said that all term.
那一整个学期没人这么说过。
8. After that two others did the same.
那之后又有两个人也这么说了。
9. Three words can open a door in a classroom.
三个词能在教室里开一扇门。
10. Admitting it publicly is the part people fear, and it is the part that helps.
公开承认是大家怕的那部分,也是有用的那部分。
搭配积累
a rough idea(大概的想法)
in front of the class(当着全班)
open a door(开一扇门)
串联示范
I was asked with everyone listening. I had a rough idea and could have made it sound certain. I said I did not know. There was a pause, and then he nodded.
使用要点:“那之后又有两个人也这么说了”——承认不知道会产生**连带效应**,写这一点比单纯写勇气有价值。
诚实与补救(三)|06 承认自己努力过
适用情境:别人夸你聪明,而你知道那是练出来的。
1. He said I was lucky to be good at it.
他说我天生擅长,运气好。
2. I had spent two summers on it.
我在上面花过两个暑假。
3. “You are lucky” is a sentence that erases things.
“你运气好”是一句会抹掉东西的话。
4. I could have just said thank you.
我本可以只说谢谢。
5. Thank you would have been easier.
说谢谢会省事些。
6. I said I had practised a lot, and it had not come easily.
我说我练了很多,并不轻松。
7. He said that was different, and I think he meant it as a correction.
他说那不一样——我想他是想纠正我。
8. Nobody wants to hear that talent is work.
没人愿意听“天赋就是干活”。
9. I have started saying it anyway.
我还是开始这么说了。
10. It is a small thing to be honest about. It is not a small thing to hear.
承认它本身是件小事,可听到的人并不觉得小。
搭配积累
a sentence that erases things(一句会抹掉东西的话)
come easily(轻松)
a correction(一种纠正)
串联示范
He said I was lucky to be good at it. I had spent two summers on it. I said I had practised a lot, and it had not come easily. Nobody wants to hear that talent is work.
使用要点:“‘你运气好’是一句会抹掉东西的话”——把假谦虚翻过来说,指出隐瞒努力其实是一种自我抹除,角度很新。
诚实与补救(三)|07 拒绝时说真话
适用情境:要拒绝,而真理由不太体面。
1. She asked me to join the committee and I did not want to.
她让我进筹备组,我不想去。
2. The reason was not a good one. I was tired.
理由不太体面:我累了。
3. “I am too busy” was ready and untrue.
“我太忙了”现成的,但不真。
4. I said I was tired, which sounded weak.
我说我累了,听着很弱。
5. She said nobody had told her the truth in months.
她说,好几个月没人跟她讲过实话了。
6. Everyone else had given her a schedule.
别人给她的都是日程表。
7. A schedule is harder to argue with.
日程表更难反驳。
8. That is exactly why people use it.
人们用它的原因正在这儿。
9. Tired is answerable, which is the point.
“累”是可以被回应的——关键就在这儿。
10. She asked if next term would be better.
她问下学期会不会好点。
搭配积累
not a good one(不体面的)
ready and untrue(现成的但不真)
answerable(可以被回应的)
串联示范
She asked me to join the committee and I did not want to. “I am too busy” was ready and untrue. I said I was tired, which sounded weak. She said that was the first honest reason she had heard all week.
使用要点:“日程表更难反驳,人们用它的原因正在这儿”加“‘累’是可以被回应的”——把诚实的价值落在**可回应**上,是本节最硬的逻辑。
诚实与补救(三)|08 替别人保守秘密
适用情境:知道别人的秘密,别人来问。
1. He told me in the corridor and then looked worried.
他在走廊告诉了我,然后一脸担心。
2. I said I would not tell anyone.
我说我不会告诉别人。
3. The next day two people asked me directly.
第二天有两个人直接问我。
4. I had nothing prepared, and I did not want to lie.
我毫无准备,也不想撒谎。
5. I said it was not mine to tell.
我说这不是我该说的。
6. They accepted it, and asked nothing further.
他们接受了,没再问。
7. That sentence works because it does not accuse anybody.
这句话管用,因为它不指责任何人。
8. A secret is only heavy for the second person.
秘密只有对第二个人才是重的。
9. Neither of us brought it up again, which was the thanks.
我们谁也没再提这件事,这就是谢意。
10. He just started telling me things again.
他只是又开始跟我说事。
搭配积累
looked worried(一脸担心)
not mine to tell(不是我该说的)
the second person(第二个人)
串联示范
He told me in the corridor and then looked worried. The next day two people asked me directly. I said it was not mine to tell. A secret is only heavy for the second person.
使用要点:“这不是我该说的”是一句可直接背用的**守秘句**——它成立的原因是**不指责任何人**,这个解释比“要有信用”具体得多。
诚实与补救(三)|09 承认自己在乎
适用情境:装作不在乎,其实非常在乎。
1. I had been pretending not to care for two years.
我装不在乎装了两年。
2. It was easier to say it was just a hobby.
说它只是爱好会轻松些。
3. Then a teacher asked why I was always the first one there.
后来一个老师问我为什么总是第一个到。
4. That question had never been put to me before.
这个问题以前没人问过我。
5. I said it mattered to me more than anything else.
我说它对我来说比什么都重要。
6. Saying it out loud changed the shape of it.
说出来之后,它的形状变了。
7. It had come out of hiding and turned into work.
它从藏着的状态,变成了手上的活。
8. He told me he had spotted it a year ago.
他告诉我他一年前就看出来了。
9. Being the first one there had been the answer all along.
“第一个到”一直就是答案。
10. These days I am early on purpose.
现在我早到是故意的。
搭配积累
just a hobby(只是爱好)
a prepared answer(准备的答案)
the shape of it(它的形状)
串联示范
I had been pretending not to care for two years. Then a teacher asked why I was always the first one there. That question had never been put to me before. Saying it out loud changed the shape of it.
使用要点:“‘第一个到’一直就是答案”——用**一个早到的动作**代替所有表白,是本节最漂亮的一笔,也提醒学生:行为早就在替你说话。
诚实与补救(三)|10 说出对自己不利的真相
适用情境:真相会让自己吃亏,而你说了(收束节)。
1. Nobody had asked, and nobody would find out.
没人问过,也不会有人知道。
2. Saying it cost me the place on the list.
说出来,让我丢了名单上的位置。
3. I knew that before I opened my mouth.
开口之前我就知道。
4. What I did not know was how quickly it would be over.
我不知道的是它结束得那么快。
5. Four sentences, and then it was done.
四句话,然后就完了。
6. The person who had been behind me moved up.
排在我后面的那个人上去了。
7. He was better than me at it, and I had known that too.
他确实比我强,这我也知道。
8. So the truth did not cost the school anything.
所以真相没有让学校损失什么。
9. It cost me a year.
它让我损失了一年。
10. I would do it again, and faster.
我还会这么做,而且会更快。
搭配积累
the place on the list(名单上的位置)
before I opened my mouth(开口之前)
moved up(上去了)
串联示范
Nobody had asked, and nobody would find out. Saying it cost me the place on the list. I knew that before I opened my mouth. Four sentences, and then it was done.
使用要点:末句“我还会这么做,而且会更快”——不用“我不后悔”这种套话,用**“会更快”**表明这不是逞强,而是已经变成了习惯。
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