英语PK台 第24期:一场关于"说谎"的讨论(2)

 Dialogue:

Ah! I’m so down.My bestie lied to me yesterday!

小漫：哎！真郁闷，昨天我的闺蜜欺骗了我！

Really? A good friend wouldactually lie to you? Something must’ve compelled her to,right?

小祺：是吗？好朋友竟然也对你撒谎？她一定是迫不得已吧？

I was gonna go chitchat with her yesterday, but she rejected me, saying she was working over time. But in reality she was busy on a date.

小漫：昨天我打算找她聊天，她居然拒绝了我，说她在加班。其实她当时正忙着相亲呢。

Haha. That’s forgivable.After all, her boyfriend is more important. And who knows? Maybe her parentsset it up and she had no other choice.

小祺：嘿嘿，这个到是可以原谅，毕竟她找男朋友的事更重要嘛，说不定是她父母安排的，非去不可呢。

Good point. But Istill really hate being lied to by other people.

小漫：有道理，不过我很讨厌被人欺骗的。

Me too. Do you remember when we were little we would ask our parents where we came from? Ourmoms and dads would always lie to us: “Oh, we picked you up out of a garbagecan!” or “You fell from heaven”, and there’s an even more outrageous¹ one,“It was a gift from topping up your phone card!”

小祺：我也是，你记得吗，我们小时候问爸爸妈妈：＂我是从哪里来的呢？＂，爸爸妈妈总是会骗我们：＂哦，你是从垃圾桶里捡来的！＂“你是从天上掉下来的”，有的更夸张，说是充值电话费送的！

Haha, that’shilarious. I guess we grew up hearing lies!

小漫：哎，真滑稽，原来我们小时候就是听着谎言长大的呢！

Actually, after we grow up, we still often subconsciously² tell lies.

小祺：其实，我们长大后，也会常常不自觉地说谎。

The most commonexample is: for example, sometimes when you’re really ticked off butyou don’t want to explode, you just lie and say “I’m fine”.

小漫：最常见的是：比如，有时候你非常愤怒，但你不想爆发，你会撒谎说：我没事。

And also, whenI’ve obviously gotten a lot fatter, my coworkers all say I got thinner. Itmakes me so confused.

小祺：还有，我明明胖了好多，同事们见到我时都说我瘦了，把我都弄糊涂了。

Haha. That’s a whitelie, right? Sometimes we tell lies on purpose. For exampledoctors sometimes conceal³ serious diseases from their patients, allowing themto relieve a little stress and positively⁴ heal it. There’s nothing wrong withthese kinds of white lies.

小漫：哈哈，那是善意的谎言吧？有时我们会故意说谎，比如医生会对病人隐瞒严重的疾病，让病人减少心理压力，积极治疗，这些善意的谎言没有错。

So, there’s goodand bad lies. Grasping when to lie is the key. The most important thing is to not everintentionally hurt someone else.

小祺：所以，谎言有好有坏，把握好分寸才是关键！最重要的是：不要恶意伤害他人。

New words for dialogue:

Depressed = 郁闷的

Bestie = 闺蜜

Compelled = 迫不得已的

Chit chat = 聊天

Forgivable = 可以原谅的

Top up = 充值

Subconsciously = 不自觉地

Ticked off = 愤怒的

White lie = 善意的谎言

On purpose = 故意

1 outrageous   

adj.无理的，令人不能容忍的

参考例句：

• Her outrageous behaviour at the party offended everyone.她在聚会上的无礼行为触怒了每一个人。
• Charges for local telephone calls are particularly outrageous.本地电话资费贵得出奇。

2 subconsciously   

ad.下意识地，潜意识地

参考例句：

• In choosing a partner we are subconsciously assessing their evolutionary fitness to be a mother of children or father provider and protector. 在选择伴侣的时候，我们会在潜意识里衡量对方将来是否会是称职的母亲或者父亲，是否会是合格的一家之主。
• Lao Yang thought as he subconsciously tightened his grasp on the rifle. 他下意识地攥紧枪把想。 来自汉英文学 - 散文英译

3 conceal   

v.隐藏，隐瞒，隐蔽

参考例句：

• He had to conceal his identity to escape the police.为了躲避警方，他只好隐瞒身份。
• He could hardly conceal his joy at his departure.他几乎掩饰不住临行时的喜悦。

4 positively   

adv.明确地，断然，坚决地；实在，确实

参考例句：

• She was positively glowing with happiness.她满脸幸福。
• The weather was positively poisonous.这天气着实讨厌。