心理学家告诉你:四招识破一个说谎的人!

 　　Here are the experts’ top tips on spotting a liar¹.

　　如何识别说谎者，如下是专家力推的小贴士。

　　Liars² leak the truth

　　说谎者会泄露真相

　　These telltale signs fall into six categories: the face, the body, pyscho-physiology, what we say, the way we say it and our voice. Everyone exhibits a different combination of signs but liars are likely to give themselves away by what they say and how they say it.

　　泄露真相分为六大类别：脸部、身体、心理生理学、我们所说的话语、我们说话的方式和声音。每个人都有透露各种不同的迹象，但说谎者说的话及其说话方式容易出卖自己。

　　Physical signs

　　身体迹象

　　The most common sign is a micro-facial expression – lasting³ one-fifth of a second. The face has 43 muscles which combine to create 10,000 possible expressions. Faking an emotion is hard and often gives a liar away.

　　最常见的就是仅仅持续五分之一秒的面部微表情。面部有43块肌肉，组合起来有一万种可能的表情。假装一种情感很难，容易出卖说谎者。

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　　Voice and words

　　声音和话语

　　Liars give themselves away by making Freudian slips.

　　说谎者会无意识中说出心里话，透露自己身份。

　　The words liars choose to use, or avoid, should also arouse suspicion.

　　说谎者选择的用词或者规避的用于，也会引起怀疑。

　　Liars speak more slowly and briefly⁴ than people telling the truth, as lying requires more thought. And while liars can rehearse their story thoroughly⁵, an unexpected question or trying to recall details out of sequence can throw them.

　　说谎者比说真相者说起话来更慢更简洁，因为说谎需要更多思考。尽管撒谎者说词排练到位，一个始料未及的问题抛来，不按照时间顺序回忆细节时会让他们现形。

　　Suspicious stories

　　故事令人怀疑

　　Put someone’s story into context and decide how plausible⁶, probable and provable it is.

　　把某人的故事带入语境，判断下是不是有鼻子有眼、是不是可探究可证实。

　　The way someone lies depends on how confident they are too. If they are not confident they embed⁷ a lie in as much truth as possible as it is easier than faking a whole story.

　　撒谎的方式也取决于他们有多自信。如果不自信，他们会尽可能嵌入真相，因为这样比编造整个故事要简单。

1 liar   

n.说谎的人

参考例句：

• I know you for a thief and a liar!我算认识你了，一个又偷又骗的家伙！
• She was wrongly labelled a liar.她被错误地扣上说谎者的帽子。

2 liars   

说谎者( liar的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The greatest liars talk most of themselves. 最爱自吹自擂的人是最大的说谎者。
• Honest boys despise lies and liars. 诚实的孩子鄙视谎言和说谎者。

3 lasting   

adj.永久的，永恒的；vbl.持续，维持

参考例句：

• The lasting war debased the value of the dollar.持久的战争使美元贬值。
• We hope for a lasting settlement of all these troubles.我们希望这些纠纷能获得永久的解决。

4 briefly   

adv.简单地，简短地

参考例句：

• I want to touch briefly on another aspect of the problem.我想简单地谈一下这个问题的另一方面。
• He was kidnapped and briefly detained by a terrorist group.他被一个恐怖组织绑架并短暂拘禁。

5 thoroughly   

adv.完全地，彻底地，十足地

参考例句：

• The soil must be thoroughly turned over before planting.一定要先把土地深翻一遍再下种。
• The soldiers have been thoroughly instructed in the care of their weapons.士兵们都系统地接受过保护武器的训练。

6 plausible   

adj.似真实的，似乎有理的，似乎可信的

参考例句：

• His story sounded plausible.他说的那番话似乎是真实的。
• Her story sounded perfectly plausible.她的说辞听起来言之有理。

7 embed   

vt.把…嵌(埋、插)入，扎牢；使深留脑中

参考例句：

• The harpoon struck but did not embed.鱼叉击中了但并没有插入。
• This photo showed us how did the root of plant embed the soil deeply.这张照片显示植物的根是如何深入到土壤里去的。