慢速英语短文听力 努力说实话

Try to Tell the Truth¹

努力说实话

Your grandma told you not to lie². Your grandpa told you not to lie. Your mother said³ to tell the truth. Your father said to tell the truth. You try to tell the truth. You try to tell the truth all the time. But you cannot tell the truth all the time. No one can tell the truth all the time. Everyone lies⁴ sometimes. Your mother lies sometimes. Your father lies sometimes. Your teacher lies sometimes. You lie sometimes. You lie to be polite⁵. You lie to protect⁶ someone⁷ you love. You lie to protect yourself⁸. You lie when you get caught. You lie to get something you want. You lie to be popular⁹. You lie to avoid1 work. You lie to your family. You lie to your friends. You lie to strangers2. It's normal¹⁰ to lie. Some people say that lying¹¹ is bad. They say that lying is evil3. They say that they never lie. That is a big lie. Of course¹² they lie sometimes! Everyone lies sometimes. Lying is like laughing; it is part¹³ of life¹⁴.

你的奶奶告诉你不要说谎。你的爷爷告诉你不要说谎。你妈妈说要说实话。你爸爸说要说实话。你试着说实话。你一直都试着说实话。但是你不能一直都说实话。没有人能够一直说实话。每个人都有撒谎的时候。你的妈妈有时候会撒谎。你的爸爸有时候会撒谎。你的老师有时候会撒谎。你有时候会撒谎。你撒谎是为了礼貌。你撒谎是为了保护你爱的人。你撒谎是为了保护自己。你被抓住的时候会撒谎。你撒谎为了得到你想要的东西。你撒谎是为了受欢迎。你撒谎是为了逃避工作。你对你的家人撒谎。你对你的朋友撒谎。你对陌生人撒谎。撒谎很正常。有人说撒谎是一件不好的事。他们说撒谎很邪恶。他们说他们从来都不撒谎。那是一个大谎言。他们有时候当然也说谎。每个人都有说谎的时候。撒谎就像大笑；它是生活的一部分。

1 truth   

n.真理；真相，事实，实际情况

参考例句：

• We must find out the truth of the matter.我们必须弄清楚事情的真相。
• You may trust me that I'm speaking the truth.你可以相信我在说实话。

2 lie   

n.谎话；谎言；vi.躺；平放；展现；展开；位于；vt.说谎；躺

参考例句：

• We are looking for a place to lie.我们在找躺的地方。
• What did I lie about?我撒了什么谎？

3 said   

v.动词say的过去式、过去分词

参考例句：

• He said to me that he could not come.他对我说他不能来。
• He said to his mother that he would do it by himself.他对他的母亲说他将自己独立做那件事。

4 lies   

n.谎言；谎言( lie的名词复数 )；位置；假象v.躺卧，说谎；位于( lie的第三人称单数 )；说谎；展现；说谎

参考例句：

• He was accused of lies and deceit. 他被指控撒谎和欺诈。
• a drama full of lies and deception 充满谎言和欺骗的一出戏

5 polite   

adj.有礼貌的，客气的；斯文的，有教养的

参考例句：

• It's not polite to stare at a girl in the face.盯着姑娘的脸瞧是不礼貌的。
• She is a polite girl.她是一个文雅的姑娘。

6 protect   

vt.保护，投保；vi.提供保护

参考例句：

• We protect you from danger.我们保护你不受危险。
• An umbrella will protect you from the rain.雨伞可以保护你不至于淋雨。

7 someone   

pron.某人，有人

参考例句：

• I can hear someone knocking.我听到有人敲门。
• Someone wants to see her.有人找她。

8 yourself   

pron.你自己

参考例句：

• I need you to do it yourself.我要你亲自做。
• Late again,Tom?I hope you can explain yourself.汤姆，又迟到了？我希望你能说明理由。

9 popular   

adj.受欢迎的；流行的；通俗的

参考例句：

• " Mary " is a very popular name for a girl.“ 玛丽 ”是个很常见的女孩名字。
• He likes to play football and to sing popular songs.他喜欢踢足球和唱流行歌曲。

10 normal   

adj.正常的，正规的，标准的；n.正规；常态

参考例句：

• He received four years of normal edication at college.他在大学受了四年正规教育。
• Everything is normal here.这里一切正常。

11 lying   

躺

参考例句：

• He was correct in his assertion that the minister had been lying. 他认定部长说谎，事实果然如此。
• She bridled at the suggestion that she was lying. 她对暗示她在说谎的言论嗤之以鼻。

12 course   

n.课程，讲座，过程，路线，一道(菜)

参考例句：

• The college course was then cut to three years.大学学制那时缩短到三年。
• Of course,I don't always sleep in the afternoons.当然，我并不总是在下午睡觉。

13 part   

n.部份，零件；角色，部位；vt.分开，分离，分配；vi.分离，离开；adv.部份地；adj.分离的

参考例句：

• This is the broken part.这就是损坏的部件。
• Which part do you play?你演哪一个角色？

14 life   

n.生活；生命

参考例句：

• The doctor came in time to save his life.医生及时来抢救他的生命。
• At last he knew the meaning of life.终于，他知道了生命的意义。