王强口语 第一册 Short conversation 005

　　Lesson Five
Short Conversations
Peace on False Pretences¹
Whittaker: The problem might be that you tried to make peace on false pretences.
Connie: False what?
Whittaker: Pretences. It's uh, well...well, let me put it another way. You tried to make peace by ignoring the source of the conflict rather than resolving² it.
Connie: What does that mean?
Whittaker: You expected Donna and Jessie to apologize for saying things that may well be true. Donna might be a take-charge kind of person, so Jessie isn't actually wrong when she says so. And maybe Jessie really isn't very organized, so...
Connie: Donna isn't wrong for saying so, either. Yeah, I get it.
Whittaker: Well, there's no place for name-calling. But there's also no point in making them apologize for being right about each other. Even if they did apologize, it wouldn't bring lasting³ peace. Sooner or later, it would all come up again.
Connie: Well, then what are you saying I should do?
Whittaker: Well, I suppose before you try to get them to make up with each other, you need to make your own peace with them.

1 pretences   

n.假装( pretence的名词复数 )；作假；自命；自称

参考例句：

• You've brought your old friends out here under false pretences. 你用虚假的名义把你的那些狐朋狗党带到这里来。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
• There are no pretences about him. 他一点不虚伪。 来自辞典例句

2 resolving   

n.分解（作用），溶解（作用），解析过程v.决定，决心( resolve的现在分词 )；解决（问题、疑问。、困难等）；分解；（指委员会或集会）表决

参考例句：

• She turned back, resolving to hunt up Storm and King and enter. 她转过身往回走，决心回到风雷皇家公司去试试。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
• They are on the brink of resolving their long-standing dispute over money. 他们很快就能解决长期以来的金钱纠纷。 来自辞典例句

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。