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Nothing But the Truth

http://www.sina.com.cn 2002/08/30 13:18 空中美语

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　　Conversation A

　　David rushes up to his mother, Anne, out of breath.

　　David: Mom! Becky pinched me!

　　Anne: That's terrible! Where is that Becky? She's going to get a spanking!

　　David: She's out playing with her friends.

　　Anne: Wait a second! How could Becky have pinched you if she's not even in the house?

　　David: Well ... but she did!

　　Anne: David, tell me the truth. Did she pinch you or not?

　　David: No, but I've mad at her anyway. Becky won't let me play with her friends.

　　Anne: David, just because you're angry with your sister doesn't mean that you can lie to get even with her.

　　Conversation B

　　David: But you sometimes lie, too. When Dad got you that ugly sweater for your birthday, you said you liked it!

　　Anne: That was a white lie. There's a difference.

　　David: What do you mean?

　　Anne: Telling a lie to protect someone's feelings is OK. It would have hurt Dad if I'd said I hated the sweater.

　　David: Oh. So it's OK when I lied and said that I liked what you made me for lunch yesterday?

　　Anne: Er, yes. That would be fine.

　　David: Oh, all right then. Thanks for explaining, Mom. See you!

　　Anne: Hey,swheresdo you think you're going? You're still in trouble for lying about your sister!

善意的谎言：谎之有道亦为真(1)

　　戴维气喘吁吁的冲向他的妈妈，安妮。

　　戴维：妈！贝基掐我！

　　安：那太糟糕了！贝基在哪儿呢？她要挨屁股了！

　　戴维：她在外面和她的朋友玩。

　　安：等一等！如果贝基不在家她怎么可能掐你呢？

　　戴维：嗯…可她真的掐了我啊！

　　安：戴维，告诉我实话。她有没有掐你？

　　戴维：没有，但我就是恨她。贝基不让我和她的朋友一起玩。

　　安：戴维，就因为你生你姐姐的气也不意味着你可以撒谎来报复她啊。

　　戴维：可是你有时候也说谎啊。你过生日时爸爸买给你那件难看的毛衣时，你说你喜欢！

　　安：那是善意的谎言。那是不一样的。

　　戴维：什么意思？

　　安：为了不让别人难过而说谎是可以的。如果我说我讨厌那件毛衣，那会让爸爸伤心的。

　　戴维：喔。所以昨天我骗你说我喜欢你为我做的午餐也可以啦？

　　安：嗯，可以。那没关系。

　　戴维：喔，好吧。妈妈，谢谢你的解释。待会见！

　　安：嘿，你认为你能去哪儿？你说谎告你姐姐的那笔帐还没算呢！

　　活用词汇

　　1. pinch v.捏；掐

　　2. spanking n.打屁股

　　

　　对话情境专栏

　　wait a second意为“慢着”，用来引起对方的注意，也可用wait a minute。另外也有“等一等”的意思。(from Conversation A)

　　A: I’m leaving to work now!

　　B: Wait a second! Who was the woman on the phone?

　　A:我现在要去上班了！

　　B:慢着！电话里的那个女人是谁？

　　there’s a difference表示“有差别”。(from Conversation B)

　　A: This isn’t real butter, is it?

　　B: No, it’s margarine. There’s a difference.

　　A:这不是真的黄油，对吧？

　　B:不是，这是人造黄油。他们有差别。

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white lie/善意的谎言(2002/08/30/ 13:27)
Hang around/闲荡，徘徊(2002/08/29/ 11:09)
相扑大胖子，“重”看也“重”用(2002/08/29/ 10:13)
come across/遇到，发现(2002/08/28/ 15:13)
Mean well/好意(2002/08/28/ 14:15)
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Annotation

Conversation A
1. rush
v. to hurry; to move quickly冲向；赶赴
I have to rush to the mall before it closes.
我得在商场关门前赶到。

2. out of breath
breathing fast and with difficulty气喘吁吁，上气不接下气
Julia was out of breath from climbing the
stairs.朱莉娅爬楼梯爬得气喘吁吁。

3. get even with sb.
idiom to get revenge报复
Megan got even with the boy who stole her pencil by taking his book.
梅根拿走那个男孩的书来报复他偷她铅笔。

Conversation B
1. white lie
n. harmless or trivial lie, esp. one told in order to avoid hurting sb.善意的谎言
Even though he’d had a bad time on the date, John told a white lie and said he’d had fun.
即使那次约会并不愉快，约翰还是撒了善意的谎言说他玩得很开心。

2. in trouble
in a situation that one is likely to be blamed, criticized, or punished有麻烦
If we can’t finish the project before deadline, we will be in a lot of trouble.
如果我们不能在期限内完成这个计划，我们会有很多麻烦。





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