【一起闲话英语】谎言-Lies

Antoine / France

speaker I've been caught in lies several times. One I remember, it was when I was like still young, I was maybe fifteen and I was supposed to go to a friend's house just to sleep, but in fact I just went to a party with some friends and I drank some alcohol¹ and then we got caught by the police so I had to lie to my mother I'm afraid. After that she had been aware² of this like two weeks after maybe and it was like a really bad moment for me.

 

Hoa / Vietnam³

speaker As a matter of fact, no, I have not because I'm quite an honest person I would say. But on April Fool's day, I used⁴ to have a white lie to my friends, but it's not a big deal because I just lied to her  about the class was cancelled⁵, then she kind of believed and she didn't go to class that day. The next following day she found out and she was really mad at me, but she said, "Well, because of your lie, I had a day off so, thank you!"

 

Jonathan / Canada

speaker Have I ever been caught in a lie? To be honest, I don't think I have. The reason is not because I'm such a good person and an honest person who never tells a lie, but actually I'm such a good liar⁶ that no one ever knows when I'm telling a lie. It can be a little bit dangerous so sometimes I have to stop myself from telling a lie.

 

Jeff / Canada

speaker Oh yeah, I lie all the time. I've been caught many times in lies and I think you should not lie because it always catches up to you but yeah, I'm a bad person and I lie often and I get caught many times.

 

Emily / Djibouti

speaker Yes, I've been caught in a lie by my father. I used to know how to lie to him but this moment it was quite hard because he saw a lighter⁷ in my bag and I couldn't lie because he saw it and he was like, "Do you smoke?" And I said, "No, no." But then I laughed and since we are very close together so he just didn't say anything and put the lighter back in the bag.

 

Mauro / Brazil

speaker Have I ever been caught in a lie? Well, actually, I can't remember any moments in my life where I've been caught in a lie. I know everyone plays Pinocchio sometimes, but when we are kids we tend⁸ to make little lies when we tell little lies but I don't remember a single moment where I've been caught in a lie. Not in a serious lie though. I really can't remember.

1 alcohol   

n.酒精，乙醇；含酒精的饮料

参考例句：

• The law forbids shops to sell alcohol to minors.法律禁止商店向未成年者出售含酒精的饮料。
• The alcohol is industrial.这些酒精是供工业用的。

2 aware   

adj.意识到的，知道的，明白的，发觉的

参考例句：

• At first I wasn't aware that he was ill.开始我没有察觉到他有病。
• He doesn't seem to be aware of the problems.他好像没有意识到这个问题。

3 Vietnam   

n.越南

参考例句：

• Vietnam is suffering from food shortage.越南正遭受食物短缺之苦。
• Laos is on the west of Vietnam.老挝在越南西面。

4 used   

adj.用旧了的，旧的；习惯于…；过去惯/经常

参考例句：

• I used to work until nearly 6:00 o'clock each day.我过去常常工作到6:00左右。
• He used to walk anywhere from two to five miles an hour.他过去经常一小时走二至五英里。

5 cancelled   

adj.被取消的v.取消( cancel的过去式和过去分词 )；废除；注销；删去

参考例句：

• All flights have been cancelled because of bad weather. 因天气恶劣，所有航班均被取消。
• The game was cancelled owing to torrential rain. 比赛因大雨取消了。

6 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。

7 lighter   

n.打火机，点火器；驳船；v.用驳船运送；light的比较级

参考例句：

• The portrait was touched up so as to make it lighter.这张画经过润色，色调明朗了一些。
• The lighter works off the car battery.引燃器利用汽车蓄电池打火。

8 tend   

vt.照管，照料；vi. 服侍，招待；注意，留心；走向，趋向；倾向；有助于

参考例句：

• We should tend on customers warmly.我们应该热情招待顾客。
• I tend to prefer have a holiday at seaside.我往往更喜欢在海滨度假。