托福口语练习 说谎

I'm not saying that people should lie to get what they want,

我并不是说人们应该通过骗人得到他们想要的东西,

but I don't' agree with that people should always tell the truth,

但我不同意人们应该总讲真话,

because sometimes lying doesn't definitely mean to harm others and is even necessary.

因为有时说谎并不一定意味着伤害他人,甚至是必要的。

For example, if you are taking care of a patient suffering from a serious illness,

例如,如果你正在照顾一个患有严重疾病的病人,

it's important to give the patient hope, in such case,

在这样的情况下给予病人希望是很重要的,

in order to help the patient to release psychological pressure, modest lying is useful.

为了帮助病人缓解心理压力,适度的说谎是有用的。

Another example is in business or politics,

另一个例子是在商业或政治上,

people always adopt acceptable lies as negotiation¹ strategy to win more benefits for their own.

人们总是采纳可接受的谎言作为谈判策略, 为自己赢得更多的利益。

So not telling the truth is ok and sometimes helpful.

所以不说实话很有必要,有时有起到意想不到的作用。

1 negotiation   

n.谈判，协商

参考例句：

• They closed the deal in sugar after a week of negotiation.经过一星期的谈判，他们的食糖生意成交了。
• The negotiation dragged on until July.谈判一直拖到7月份。