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课件网) B3U1 Little White Lies (Language points) Written more than two hundred years ago, these lines by Walter Scott remain one of the most well-known excerpts of Scottish poetry: ◆remain vt.仍然；剩下；停留 remain to be done有待/尚需/尚未做 remain doing 依然做 ◆remaining adj.剩下的，留下的 Translation 两百多年前，沃尔特·司各特写下的这几行文字，如今依然是苏格兰诗歌中最广为传诵的诗句之一： 过去分词短语作时间状语 Oh, what a tangled web we weave, When first we practise to deceive! Translation 啊，谎言一旦开始，我们须得织就一张错综复杂的网！ adj.纠结的；复杂的 v.编，织 v.欺骗 practise to do 练习做某事 Perhaps we comfort ourselves with the knowledge that most of the lies we tell are “white lies”: little lies that we tell to protect others from the truth. Translation 也许我们会这样来安慰自己：我们所说的大部分谎言都是“善意的谎言”———我们为了保护他人免受真相伤害的小谎言。 同位语从句 定从 定从 comfort n. comfortable a. 1. 舒适:Walk out of your comfort zone and try new things! 2. 安慰:Animals can provide comfort to people. 3. 令人安慰的人或物:A hot cup of milk on a cold night is a real comfort. 含义 原形 过去式 过去 分词 现在 分词 躺，位于 lie lay lain lying 撒谎 lie lied lied lying 放置，下蛋 lay laid laid laying 规则的撒谎(lie-lied-lied)，不规则的躺 躺过(lay)就下蛋（放置）,下过蛋是累的 We all know that honesty is an important value and that lying is wrong, but who can honestly say that they've never told a lie 句意：我们都知道诚实是重要的价值观念，且撒谎是错误的, 但谁能诚实地说他们从未撒过谎呢？ value n. valuable a. 1. 价值；价格 market value 市场价格 2. 重要性；用处；益处 Most people know the value of a good education. 3. 价值观念；社会准则 Your attitudes about marriage are affected by your religious and moral values . 4. be of value(useful): Sports is of great value to people. 2 Perhaps we comfort ourselves with the knowledge that most of the lies we tell are “white lies: little lies that we tell to protect others from the truth. 或许我们安慰自己我们撒的谎都是“善意的谎言”：一种我们用来保护别人的小谎言。 comfort n. comfortable a. 1. 舒适 Walk out of your comfort zone and try new things! 2. 安慰 Animals can provide comfort to people. 3. 令人安慰的人或物 A hot cup of milk on a cold night is a real comfort. 3 The majority of us of course don’t tell the truth—we lie and say that the food is “delicious”. ◆majority n. 多数，大多数（人或物） the majority of+集体名词，谓语动词用单数或复数。 a majority of+复数名词，“许多”，谓语动词用复数。 minority n. 少数，少数民族 a/the minority of 少数 ◆major adj.主要的;重要的 v.主修 n.主修课程；专业课；主修学生 major in 主修 Or if a friend asks us what we think of their new haircut, we say “It’s great!”, even if we think it’s awful. adj.可怕的 But to what extent can we justify telling white lies like these 在多大程度上 ◆justify v.证明（别人认为不合理的事）有道理；为...辩护 justify doing sth. 证明做某事有道理 justify sth./ oneself to sb. 向某人 ... ...
