A: I hate telling lies.
我討厭說(shuō)謊。
B: I cannot agree with you completely. I thinksometimes it is necessary and helpful to tell a littlefib.
我不能完全同意你的觀(guān)點(diǎn)。我覺(jué)得有時(shí)候說(shuō)謊是必要的,也是有幫助的。
A: Maybe you are right.
也許你是對(duì)的吧。
第二, 地道表達(dá)
fib
1. 解詞釋義
Fib這個(gè)詞語(yǔ)lie都是“說(shuō)謊”的意思,但是在程度上稍有不同,前者是指“無(wú)傷大雅的謊言”,帶有掩飾的意思,即所謂的“白色的謊言”或是“美麗的謊言”,但是后者是指“欺騙性的謊言”。
2. 拓展范例
e.g. Stop telling such silly fibs.
別說(shuō)這種傻乎乎的謊話(huà)了。
e.g. " I told a fib about my age, " little Tom said.
“ 有關(guān)我的年齡我撒了個(gè)謊, ” 小湯姆說(shuō)。
e.g. He told a fib so he could leave early.
他撒了一個(gè)小謊,以便早些離開(kāi)。
第三, 咬文嚼字
agree with sb.:同意……
e.g. He tends to get angry when people do not agree with him.
他聽(tīng)到不同意見(jiàn)時(shí),總是不高興。
e.g. I agree with you, but with some reservations.
我同意你,不過(guò)有幾點(diǎn)要保留。
hate doing something:討厭做某事
e.g. I hate doing experiments. They always go wrong for me.
我最恨做實(shí)驗(yàn),我每次做都出岔錯(cuò)。
e.g. What do you hate doing around the house?
你討厭在家里做什么?