趣味双语:教你15招轻松识骗子

沪江英语
  Quite often a person feels the need to lie about something - if you are the person being lied to, there are a few simple tips for catching the liar out. This is a list of the top 15 tips.

  有些时候,人会觉得需要撒谎--如果你是被骗的那方,下面就教你几招来揪出骗子。

  Tips 1 - 5

  招数:1-5

  1. Physical expression will be limited and stiff, with few arm and hand movements. Hand, arm and leg movements are toward their own body as the liar tries to take up less space.

  1. 肢体语言很拘束,僵硬,手臂和手不怎么动。手、手臂和腿的移动都靠向自己的身体,因为撒谎者设法占据更少的空间。

  2. A person who is lying to you will avoid making eye contact.

  2. 骗你的人通常会避免和你眼神接触。

  3. Hands touching their face, throat & mouth. Touching or scratching the nose or behind their ear. Not likely to touch his chest/heart with an open hand.

  3. 手触碰自己的脸、喉咙和嘴巴。碰或抓鼻子或耳后。他们不太可能去碰自己的胸膛/心脏。

  4. Timing is off between emotions gestures/expressions and words. Example: Someone says, “I love it!” when receiving a gift and then smiles after making that statement, rather then at the same time the statement i——ade.

  4. 手势/表情和说话的时机不对。例如:某人在收到礼物后说:“我喜欢这个!”,之后再露出笑容,而不是在说话的同时露出微笑。

  5. Gestures/expressions don't match the verbalstatement, such as frowning when saying “I love you.”

  5. 手势/表情和嘴上说的不匹配,例如说:“我爱你”的时候皱着眉头。

  10. 撒谎者会用你的话来回答问题。当被问到:“你吃了最后那块曲奇了吗?”撒谎者会说:“没有,我没有吃最后那块曲奇。”
  Tips 11 - 15

  招数11-15

  11. A statement with a contractioni——ore likely to be truthful:"I didn't do it" instead of "I did not do it".

  11. 使用缩写式来陈述似乎更值得信任:"我没做过"而不是"我没有这么做过"。

  12. Liars sometimes avoid "lying" by not making direct statements. They implyanswers instead of denying something directly.

  12. 撒谎者有时候利用不直接回答来避免"撒谎"。他们不直接否认什么,而是将答案暗示出来。

  13. The guilty person may speak more than natural, adding unnecessary details to convince you… they are not comfortable with silence or pauses in the conversation.

  13. 罪犯可能会比平时说的更多,添加更多不必要的细节来说服你……他们会因为对话中的沉默或停顿而不安。

  14. A liar may leave out pronouns and speak in a monotonoustone. When a truthful statement i——ade the pronoun is emphasized a——uch or more than the rest of the words in a statement.

  14. 撒谎者会省去代名词,并且以一个音调说话。当说实话时,人们会使用不少代名词,并且这些词会发重音。

  15. Word——ay be garbled and spoken softly, and syntaxand grammar may be off. In other-words, his sentences will likely be muddled rather than emphasized.

  15. 撒谎者可能用词混淆,声音放轻,句子的结构和语法也会很混乱。换句话说,他的句子乱七八糟,也没有什么要强调的重点。