迷你对话学英语口语 第1001期:虚伪做人,假装

第一， 迷你对话

A: Linda’s husband is said to be leading a double life.

有人说Linda的丈夫有了婚外恋。

B: Does Linda know that?

Linda知道吗？

A: Yes, of course. She could feel that. But she regard her face as the most important thing.

当然知道，她感觉得到，但是她太看重面子了。

B: That’s to say, she is living a lie now, isn’t he?

也就是说，她一直假装太平，是吧。

A: You can say that.

可以那么说。

第二， 地道表达

live a lie

1. 解词释义

Live a lie的意思是“生活在谎言中”“虚伪的做人”。

2. 拓展范例

e.g. She lived a lie for 20 years by pretending to be his wife.

她假扮他的妻子已经20年了。

e.g. I really dislike my job but I have to pretend to enjoy it; what I hate even more is having to live a lie.

我真的不喜欢自己的工作，但我得装着喜欢，而且更可恨的是我不得不过着一种欺骗自己的生活。

e.g. She has no money ,and sometimes has to cheat and lives a lie .

她没有钱，有时不得不搞欺骗，过虚伪的生活。

e.g. He hated to live a lie.

他极不愿意虚伪地生活。

第三， 咬文嚼字

lead a double life：婚外恋，过着双重人格的生活，搞两面派

e.g. People around here all feel that he's leading a double life.

我们这儿的人都感觉到他有婚外恋。

e.g. Since Marcus’ return I had become vaguely aware that I was leading a double life.

自从马科斯回来以后，我隐约地感到自己在过着双重人格的生活。

e.g. She soon began to exhibit the strain of leading a double life.

她不久就显露出了双重生活的重压。

regard…as…：把……看做

e.g. We always regard him as a friend, but he showed his colors in the current emergency.

我们一贯把他看作朋友, 但在当前的紧急关头中, 他原形毕露了。

e.g. Jane regard her teachers as pillars of cloud and pillars of fire in her life.

珍妮把她的老师们当作自己人生的指路明灯。

be said to：被认为……,据说

e.g. The fox is said to be very sly.

据说狐狸很狡猾。

e.g. He is said to be the founder of modern astronomy.

他被誉为现代天文学的奠基人。

第四， 口语句型

中文：那就是说。

英文： That is to say.