The-Real-Truth-about-Lies

Unit11TheRealTruthaboutLiesWarmingupactivitiesBackgroundinformationGlobalstudyofTextIStructuralanalysisDetailedstudyofTextIComprehensionquestionsofTextIExercisesGrammaticalitemsBR1-wordwebDirections:Figureouttheexpressionswiththeword“lie”.Word-webLIEabold-facedlie厚颜无耻的谎言nailalie拆穿谎言livealie做人虚伪ablacklie用心险恶的谎言awhitelie善意的谎言amonstrouslie弥天大谎adownrightlie彻头彻尾的谎言abarefacedlie露骨的谎言Warmingupactivities1.IfyourgoodfriendbuysanewMP3oranewmobilephonewhichyoudislikeintensely,andasksforyouropinionaboutit,whatwillyousay?2.Whendoyouthinkpeoplelie?3.Whydopeoplelie?4.Towhomdopeoplemostlikelytolie?5.Howwouldyoufeelifsomebodyliedtoyouforyourowngood?6.What’syourviewofwhitelies?7.Haveyoueverlied?examplesOpendiscussion1.Whattopicsarehusbands,wives,boyfriendsandgirlfriendslikelytolieabout?2.Ifonceacheater,alwaysacheater?3.Ifyouhavedonesomethingwrong,shouldyouconfessortellalieorkeepitasecret?4.Howdoyourebuild,restoreorregaintrustafterithasbeendestroyed?TherealtruthaboutlyingReportsonthepsychologyoflying：Communitymembersliedinone-fifthoftheirsocialinteractions;students,one-third.Lyingwasmorecommoninphonecallsthaninface-to-facechats.Onelieinsevenwasdiscovered--asfarastheliarscouldtell.Atenthoftheliesweremerelyexaggerations,while60percentwereoutrightdeceptions.Mostoftherestweresubtlelies.Morethan70percentofliarswouldtelltheirliesagain.Everydayliesarereallypartofthefabricofsociallife.Whilesomeliesdamagerelationshipsanddestroytrust,otherfibsfulfillimportantinterpersonalfunctions,likesmoothingoverawkwardsituationsorprotectingfragileegos.1.Tosay'fingerscrossed!'(andsometimesholdupyourcrossedfingers)means'Ihopethissucceeds!'.2.Tokeepyourfingerscrossedsecretlywhenyoutellalieabsolvesyoufromanyresponsibilityforthatlie.Ifyourlieisdiscovered,youcanclaimtohavehadyourfingerscrossedatthetime.(Ifyou'reunabletocrossyourfingerswhiletellingthelie,youcancrossanyotherpartofyourbody–legs,feet,etc.)TellingALie-FingersCrossedBehindBackSometimeschildrenwillholdtheirhandbehindtheirbackandcrosstheirfingersbeforetellingalie.InChristianmedievalEurope,thiswasacommonwaytowardoffevilspiritsortoinvokeforgiveness.FingerscrossedforyouToerrishumanbutlyingisnotthesolutionforourseriousproblems,sowehavetobehonestwithothersparticularlyourfriends.Quotesreading—lie&truthLetsleepingdogslie.Truthisbeautiful,withoutdoubt;butsoarelies.---RalphWaldoEmersonAliestandsononeleg,truthontwo.---BenjaminFranklinTruthiscompletelyspontaneous.Lieshavetobetaught.---RichardBuckminsterFullerJr.Truthiscompletelyspontaneous.Lieshavetobetaught.---RichardBuckminsterFullerJr.Itisalwaysthebestpolicytotellthetruth,unless,ofcourse,youareanexceptionallygoodliar.--JeromeK.JeromeTruthisthesafestlie.---JewishProverbTruthneverdamagesacausethatisjust.---MohandasK.GandhiNon-ViolenceinPeaceandWarBeautyistruth,truthbeauty,-thatisall---JohnKeatsOdeonaGrecianUrnItishardtobelievethatamanistellingthetruthwhenyouknowthatyouwouldlieifyouwereinhisplace.---H.L.MenckenIneverknowhowmuchofwhatIsayistrue.---BetteMidlerLetusbeginbycommittingourselvestothetruth-toseeitlikeitis,andtellitlikeitis-tofindthetruth,tospeakthetruth,andtolivethetruth.---RichardM.Nixon,Speech,9Aug.1968,Miami,acceptingthepresidentialnomination.Ratherthanlove,thanmoney,thanfame,givemetruth.---HenryDavidThoreauTruly,totellliesisnothonorable;butwhenthetruthentailstremendousruin,Tospeakdishonorablyispardonable.---SophoclesLyingisanactofaggression--againsttherecipientofthelie.Lieshurtpeople,theyhurtcompaniesandshareholdersandtheyhurtrelationships.Lyingisalsoanactofweakness.Theliarisunwillingtobeartheresponsibilityofthetruth-telling.Lyingisthelazyway,theselfishway.Lyingisanantisocialact,injuringthepersonliedtoandanyrelationshipsbindingliarandvictim.AbouttextITopic–TheRealTruthaboutLies—whiteliesSelectedfromReader'sDigestintheNovember,1999JournalisticstyleShortparagraphs---18parasArgumentativewritingTheUniversityofVirginiaTheUniversityofVirginiaisdistinctiveamonginstitutionsofhighereducation.FoundedbyThomasJeffersonin1819,theUniversityispublicandremainstheNo.2best,accordingtothe2005USNews&WorldReport.Numerousdistinguishedalumnigraduatedfromtheuniversityandnowdominatevariousareas,afewofwhomarethe28thpresidentWilson,SenatorRobertKennedyandEdwardKennedy;andworld-famousdirectorMarkJohnson.BellaDePauloProfessorBellaM.DePauloisspecializedinSocialPsychology.Formorethan20years,Shehasstudiedthecommunicationofdeception.Morerecently,shehasalsobeenstudyingthesocialpsychologyofsingles.ShereceivedherPh.D.fromHarvardUniversityin1979.Sheistheauthorofmorethan100publications,andherworkhasbeenfundedbyNSF(国家科学基金会),NIMH(国家精神卫生研究院),andtheNationalAcademyofEducation.JosephsonInstituteofEthicsTheJoseph&EdnaJosephsonInstituteofEthicsisapublic-benefit,nonprofit,nonpartisan无党派andnonsectarian无宗派membershiporganizationfoundedbyMichaelJosephsoninhonorofhisparents.While-readingquestionsHowdoesthewriterbeginwiththetopic?Howdoesheconvincethereaders“therealtruth”oflies?Findoutwords,phrases,expressionsorsentencestoindicatetheconsequencesoflies?Af