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Hopefully, everybody has tried their own answers and read the common lies people tell (in the poster). So,
time to fulfil the promise: let's unveil the best (or most appropriate) answers, according to the text. In this case, all of them are, to a
greater or a lesser degree, linked to conclusions based on statistics and, let’s
be honest: we live in a world built on statistics for ... as much as nine out of
ten of our affirmations – if we include this one, of course!
So, according to the passage, a 'white lie' seems to be a lie told in
order to avoid offending someone. Other scenarios have been displayed in
the comments to the post, for it is difficult to decide on telling the truth in
extreme cases.
Research
suggests that women are better at telling less serious lies than men are. I should add that this may well be the topic of a separate blog, so the
theme will only partially be tackled.
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One
reason people sometimes rub their noses when they lie is that the nose is
sensitive to physical changes caused by lying.
There’s no denying by now that all research has offered sufficient evidence of
the fact.
It
would appear from the passage that there is no simple way of finding out if
someone is lying. No comment.
In fact, why should people
insist so much on being told the truth (the whole truth, and nothing but the
truth)? Why shouldn’t there be this other alternative (Tell me
lies/Tell me sweet little lies/Tell me, tell me lies) which would paint our
days in different hues, and make us smile for no particular reason? |
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It seems it’s human nature, and that’s all there is to it. No wonder then
that people (and manufacturers) go to great pains to satisfy such a special
need, like in the advertisement below:
LIE
BUSTER |
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[adapted from New Success at First Certificate,
by Robert O’Neill, Michael
Duckworth & Kathy Gude]
A
MIRACLE OF MODERN ELECTRONICS
At
last … (1) to modern technology, there is a way to find … (2) if people are
telling the truth. The Liebuster … (3) just like an ordinary
watch, but in … (4) it’s far more … (5) that! In … (6) to telling the time, it
buzzes when it detects a lie. The … (7) the lie, the bigger the buzz. You will
find it invaluable … (8) you're at home or at work. It is by … (9) the
smallest, most accurate, lie-detector ever made. It measures the stress in
people's voices by … (10) of high-tech microchips. In business negotiations, it
will … (11) you if people are being
… (12) with you. At … (13) it can warn you if your
girlfriend or boyfriend is lying when they tell you what they did that weekend
when you were … (14) on business.
Never
… (15) has such an electronic miracle been … (16) at such a low price. So get … (17) now while stocks … (18). Hurry! Don't … (19)! Nobody can do … (20) the Liebuster, the miracle of modern high- tech electronics!
- Here are ten of the missing words. Where do they belong? Can you guess the other ten?
addition
– before –
dishonest – far –last – means – out – than – wait/delay - yours/one
dishonest – far –last – means – out – than – wait/delay - yours/one
Dear Eugenia,
ReplyDeleteLast december I was in Collodi, a small town where Carlos Collodi was born. He is well know as the author of Pinocho´s tales, a great story based on the nature of human being. In the center of the village the visitors can find the Pinocchio Park, with beatiful and funny examples about lies... and famous noses
http://www.pinocchio.it/park.htm
After my first day meeting I had a dream with a blue dragon flying in the sky. I know, because a witch from Toscana region told me, "the blue dragon like the horse knocking at the home´s door meaning good luck.
Keep in touch
Luis (the only one)
You've got a point there, "The One and Only"! Even Carl Gustav Jung said in his memoires that the moment we DREAM of an entity that we got to know through imagination is the moment that entity, and its significance, passes on into our conscience...
DeleteThere's this story told by Fouadh Ibn Habbaas (in Ted Chiang's short story "The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate") to the Caliph about the former's experience of trying to find the meaning of life: he crossed the Alchemist's Gate into his past, and into his future. After listening to the podcast several times, I dreamt of the story teller embodied in Fouadh, who would accompany me everywhere, patiently recounting the story so that I might understand once and for all!
Let's dedicate our conversation to everybody else, shall we? Whoever has clues for the way to deal with truth, lies, reality and imagination is welcome.
It´s a beautiful song!! thank you, Rita
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