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谎话lie[英][laɪ] [美][lai] 中英文故事：希望（2） 这一群孩子的妈妈，娜娜，是一个虔诚的天主教徒。生了这么多孩子，她感到挺难为情。她拒不承认实际上有16个孩子。有时从教堂出来，善意的邻居或是爱管闲事的新教徒会叫住她，询问孩子们的情况。每当这时,她总是说她有14个孩子，“啊，14个孩子都很好，谢谢。” 在别人没数完孩子之前，娜娜就拥着孩子们上了马车。 要真是I4个孩子，那就体面了，在圣父和罗马教堂那里也是件荣耀的事。可她有16个啊！想想头都大了！有时谎话把自己也给骗了，她常常只准备14个孩子的饭。 The devout Catholic mother of this brood, Nona, was deeply embarrassed by her fertili¬ty. She refused to acknowledge that she, in¬deed, had sixteen children. When stopped outside of church by well-meaning neighbors or nosy Protestants, she would admit to hav¬ing only fourteen. “Yes. My fourteen children are all well. Thank you.”She would reply briskly while bustling them all into the dray before anyone could finish counting. Fourteen was respectable, an honor to the Holy Father and the Blessed Church of Rome. But sixteen! It was too much to contemplate. In time Nona came to believe this lie herself and only ever cooked and served meals for fourteen. 中英文例句 1. Why do men lie and cheat? 男人为何要撒谎和欺骗？ 2. A lie would have served him better. 对他而言撒个谎会更合适。 3. This was a total lie. 这纯粹是一个谎言。 4. And my men lie still. 而我的兵，静静地躺。 5. Two australian red kangaroos lie in the sun at sydney wildlife world. 两只澳大利亚红袋鼠躺在悉尼野生动物世界的阳光下。 |
