五分之四的女性天天说谎_BEC初级作文

五分之四的女性天天说谎

他们说谎的最主要原因是为了“让他人感觉良好（持这一目的的人数占了总人数的55%）”；其次是为了“避免陷入麻烦（32%）”；四分之一的人则指出说谎是因为“生活很复杂”。此外，“证明某一观点”和“挽回面子”通常也是人们说谎的原因。

Around 2,000 people were questioned for the poll commissioned by insurance company Privilege. And researchers found a common theme running through people’s lies.

约2000人参与了保险公司Privilege委办的这一问卷调查。研究人员发现了一个贯穿人们谎言的共同之处。

No one likes to leave a plateful of food when invited to a dinner party, and ‘saying you enjoyed a friend or relative’s cooking’ when you might not have was the number one reason for lying (42 per cent).

被邀请参加派对时，没人愿意剩下一大盘食物，所以即使没有觉得很好吃也会“说很喜欢朋友或亲戚做的食物”，此处是人们说谎最多的地方（有42%的人说谎）。

People also commonly fib about their job, their salary or their weight. And they regularly pretend to share a hobby with someone they are trying to impress.

人们还通常在他们的工作、工资或体重这些话题上撒些小谎。面对自己想留下印象的人，会假装与她/他有共同的爱好。

However, perhaps fortunately, most of our lies are relatively harmless. Around 80 per cent said they only told a lie when it would not seriously hurt anyone – although one in ten said a small fib they told had ended up hurting someone they were close to.