VIP Class Notes (Li)[S]

Vocabulary

white lie: a harmless lie

eg. People tell white lies to not hurt others.

eg. Would you rather tell white lies or be brutally honest?

provoke: to make someone react, sometimes negatively

eg. These murders have provoked outrage across the country.

eg. His insults provoked the old lady to attack him.

tell a lie/lie/make up lies/a lie

to protect sbd’s interests – to be concerned with how someone would benefit

To protect their profits. They don’t want hurt other people’s feelings. The second one is for a good purpose, while the first one is quite the opposite.

I think lying is not always a bad thing because people they lie just because they just don’t want to hurt other people’s feelings and I think that is acceptable. People don’t want always like living in the truth. It’s something that people want to hear.

Being too honest in China sometimes means you have a low EQ, especially when you’re working for a state-own company with a local boss.

They see as a way to encourage you to be a better person.

I think that lying is human nature. Sometimes, humans make some silly lies and you can see it through their eyes. I always lied to my teacher that I forgot to bring my homework and I told my parents that…..one day my friends just walked back to my home and asked me to give it back to her.

When I was in primary school, my mum doesn’t allow me to watch TV.

It’s a specific channel so if she turns on the TV and she finds that the TV is not on channel zero then she’d know that I watched TV.

Revised: 

To protect their interests. They don’t want to hurt other people’s feelings. The second one is for a good purpose, while the first one is quite the/the exact opposite.

I think lying is not always a bad thing because people they lie just because they just don’t want to hurt other people’s feelings and in this case, I think it is acceptable. People don’t always want to live in the truth. They will tell what people want to hear.

Being too honest in China sometimes means you have a low EQ, especially when you’re working for a state-own company with a local boss.

They see this as a way to encourage/provoke you to be a better person.

I think that lying is in human nature. Sometimes, humans would tell some silly lies and you can see through their lies/tell that they’re through their eyes. I always lied to my teacher that I forgot to bring my homework every day and I told my parents that….so one day, my friends just knocked at my door/showed up at my home and asked me to give it back to her.

When I was in primary school, my mum didn’t allow me to watch TV.

It’s the first channel when you turn on the TV so if she turn the TV on, she will find that the TV is not on channel zero and she’d know that I watched TV.