Pronunciation ChallengeThe truth about lies | The Economist

NOTE:
Today, we’re going to talk about lies. Sounds exciting, right? Actually, lies are part of our daily lives. Recent study conducted by university of Massachusetts shows that 60% of people lie at least once in a 10-minute conversation, within average of telling 2 to 3 lies. We live by lies and we’re all liars by nature. But it seems to be more unacceptable is [after liars] happen to be a President of a nation, or simply, politicians.
In this video, several examples were mentioned. US President like Nixon, Obama, Clinton, and Trump have all been called liars throughout history. However, the video tries to overthrow(推翻) the simple [label] of being liar by clarifying the difference between a lie, a mistake, and nonsense.

1-1. quickly (adv.) 迅速地
It means at a fast speed.
= fast = at the speed of light
* You may make it on time if you walk quickly.
* He ran at the speed of light in the competition and got the first place as expected.

1-2. quickly (adv.) 立刻，馬上
It means after only a very short time.
= directly = right away = immediately
*He quickly realized that this news was not reliable due to its bias sources.
* This work needs to be done immediately.

2. easily (adv.) 容易地；輕易地；不費力地
It means with no difficulty or effort.
* If you organize files better, you can easily find the one you're looking for next time.

3-1. prove (v.) 證明，證實
It means to show that something is true.
* His lawyer has been trying to prove him innocent(清白的) even though no one believes him.
innocent (adj) 相反詞= guilty 有罪的

3-2. prove (v.) 證明是，結果是
It means to show a particular result after a period of time.
= to show = to demonstrate(證明，展示)
* I want to prove myself.
* The candidates of the coming 2020 president’s election need to prove themselves trustworthy to the public.

4-1. truth (n.) 真實性
It means the quality of being true.
* Can you find some truth in his words?

4-2. the truth (n.) 事實，實情，真相
The definition is the real fact about a situation, event, or person.
* I assumed that she was telling the truth but apparently I was wrong.

4-3. true (adj.) 真正的，實質的
It means being what exists, rather than what was thought, intended, or stated.
I agree. = True. = Yeah. = Right. = indeed. = For sure. = Exactly!

true love/friend
true-blue 忠誠的

4-4. untrue (adj.) 不真實的，虛假的
It means the opposite of true.

In the era of information overload, we need to be more careful about the news we read, the articles we share, and words we say. It’s very important to be able to distinguish(辨別) facts from false with misleading information that might seem to be true. I would encourage everyone including myself to stop being gullible. Gullible means easily fooled.

+ gullible [ˋgʌləb!] adj. 容易受騙的

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