liar 和cheat

　　

　　Helen regarded me, probably with surprise: I could not now abate my agitation, though I tried hard; I continued to weep aloud. She sat down on the ground near me, embraced her knees with her arms, and rested her head upon them; in that attitude she remained silent as an Indian. I was the first who spoke-

　　'Helen, why do you stay with a girl whom everybody believes to be a liar?'

　　'Everybody, Jane? Why, there are only eighty people who have heard you called so, and the world contains hundreds of millions.'

　　'But what have I to do with millions? The eighty, I know, despise me.'

　　'Jane, you are mistaken: probably not one in the school either despises or dislikes you: many, I am sure, pity you much.'

　　'How can they pity me after what Mr. Brocklehurst has said?'

　　'Mr. Brocklehurst is not a god: nor is he even a great and admired man; he is little liked here; he never took steps to make himself liked.

　　海伦凝视着我，也许很惊奇，这时我虽已竭尽全力，却仍无法抑制内心的激动，仍然一个劲儿号啕着，她在我身旁的地上坐下，胳膊抱着双膝，把头靠在膝头上，她就那么坐着，不言不语，像一个印度人。倒是我第一个开了腔：

　　“海伦，你怎么会跟一个人人都相信她会说谎的人呆在一起呢？”

　　“是人人吗，简？瞧，只有八十个人听见叫你撒谎者，而世界上有千千万万的人呢。”

　　“可是我跟那千千万万的人有什么关系呢？我认识的八十个人瞧不起我。”

　　“简，你错啦，也许学校里没有一个人会瞧不起你，或者讨厌你，我敢肯定，很多人都那么同情你。”

　　“布罗克赫斯特先生说了话以后，她们怎么可能同情我呢。”

　　“布罗克赫斯特先生不是神，也不是一个值得钦佩的伟人。这里人不喜欢他。他也不想法让人喜欢他。

　　liar: 说谎的人。

　　例如：

　　He was a congenital and usually in debt.

　　他生性爱说谎，而且通常债务缠身。

　　How would you like it if someone called you a liar?

　　如果有人说你撒谎，你会怎么想呢？

　　He told her she was a liar, whereupon she walked out.

　　他对她说她在说谎，她便愤然而去。

　　例如：

　　One day two cheats came to se the Emperor.

　　一天，有两个骗子来见皇帝。

　　They have always held cheats and liars in low regard.

　　他们一贯瞧不起骗子和说谎的人。

　　The newspaper story exposed him as a cheat.

　　新闻报道揭露出他是一个骗子。

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