北师大版高中英语选修11SkillsDevelopment.pptVIP

Truth and Lies Skills and development How to we know when someone is lying? Ancient Chinese: rice grains If one puts ten rice grains in his mouth: When someone is not lying, He will spit out six rice grains after holding three seconds. When someone is laying, He will spit out eight six rice grains after holing three seconds. Reason: The stress of being caught lying makes our mouth drier. The suspect will be connected to three devices: blood pressure, breathing rate and electrodermal response. If his is lying, the activity will increase. Reason: stress make blood pressure, breathing rate and electrodermal response change. How to we know when someone is lying? Modern people: lie detectors, also called polygraphs How to we know when someone is lying? When we are lying, our voice will change without awareness Reason: When we are lying, we will feel stress. It is the stress that make our voice change. And the VSA will detect the changes. Modern people: the voice stress analyzer or VSA How to we know when someone is lying? When someone is lying, it will appear the “Response latency”. Reason: The average response latency for subjects who are telling the truth is 0.5 seconds, whereas the average latency for liars is 1.5 seconds. Modern people: hesitation How to we know when someone is lying? When someone is lying, his face will blush. Reason: When people are lying, they are afraid of being caught. The fear triggers a primitive response to run away. Blood goes to their eyes so that they are more efficiently plan an escape route. Modern people: “blushing” Important words count: 名词或动词，计算，计数，认为 e.g. No one agrees on what counts as a desert. 没有人对于什么可以看作是荒漠有共识。 He was indicted by a grand jury on two counts of murder. 他被大陪审团以两项谋杀罪名正式起诉。 support: 名词或动词，支持，赡养，支撑物 e.g. The president gave his full support to the reforms. 该总统对改革给予了全力的支持。 He support himself by means of a nearby post. 他倚在旁边的一根柱子上。 Important words admit: 动词，承认，容许，准许进入 e.g. Embassy