世界节假日博览 第86期:诚信日

 Be honest. That's all you have to do on Honesty Day. It would be great if we were all honest every day of the year, but it's good that there's an official day to encourage honesty. That day is April 30th. The man who started Honesty Day, M. Hirsh Goldberg, chose the last day of April because the first day is April Fools' Day, which celebrates falsehoods, pranks¹ and lies. Wikipedia.com says that on Honesty Day: "Anyone participating may ask any question they choose and the opposing person should give a truthful² and straightforward³ answer. This is implying that the person who is answering the question has knowledge of Honesty Day." Perhaps some questions, like opinions, are best not answered honestly.

在诚信日，你要做的就是赤诚相待。如果我们每天都能做到诚心诚意，那世界将无比美好，但对于设立官方“诚信日”来说，它能够激励我们变得更加诚实。每年的4月30日为“诚信日”。发起人为赫什·戈尔德贝尔格，选择最后一天的原因是要与4月1日愚人节相映成趣，愚人节宣扬的是谎言和恶作剧。根据维基百科对“诚信日”的描述，参与者可以随便问问题，对方要直言不讳进行回答。这说明回答者了解“诚信日”。像意见建议这样的问题最不容易开诚布公。

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M. Hirsh Goldberg was a former press secretary of the U.S. state of Maryland. He wrote a book called The Book of Lies: Fibs, Tales, Schemes, Scams, Fakes⁴, and Frauds⁵ That Have Changed The Course of History and Affect Our Daily Lives. Mr Goldberg said in his book that the average person lies about 200 times a day. According to a poll⁶ conducted by London's Science Museum, a normal lie for a man is, "I didn't drink that much" and for a woman it is, "Nothing's wrong, I'm fine". A survey from the Gallup market research group found that nurses are the most honest people, while sales people and politicians are the biggest liars⁷. Every Honesty Day, Mr Goldberg hands out awards to honest companies and organizations.

赫什·戈尔德贝尔格曾担任马里兰州新闻秘书。他曾著有一本名叫“谎言、传说、阴谋、骗局、虚假以及诈骗改变历史轨迹和日常生活”的图书。他在书中写到，人们平均每天撒谎次数为200次。根据伦敦科学博物馆的一项民调显示，男性平常会说，“我喝不了这么多”，女性是“一切正常，我很好。”根据市场调查组织“盖洛普”的一项研究表明，护士最为诚信，销售人员和政治家的鬼话最多。在每年“诚信日”，戈尔德贝尔格先生都会为诚信公司，诚信组织颁奖。

1.according to 根据

例句：They do everything according to Hoyle. 

他们一切都按照规定办理。

2.hand out 分发

例句：He handed out the presents to everyone with a smile.

他微笑着给每一个人分发礼物。

3.market research 市场调查

例句：A new all-woman market research company has been set up to find out what women think about major news and issues.

一家清一色由女性组成的市场调查公司成立了，其目的是调查女性对于重大新闻事件的看法。

4.press secretary 新闻秘书

例句：If she had the chance to do it over, she would have hired a press secretary.

如果有机会重头来过，她会雇一位新闻秘书。

1 pranks   

n.玩笑，恶作剧( prank的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Frank's errancy consisted mostly of pranks. 法兰克错在老喜欢恶作剧。 来自辞典例句
• He always leads in pranks and capers. 他老是带头胡闹和开玩笑。 来自辞典例句

2 truthful   

adj.真实的，说实话的，诚实的

参考例句：

• You can count on him for a truthful report of the accident.你放心，他会对事故作出如实的报告的。
• I don't think you are being entirely truthful.我认为你并没全讲真话。

3 straightforward   

adj.正直的，坦率的；易懂的，简单的

参考例句：

• A straightforward talk is better than a flowery speech.巧言不如直说。
• I must insist on your giving me a straightforward answer.我一定要你给我一个直截了当的回答。

4 fakes   

骗子( fake的名词复数 )； 赝品

参考例句：

• The experts discovered several fakes in the art collection. 专家们在这批艺术收藏品中发现了几件赝品。
• Fakes do exist, and now we are coming across them. 冒充的事，实际上是有的，现在就碰到了。

5 frauds   

欺诈( fraud的名词复数 )； 骗子； 伪劣品； 冒牌货

参考例句：

• Thousands of frauds are committed every year. 每年有数以千计的诈骗案。
• It's a special inspection period for marriage frauds. 这是婚姻欺诈的一个特别检查时期。

6 poll   

n.民意测验，民意调查，选举投票

参考例句：

• The result of the poll won't be known until midnight.选举结果要到午夜才能揭晓。
• They expected a heavy poll.他们期望会有很高的投票数。

7 liars   

说谎者( liar的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The greatest liars talk most of themselves. 最爱自吹自擂的人是最大的说谎者。
• Honest boys despise lies and liars. 诚实的孩子鄙视谎言和说谎者。