▍课程导读
不管在综艺节目上，还是影视剧中，我们可能都看到过快速问答的桥段。提问者以极快的速度问出一系列的问题，要求被问者听到之后立马作答，不能犹豫。刚开始的问题一般会比较简单，甚至不用动脑，但是中间总有1-2题会设坑，而被问者在习惯了前面的回答节奏之后，往往不可避免地就掉入了提问者的陷阱，提问者也因此能挖掘到意想不到的信息。时间紧、压力大，真话还是谎言？在今天的文章中，作者就介绍了一个有趣的实验。研究人员给参与者提供了一组随机排列的数字和一个单独的数字，要求参与者根据这个单独的数字定位寻找第一组中“排在这个数字位置的那个数”——这个特殊的数和参与者能获得的奖金有关。在这种情况下，人们到底会选择诚实，还是谎言呢？我们一起来读今天的新闻，一探究竟吧！
本篇课程首发于2018年2月13日
▍原文
Tick, tock【n.（拟声）大钟走针的声音 vi. 滴答响】: a study in honesty
①总起句
① Under time pressure【under…pressure在某事的压力下】, people choose to co-operate with others, 【co-operate with v. : 与……合作 corporate 公司】even at some cost to【以自己的利益为代价】themselves, experiments show.
②—⑧试验介绍
② Valerio Capraro and Helene Barcelo have examined whether people are similarly predisposed to【be predisposed to: 有……的倾向】 honesty.
③—④试验方法
③ They showed participants a seemingly random 看上去随机的 list of numbers between 1 and 90, and another number, which they were to use to count along 定位that list.
④ The volunteers were asked to report the number at that position in the list, which, they were informed, they would receive as a bonus in cents美分.
⑤—⑦结果
⑤ About 16% of people lied to receive a bigger bonus.
⑥ A further 34% spent some time working out 【健身，解决事情】how much they would receive, then elected to tell the truth.
⑦ The remainder 【n. 其余的人】told the truth straight 【straight / right away: 立即；马上】away.
主语的不断变化和语态的变化❤❤
⑧结论
⑧ Intriguingly【adv. 吸引人地；有趣地（interestingly）】, almost all (98%) of those who were quick to answer were truthful.
⑨总结
⑨ A faster response was more likely to be an honest one.
▍research paper 传送门：https://arxiv.org/abs/1712.10229
▍生词好句
tick-tock /tɪkˈtɒk/: n.（拟声）大钟走针的声音 vi. 滴答响
under (time) pressure: 在某事的压力下
co-operate with: 与……合作
corporate /ˈkɔːp(ə)rət/: adj. 集体的；公司的
at (the/some) cost / price to … : 以……（的利益）为代价
be predisposed to: 有……的倾向
seemingly /ˈsiːmɪŋli/: adv. 貌似；表面上看
bonus /ˈbəʊnəs/: n. 奖金；奖励
work out: 算计；盘算；锻炼；解决
elect /ɪˈlɛkt/: vt. 选择
remainder /rɪˈmeɪndə/: n. 其余的人；剩余的部分
straight / right away: 立即；马上
intriguingly /ɪnˈtri:ɡɪŋli/: adv. 吸引人地；有趣地（interestingly）
truthful /ˈtruːθfʊl, ˈtruːθf(ə)l /: adj. 诚实的