2008年高考英语全国卷2 - 阅读理解C

Do you know of anyone who uses the truth to deceive？When someone tells you something that is true，but leaves out important information that should be included，he can give you a false picture．
你知道有人利用真相来欺骗吗？当有人告诉你一些真实的事情，但漏掉了应该包含的重要信息时，他给你画面就是虚假的。

For example, some might say, "I just won a hundred dollars on the lottery. It was great. I took that dollar ticket back to the store and turned it in for one hundred dollars!" This guy's a winner, right? Maybe, maybe not. We then discover that he bought $200 worth of tickets, and only one was a winner. He's really a big loser! He didn't say anything that was false, but he left out important information on purpose. That's called a half-truth. Half-truths are not technically lies, but they are just as dishonest.
例如，有些人可能会说，“我彩票刚中了一百美元，太棒了。我把那张一美元的彩票拿回店里，得了一百美元！”这家伙是中奖者，对吗？也许是，也许不是。然后我们发现他买了价值200美元的彩票，只有一张中奖。他实际上是个大输家！他没有说假话，但他故意漏掉了重要的信息。这称为半真实，半真实从技术上讲不是谎言，但也是不诚实。

Some politicians often use this trick. Let's say that during Governor Smith's last term, her state lost one million jobs and gained three million jobs. Then she seeks another term. One of her opponents says, "During Governor Smith's term, the state lost one million jobs!" That's true. However, an honest statement would have been," During Governor Smith's term, the state had a net gain of two million jobs."
一些政客经常使用这种伎俩。比如说，在史密斯州长的上一个任期内，她的州失去了100万个工作岗位，增加了300万个工作岗位，然后她寻求下一个任期。她的一个对手说，“在史密斯州长的任期内，该州失去了100万个工作岗位！”这是真的，但是，诚实的说法应该是“在史密斯州长的任期内，该州净增了200万个工作岗位。”

Advertisers will sometimes use half-truths. It's against the law to make false statements so they try to mislead you with the truth. An advertisement might say, "Nine out of ten doctors advised their patients to take Yucky Pills to cure toothache. " It fails to mention that they only asked ten doctors and nine of them work for the Yucky Company. This kind of deception happens too often. lt's a sad fact of life: Lies are lies, and sometimes the truth can lie as well.
广告商有时会使用半真实。虚假陈述是违法的，因此他们试图用事实误导你。广告可能会说：“十分之九的医生建议他们的患者服用 Yucky （本义是令人恶心的，这里用作药品和公司名称，意为讽刺）药片来治疗牙痛。“没有提到他们只请了十位医生，其中九位在这家Yucky 公司工作，这种欺骗非常常见。这就是生活中令人悲哀的事实：谎言是谎言，有时真相也会撒谎。