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英汉双语最精彩的演讲稿
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Okay,nowIdon'twanttoalarmanybodyinthisroom,butit'sjustcometomyattentionthatthepersontoyourrightisaliar.(Laughter)Also,thepersontoyourleftisaliar.Alsothepersonsittinginyourveryseatsisaliar.We'reallliars.WhatI'mgoingtodotodayisI'mgoingtoshowyouwhattheresearchsaysaboutwhywe'reallliars,howyoucanbecomealiespotterandwhyyoumightwanttogotheextramileandgofromliespottingtotruthseeking,andultimatelytotrustbuilding.
Nowspeakingoftrust,eversinceIwrotethisbook,"Liespotting,"noonewantstomeetmeinpersonanymore,no,no,no,no,no.Theysay,"It'sokay,we'llemailyou."(Laughter)Ican'tevengetacoffeedateatStarbucks.Myhusband'slike,"Honey,deception?
Maybeyoucouldhavefocusedoncooking.HowaboutFrenchcooking?
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SobeforeIgetstarted,whatI'mgoingtodoisI'mgoingtoclarifymygoalforyou,whichisnottoteachagameofGotcha.Liespottersaren'tthosenitpickykids,thosekidsinthebackoftheroomthatareshouting,"Gotcha!
Gotcha!
Youreyebrowtwitched.Youflaredyournostril.IwatchthatTVshow'LieToMe.'Iknowyou'relying."No,liespottersarearmedwithscientificknowledgeofhowtospotdeception.Theyuseittogettothetruth,andtheydowhatmatureleadersdoeveryday;theyhavedifficultconversationswithdifficultpeople,sometimesduringverydifficulttimes.Andtheystartupthatpathbyacceptingacoreproposition,andthatpropositionisthefollowing:
Lyingisacooperativeact.Thinkaboutit,aliehasnopowerwhatsoeverbyitsmereutterance.Itspoweremergeswhensomeoneelseagreestobelievethelie.
SoIknowitmaysoundliketoughlove,butlook,ifatsomepointyougotliedto,it'sbecauseyouagreedtogetliedto.Truthnumberoneaboutlying:
Lying'sacooperativeact.Nownotallliesareharmful.Sometimeswe'rewillingparticipantsindeceptionforthesakeofsocialdignity,maybetokeepasecretthatshouldbekeptsecret,secret.Wesay,"Nicesong.""Honey,youdon'tlookfatinthat,no."Orwesay,favoriteofthedigiratti,"Youknow,Ijustfishedthatemailoutofmyspamfolder.Sosorry."
Buttherearetimeswhenweareunwillingparticipantsindeception.Andthatcanhavedramaticcostsforus.Lastyearsaw997billiondollarsincorporatefraudaloneintheUnitedStates.That'saneyelashunderatrilliondollars.That'ssevenpercentofrevenues.Deceptioncancostbillions.ThinkEnron,Madoff,themortgagecrisis.Orinthecaseofdoubleagentsandtraitors,likeRobertHanssenorAldrichAmes,liescanbetrayourcountry,theycancompromiseoursecurity,theycanunderminedemocracy,theycancausethedeathsofthosethatdefendus.
Deceptionisactuallyseriousbusiness.Thisconman,HenryOberlander,hewassuchaneffectiveconmanBritishauthoritiessayhecouldhaveunderminedtheentirebankingsystemoftheWesternworld.Andyoucan'tfindthisguyonGoogle;youcan'tfindhimanywhere.Hewasinterviewedonce,andhesaidthefollowing.Hesaid,"Look,I'vegotonerule."AndthiswasHenry'srule,hesaid,"Look,everyoneiswillingtogiveyousomething.They'rereadytogiveyousomethingforwhateveritisthey'rehungryfor."Andthat'sthecruxofit.Ifyoudon'twanttobedeceived,youhavetoknow,whatisitthatyou'rehungryfor?
Andweallkindofhatetoadmitit.Wewishwewerebetterhusbands,betterwives,smarter,morepowerful,taller,richer--thelistgoeson.Lyingisanattempttobridgethatgap,toconnectourwishesandourfantasiesaboutwhowewishwewere,howwewishwecouldbe,withwhatwe'rereallylike.Andboyarewewillingtofillinthosegapsinourliveswithlies.
Onagivenday,studiesshowthatyoumaybeliedtoanywherefrom10to200times.Nowgranted,manyofthosearewhitelies.Butinanotherstudy,itshowedthatstrangersliedthreetimeswithinthefirst10minutesofmeetingeachother.(Laughter)Nowwhenwefirsthearthisdata,werecoil.Wecan'tbelievehowprevalentlyingis.We'reessentiallyagainstlying.Butifyoulookmoreclosely,theplotactuallythickens.Weliemoretostrangersthanwelietocoworkers.Extrovertsliemorethanintroverts.Menlieeighttimesmoreaboutthemselvesthantheydootherpeople.Womenliemoretoprotectotherpeople.Ifyou'reanaveragemarriedcouple,you'regoingtolietoyourspouseinoneoutofevery10interactions.Nowyoumaythinkthat'sbad.Ityou'reunmarried,thatnumberdropstothree.
Lying'scomplex.It'swovenintothefabricofourdailyandourbusinesslives.We'redeeplyambivalentaboutthetruth.Weparseitoutonanas-neededbasis,sometimesforverygoodreasons,othertimesjustbecausewedon'tunderstandthegapsinourlives.That'struthnumbertwoaboutlying.We'reagainstlying,butwe'recovertlyforitinwaysthatoursocietyhassanctionedforcenturiesandcenturiesandcenturies.It'sasoldasbreathing.It'spartofourculture,it'spartofourhistory.ThinkDante,Shakespeare,theBible,NewsoftheWorld.
Lyinghasevolutionaryvaluetousasaspecies.Researchershavelongknownthatthemoreintelligentthespecies,thelargertheneocortex,themorelikelyitistobedeceptive.NowyoumightrememberKoko.DoesanybodyrememberKokothegorillawhowastaughtsignlanguage?
Kokowastaughttocommunicateviasignlanguage.Here'sKokowithherkitten.It'shercutelittle,fluffypetkitten.Kokoonceblamedherpetkittenforrippingasinkoutofthewall.(Laughter)We'rehardwiredtobecomeleadersofthepack.It'sstartsreally,reallyearly.Howearly?
Wellbabieswillfakeacry,pause,waittoseewho'scomingandthengorightbacktocrying.One-year-oldslearnconcealment.(Laughter)Two-year-oldsbluff.Five-year-oldslieoutright.Theymanipulateviaflattery.Nine-year-olds,mastersofthecoverup.Bythetimeyouentercollege,you'regoingtolietoyourmominoneoutofeveryfiveinteractions.Bythetimeweenterthisworkworldandwe'rebreadwinners,weenteraworldthatisjustclutteredwithspam,fakedigitalfriends,partisanmedia,ingeniousidentitythieves,world-classPonzischemers,adeceptionepidemic--inshort,whatoneauthorcallsapost-truthsociety.It'sbeenveryconfusingforalongtimenow.
Whatdoyoudo?
Welltherearestepswecantaketonavigateourwaythroughthemorass.Trainedliespottersgettothetruth90percentofthetime.Therestofus,we'reonly54percentaccurate.Whyisitsoeasytolearn?
Therearegoodliarsandtherearebadliars.Therearenorealoriginalliars.Weallmakethesamemistakes.Weallusethesametechniques.SowhatI'mgoingtodoisI'mgoingtoshowyoutwopatternsofdeception.Andthenwe'regoingtolookatthehotspotsandseeifwecanfindthemourselves.We'regoingtostartwithspeech.
(Video)BillClinton:
Iwantyoutolistentome.I'mgoingtosaythisagain.Ididnothavesexualrelationswiththatwoman,MissLewinsky.Inevertoldanybodytolie,notasingletime,never.Andtheseallegationsarefalse.AndIneedtogobacktoworkfortheAmericanpeople.Thankyou.
PamelaMeyer:
Okay,whatwerethetelltalesigns?
Wellfirstweheardwhat'sknownasanon-contracteddenial.Studiesshowthatpeoplewhoareoverdeterminedintheirdenialwillresorttoformalratherthaninformallanguage.Wealsohearddistancinglanguage:
"thatwoman."Weknowthatliarswillunconsciouslydistancethemselvesfromtheirsubjectusinglanguageastheirtool.NowifBillClintonhadsaid,"Well,totellyouthetruth..."orRichardNixon'sfavorite,"Inallcandor..."hewouldhavebeenadeadgiveawayforanyliespotterthanknowsthatqualifyinglanguage,asit'scalled,qualifyinglanguagelikethat,furtherdiscreditsthesubject.Nowifhehadrepeatedthequestioninitsentirety,orifhehadpepperedhisaccountwithalittletoomuchdetail--andwe'reallreallygladhedidn'tdothat--hewouldhavefurtherdiscreditedhimself.Freudhaditright.Freudsaid,look,there'smuchmoretoitthanspeech:
"Nomortalcankeepasecret.Ifhislipsaresilent,hechatterswithhisfingertips."Andwealldoitnomatterhowpowerfulyouare.Weallchatterwithourfingertips.I'mgoingtoshowyouDominiqueStrauss-KahnwithObamawho'schatteringwithhisfingertips.
Nowthisbringsustoournextpattern,whichisbodylanguage.Withbodylanguage,here'swhatyou'vegottodo.You'vereallygottojustthrowyourassumptionsoutthedoor.Letthesciencetemperyourknowledgealittlebit.Becausewethinkliarsfidgetallthetime.Wellguesswhat,they'reknowntofreezetheirupperbodieswhenthey'relying.Wethinkliarswon'tlookyouintheeyes.Wellguesswhat,theylookyouintheeyesalittletoomuchjusttocompensateforthatmyth.Wethinkwarmthandsmilesconveyhonesty,sincerity.Butatrainedliespottercanspotafakesmileamileaway.Canyouallspotthefakesmilehere?
Youcanconsciouslycontractthemusclesinyourcheeks.Buttherealsmile'sintheeyes,thecrow'sfeetoftheeyes.Theycannotbeconsciouslycontracted,especiallyifyouoverdidtheBotox.Don'toverdotheBotox;nobodywillthinkyou'rehonest.
Nowwe'regoingtolookatthehotspots.Canyoutellwhat'shappeninginaconversation?
Canyoustarttofindthehotspotstoseethediscrepanciesbetweensomeone'swordsandsomeone'sactions?
NowIknowitseemsreallyobvious,butwhenyou'rehavingaconversationwithsomeoneyoususpectofdeception,attitudeisbyfarthemostoverlookedbuttellingofindicators.
Anhonestpersonisgoingtobecooperative.They'regoingtoshowthey'reonyourside.They'regoingtobeenthusiastic.They'regoingtobewi