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　　今天的句子：

　　People, though, are liars. Experiments that don’t rely on self-reporting regularly show that physical attractiveness is exquisitely, at times incomparably, important to both men and women. Status (however you want to measure it: income, formal education, et cetera) is often not far behind. In real-life dating studies, which get closer to genuine intentions, physical attractiveness and earning potential strongly predict romantic attraction.

　　思考题：

　　People in self-reporting experiments undervalue the importance of appearance and money.

　　第一句：

　　People, though, are liars.

　　Though 放在句首，句中：虽然;放在…,though，… 或者…, though.：但是!

　　参考译文：

　　但人们爱说谎。(体会一下翻译成“人们是骗子”是不是有点不太对。)

　　第二句：

　　Experiments that don’t rely on self-reporting regularly show that physical attractiveness is exquisitely, at times incomparably, important to both men and women.

　　词汇突破：

　　1.physical attractiveness 躯体的吸引力，即体征美

　　2.exquisitely 精细地;微妙地;过分讲究地

　　3.at times 有时

　　4.incomparably 无可比拟地

　　主干识别：Experiments… regularly show that physical attractiveness is exquisitely important to both men and women.实验通常显示体征美对于男性和女性都相当重要。

　　切分成分：

　　1.that don’t rely on self-reporting(定语从句)

　　2.at times incomparably(插入语)与exquisitely并列，表示有多重要：有时也无比地重要

　　参考译文：不依赖于自我陈述的实验通常显示，体征美对于男性和女性都相当重要，有时是无比的重要。

　　第三句：

　　Status (however you want to measure it: income, formal education, et cetera) is often not far behind.

　　词汇突破：

　　1.measure 衡量

　　2.formal education　正规教育

　　3.etc./et cetera　等等

　　4.far behind 落后太远

　　5.however 无论…

　　参考译文：地位(无论你想怎么衡量它：收入、正规教育等)往往排名也不会太靠后。

　　第四句：

　　In real-life dating studies, which get closer to genuine intentions, physical attractiveness and earning potential strongly predict romantic attraction.

　　词汇突破：

　　real-life 真实的

　　dating 约会

　　genuine 真正的

　　intention 意图

　　主干识别：physical attractiveness and earning potential strongly predict romantic attraction　体征美和收入潜力很强地预测了浪漫吸引力。

　　切分成分：In real-life dating studies(地点状语)在实际约会研究中

　　which get closer to genuine intentions(定语从句)什么样的研究

　　参考译文：

　　在更接近真实意图的实际约会研究中，体征美和收入潜力强烈地预示了浪漫吸引力(被别人喜欢上的可能性)。

　　思考题：

　　People in self-reporting experiments undervalue the importance of appearance and money.

　　根据上面的译文可以知道，不依赖于自我陈述的实验证明了外表和金钱的重要性，反言之，就是依赖于自我陈述的实验低估了它们的重要性。所以这道题的答案是“True”又是一次正话反说!