White Lie

Everyone learning English knows what awhite lie means, but since it is a lie, it has always been a controversialtopic. A case in point is when a patient is suffering an incurable illness,should the doctor or the other people inform the patient of the truth?

 每個(gè)學(xué)英語的人都知道白色謊言是什么意思，但既然這是一個(gè)謊言，它就是一個(gè)備受爭議的話題。有個(gè)相關(guān)的例子就是如果有個(gè)身患不治之癥的病人，醫(yī)生和其他人應(yīng)該告訴那個(gè)病人真相么？

 People who against this insist that the patients should be informed thetrue information about their illness, so that they can make proper decisionaccording to their health. And the laws entitle people to know the truth whichconcerns themselves, so telling them a lie in fact invades their legal right.

 反對(duì)這個(gè)的人堅(jiān)信病人應(yīng)該知道真相，這樣他們就能對(duì)他們的健康問題作出適當(dāng)?shù)臎Q定。還有法律規(guī)定人們有權(quán)知道關(guān)于他們的真實(shí)情況，所以如果告訴他們謊話，那么事實(shí)上就是在侵犯他們的合法權(quán)利。

 Contrary to the above belief, some people hold that a white lie is tacceptable. They worry about that if the patient was told the true about theircondition, it will risks destroying their hope, which will make the situationeven worse, they might refuse to receive treatment or commit suicide.Therefore, we should keep the true to ourselves.

 與之相反的人們認(rèn)為善意謊言是可接受的。他們擔(dān)心如果病人知道了他們的真實(shí)情況，就會(huì)有毀掉他們的希望的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)，這會(huì)讓情況更加糟糕，他們可能會(huì)拒絕接受治療，或者自殺。因此，我們應(yīng)當(dāng)守住真相。

  Asfar as I’m concerned, whether people should tell a white lie or not depends onwhat kind of person the patient is. If the patient has a strong will to liveand has positive attitude, telling them the truth will be helpful to thetreatment. But if the patient is the opposite, we had better not do so. Toconclude, no matter the white lie is acceptable nor not, we should keep in mindthat the information should be conveyed in a humane way.

 就我而言，說不說善意謊言取決于對(duì)什么樣的病人。如果病人有強(qiáng)烈的意志要活下去，有積極地態(tài)度，告訴他們真相有助于幫助他們治療。但如果病人是消極的，我們最好就不要那么做�？傊�，無論善意謊言可接受與否，我們都應(yīng)當(dāng)謹(jǐn)記應(yīng)當(dāng)人道地傳達(dá)信息。