英語四級(jí)閱讀理解長難句練習(xí)（八十八）

　　88.People are also more likely to lie in real timein an instant message or phone call, saythan if they have time to think of a response, says Hancock.

　　主干：People are more likely to lie... than if...,

　　解析：句末的says Hancock 可以看做插入成分，也可以看做是這種句式的主句部分（用了倒裝結(jié)構(gòu)）。兩個(gè)破折號(hào)中間的內(nèi)容是插入語，是對(duì)前面內(nèi)容的舉例說明。...are more likely to lie...than if...是比較句，是把real time 交際與if they have time to think of a response 的交際進(jìn)行比較。

　　譯文：Hancock說，比起有時(shí)間設(shè)想答復(fù)的場(chǎng)合，人們?cè)趯?shí)時(shí)談話中比如說在即時(shí)信息或者電話談話中也更可能撒謊。