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?

 每個學英語的人都知道白色謊言是什么意思，但既然這是一個謊言，它就是一個備受爭議的話題。有個相關的例子就是如果有個身患不治之癥的病人，醫生和其他人應該告訴那個病人真相么？

 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.

 反對這個的人堅信病人應該知道真相，這樣他們就能對他們的健康問題作出適當的決定。還有法律規定人們有權知道關于他們的真實情況，所以如果告訴他們謊話，那么事實上就是在侵犯他們的合法權利。

 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.

 與之相反的人們認為善意謊言是可接受的。他們擔心如果病人知道了他們的真實情況，就會有毀掉他們的希望的風險，這會讓情況更加糟糕，他們可能會拒絕接受治療，或者自殺。因此，我們應當守住真相。

  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什么樣的病人。如果病人有強烈的意志要活下去，有積極地態度，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。總之，無論善意謊言可接受與否，我們都應當謹記應當人道地傳達信息。