2013年英语四级阅读理解长难句练习（八十八）

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88.People are also more likely to lie in real time—in an instant message or phone call, say—than if they have time to think of a response, says Hancock.(06.6 Passage 1)
　　主干：People are more likely to lie... than if...,(says Hancock.)
　　解析：句末的says Hancock 可以看做插入成分，也可以看做是这种句式的主句部分（用了倒装结构）。两个破折号中间的内容是插入语，是对前面内容的举例说明。...are more likely to lie...than if...是比较句，是把real time 交际与if they have time to think of a response 的交际进行比较。
　　译文：Hancock说，比起有时间设想答复的场合，人们在实时谈话中——比如说在即时信息或者电话谈话中——也更可能撒谎。