英语四级阅读理解长难句练习（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。