Detecting Lies

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Detecting Lies
(YouTube 2011)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3PAW7zjgPw
Welcome back! Do you ever wonder if someone is lying to you? Well, there are some things that you can look
for to find the truth. And we brought in a polygraph examiner to put five people to the test and show you how to
be a human lie-detector.
- Did you ever steal anything – valued at more than ten, (or) twenty-five dollars?
- No.
- Are you basically a dishonest person?
- Basically a dishonest person?
This polygraph examiner and retired FBI agent doesn't need a machine to pinpoint a liar.
The eyes are a window to the soul. You can see right through them.
What do they expect from me? That's a good question.
Take a close look at this guy's eyes. Before Jason answers, he looks up to the right.
Looking up on the right means you're making up something. You're visually picturing something that's never
happened.
You know, that's a lie!
(Looking) up to the left, you're remembering something. (The) only problem, it's the opposite for lefties, like
Jason, so he's telling the truth. Shifty eyes could also indicate dishonesty.
The moment they complete that lie, they look right back at me, because they're trying to see whether I'm buying
what they're selling!
Bill Brown says all of the people we interviewed are basically honest. Look at how comfortably they sit in their
chair. Liars may rub their neck, tap their fingers, look at their watch – all signs of nervousness.
Or they'll position something between you and them – even if it's only a book or a coffee cup. When you see
something like that, why's that? It's just getting a barrier or something between you and me.
Someone telling a fib may lean back in their chair, sit to the side and keep their arms crossed and hands tightly
folded in their lap.
- Did you ever put any false information on any form?
- On any form? No.
What about people who try to change the conversation.
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It makes almost everybody a little bit uncomfortable to lie, so if they can say something else in a tangential
way and get you to accept that, then they don't have to lie.
And really listen to what they're saying and how they say it.
If (during) all the time (that) you've been talking to them, they've been speaking in one voice and then all at once
they speak in this voice, humm .(it's) a pretty good indication (that they've been lying).
Pretty insightful, and Bill says liars are most likely to do a combo of those things, (so) you have to look out
for that. But there's also some things that they just cannot control at all, affected by the autonomic nervous
system, and we put that list, if you want to check it out on our website koco.com if you're really trying to see if
someone is honest or not.
I was talking to you about this earlier, (I) talked to Bill Brown before you interviewed him because we were
getting everybody ready and I was thinking, you know, I don't know what to do with my hands and he can't put it
aside because he's retired FBI and he's been doing it for so many years and every time he talks to people, he's
looking at that.
He's looking to see what they're saying …
Vocabulary
00. a lie
01. to bring in a polygraph examiner
02. to steal / stole / stolen
03. to pinpoint a liar
04. a window to the soul
05. to see right through them (the eyes)
06. to take a close look
07. to look up to the right
08. … means you're making up something
09. to visually picture something
10. a lefty
11. to tell the truth
12. shifty eyes
13. to look right back at someone
14. to see whether I'm buying what they're selling
15. to rub one's neck
un mensonge
faire venir
voler
mettre le doigt sur un menteur
une fenêtre à l'âme
voir à travers
regarder de près
lever les yeux à droite
signifie que vous inventez quelque chose
imaginer quelque chose visuellement
un gaucher / une gauchère
dire la verité
des yeux fuyants
retourner le regard de quelqu'un
pour voir si je crois ce qu'ils racontent
se frotter le cou
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pianoter
placer un obstacle
raconter un petit mensonge, un bobard
(ici) s’adosser à la chaise
s'asseoir sur le côté
garder les bras croisés
garder les mains serrées
sur les genoux
sur n'importe quel formulaire
to tap one's fingers
to get a barrier between you and me
to tell a fib
to lean back in one's chair
to sit to the side
to keep one's arms crossed
to keep one's hands tightly folded
in one's lap
on any form
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to make uncomfortable
in a tangential way
to get one to accept something
to speak in one voice
all at once
(that's) pretty insightful
to be most likely to do a combo of things
to look out for something
to check something out
to get everybody ready
to put something aside
rendre mal à l'aise
hors sujet, n'ayant pas de rapport
faire accepter
parler d'une voix
tout d'un coup
c'est très éducatif
faire probablement une combinaison de choses
prêter attention
examiner
préparer tout le monde
mettre de côté, ne pas faire attention à quelque chose