BUTCHER: Do you want any meat today. Mrs. Bird?
MRS.BIRD: Yes, please.
BUTCHER: Do you want beef or lamb?
MRS.BIRD: Beef, please.
BUTCHER: This lamb's very good.
MRS.BIRD: I like lamb, but my husband doesn't.
BUTCHER: What about some steak? This is a nice piece.
MRS.BIRD: Give me that piece, please.
MRS.BIRD: And a pound of mince2, too.
BUTCHER: Do you want a chicken, Mrs. Bird? They 're very nice.
MRS.BIRD: No, thank you.
MRS.BIRD: My husband likes steak, but he doesn't like chicken.
BUTCHER: To tell you the truth, Mrs. Bird,I don't like chicken either!
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To tell(you) the truth, 老实说，说实话。
它常用于句首，作句子的附加成分，表示说话人对所说话语的态度：- To tell you the truth, I don't like his new car at all.
给你讲实话，我一点儿也不喜欢他的那辆新车。
- To tell you the truth, I don't like his new car at all.
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either, 也，而且（一般用于否定句，位于句末，前面通常有逗号）：
- He doesn't like the house, and I don't like it, either.
他不喜欢这所房子，我也不喜欢。 - If you do not go, I shall not go, either.
如果你不去，那么我也不去。 - I haven't seen the film and my sister hasn't either.
我没有看过那部电影，我妹妹也没看过。
- He doesn't like the house, and I don't like it, either.
