情景对话：
A: How does Santa Claus work in America? 美国的圣诞老人是怎么回事呀？
B: Basically, parents lie to their kids about Santa being real. It's a way to make sure they behave. 基本上家长骗他们的孩子说圣诞老人是真的，这也是一个让小朋友乖乖的方法。

知识点：
How does... work? ...是怎么回事？
• How does the election work? 选举是什么选的？
• How does this game work? 这个游戏怎么玩呀？

Lie to someone about… 对…撒谎说…
• You lied to me about why you didn't come. I know you went out with your friends. 你骗我说你为什么没来。我知道你跟你的朋友出去浪了。

Behave 表现，听话
动词
• When my dog doesn't behave, I don't give him any treats. 我家狗不听话的时候，我就不给他零食吃。
• I always behaved when I was a child. 我小时候一直都很听话。

well-behaved 听话的
形容词

使用搭配为：
someone is well-behaved
• He's a well-behaved kid. 他是个很听话的孩子。

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