雅思听力真题（Part 3）
目击证人证词可靠性讨论
本篇也叫：目击证人可靠性、目击证人证词、证人证词可靠性、目击者证词、目击证人辨认、eyewitness reliability
Part 3 · 考频：高频 · 最近考试：2016.1.23/2015.2.7
本篇为雅思听力真题（Part 3）《Eyewitness reliability》，共 10 题，2016.1.23/2015.2.7雅思考试真题回忆，页面提供完整题目、答案与解析，并支持在线机考模式免费练习。本页同时提供 Markdown 版本 供 AI 助手与搜索引擎直接读取。
两位法学生Eleanor和Jamie讨论目击证人证词的可靠性，涉及目击者辨认在民事和刑事审判中的说服力、证人自信程度的影响、教科书和调查报告的局限性，以及夜间、距离、瞬间发生等因素导致证词不可靠，还提到照片辨认程序容易被左右。
答案：they make their statements with confidence
原文定位：And reading between the lines, I'd say that when a witness gives evidence in a very self-assured way, everyone takes them at their word, whether they're a doctor who speaks with an assumed authority or the average person in the street, it doesn't seem to matter as much as their manner.
同义替换：「make their statements with confidence」↔「gives evidence in a very self-assured way」，「believed」↔「takes them at their word」
答案：some of the data were gathered some time ago
原文定位：Yes, it's a good book, divided into user-friendly sections. It refers to case studies, and the conclusions are clearly underlined. But actually, some of the cases are more than ten years old now;Well, it's the same problem with the survey reports our tutor gave us, but at least they draw on a representative sample
同义替换：「some of the data were gathered some time ago」↔「some of the cases are more than ten years old now」，「concerns」↔「problem」，「the texts they have read so far」↔「the survey reports our tutor gave us」
答案：how long the event lasts
原文定位：But there can be good reasons for that, like an incident may happen at night in the dark;Or it happens some way away, but it's the fact that it can happen in just a split second that makes the witness's account so unreliable;That point's made very strongly in what I've read too
同义替换：「how long the event lasts」↔「happen in just a split second」，「affecting eyewitness reliability」↔「makes the witness's account so unreliable」
答案：fail to compare the photos with their memory of the event
原文定位：And are the witnesses told exactly what they have to do;Mostly. But the trouble is, most people focus on the photos and choose the most likely suspect from the bunch and forget about the actual incident and who they saw at the time
同义替换：「photo-identifications」↔「looking at photos of different people and picking out the suspect」，「fail to compare the photos with their memory of the event」↔「forget about the actual incident and who they saw at the time」
答案：was not present at the incident
原文定位：And I read something about a naive observer. Do you know what that is? Is it a witness who's never been in a court before;Oh, I understood it to mean someone who's had nothing to do with the event, and they're asked to look at the photos and pick out the potential suspect;That figures
同义替换：「was not present at the incident」↔「had nothing to do with the event」
答案：they do not want to appear foolish
原文定位：Another thing I read was that witnesses don't like to change their minds once they've made a particular statement. I thought people might worry about the fact that they told a lie in court and think they might be punished in some way, but it's simply that they're afraid of seeming unintelligent or lightweight;Yeah. People are reluctant to lose face
同义替换：「reluctant to change their opinions」↔「don't like to change their minds once they've made a particular statement」，「do not want to appear foolish」↔「afraid of seeming unintelligent or lightweight」
答案：frightened by the unfamiliar environment
原文定位：The rapport stage, when a relationship between the child and the interviewer is built up, seems to be crucial;But many children fail to say anything that provides any real information;It must be hard for them not to feel a bit scared about being in a formal setting like a court building
同义替换：「frightened」↔「feel a bit scared」，「the unfamiliar environment」↔「a formal setting」，「problem」↔「fail to」
答案：unwillingness to say they don`t know
原文定位：Still, it's a good lead in to open-ended questions where the interviewer carefully sticks to their prepared questions in order to remain neutral;I can see the point of that, but the handout discusses the issue of children simply not understanding the specialist language used, so the whole interview just gets more puzzling for them
同义替换：「unwillingness to say they don`t know」↔「not understanding the specialist language used, so the whole interview just gets more puzzling for them」
答案：distrust of the interviewer
原文定位：I think the stage called closed questions is easier for children to handle. They just have to answer yes or no. But everything's not so clear cut in a child's world, and abstract concepts such as honesty haven't been fully grasped by young children. You mean they make things up? Apparently. And in the final stage, closure;children often become suspicious of the questioner
同义替换：「distrust of the interviewer」↔「become suspicious of the questioner」
答案：confused by the terminology
原文定位：I can see the point of that, but the handout discusses the issue of children simply not understanding the specialist language used, so the whole interview just gets more puzzling for them. I think the stage called closed questions is easier for children to handle. They just have to answer yes or no;But everything's not so clear cut in a child's world, and abstract concepts such as honesty haven't been fully grasped by young children;You mean they make things up;Apparently. And in the final stage, closure, where the interviewer has to check anything that hasn't been made clear to them by repeating previous questions, children often become suspicious of the questioner
同义替换：「confused by the terminology」↔「not understanding the specialist language used」，「problem may there be with」↔「gets more puzzling for them」