急!请帮忙翻译一下这段文字,谢谢!
这一段文字是2010年天津卷高考英语阅读里的,我不太懂.
Andwhatiswrongwithasocietythatthinksthatmakingupagoodexcuseislikecreatingaworkofart?Oneofthecommonproblemswithmakingexcusesisthatpeople,especiallyyoungpeople,gettheideathatit’sokaynottobetotallyhonestallthetime.Thereisacorollary(直接推论)tothat:ifagoodexcuseis“good”evenifitisn’thonest,thenwhereistheplaceofthetruth?
特别是第一句该怎么理解?谢谢
麻烦整段都翻译一下!