新視野大學(xué)英語(yǔ)（第三版）第四冊(cè)課文及翻譯

1、Lovelogic:ThestyoffallacyIhadmyfirstdatewithPollyafterImadethetradewithmyroommateRob.ThatyeareveryguyoncampushadaleatherjacketRobcouldntsttheideaofbeingtheonlyfootballplayerwhodidntsohemadeapactthathedgivemehisgirlinexch

2、angefmyjacket.Hewasntthebrightestguy.Pollywasnttooshrewdeither.Butshewasprettywelloffdidntdyeherhairstrangecolsweartoomuchmakeup.Shehadtherightbackgroundtobethegirlfriendofadoggedbrilliantlawyer.IfIcouldshowtheelitelawfi

3、rmsIappliedtothatIhadaradiantwellspokencounterpartbymysideIjustmightedgepastthecompetition.“Radiant“shewasalready.Icoulddispenseherenoughpearlsofwisdomtomakeher“wellspoken“.AfterabannerdayoutIdroveuntilweweresituatedunde

4、rabigoldoaktreeonahillofftheexpressway.WhatIhadinmindwasalittleeccentric.Ithoughtthevenuewithaperfectviewoftheluminouscitywouldlightenthemood.WestayedinthecarIturneddownthestereotookmyfootoffthebrakepedal.“Whatarewegoing

5、totalkabout“sheasked.愛(ài)情與邏輯：謬誤的故事在我和室友羅伯的交易成功之后，我和波莉有了第一次約會(huì)。那一年校園里每個(gè)人都有件皮夾克，而羅伯是校足球隊(duì)員中唯一一個(gè)沒(méi)有皮夾克的，他一想到這個(gè)就受不了，于是他和我達(dá)成了一項(xiàng)協(xié)議，用他的女友換取我的夾克。他可不那么聰明，而他的女友波莉也不太精明。但她漂亮而且富有，也沒(méi)有把頭發(fā)染成奇怪的顏色或是化很濃的妝。她擁有合適的家庭背景，足以勝任一名堅(jiān)忍而睿智的律師的女友。如果我能夠讓我所

6、申請(qǐng)的頂尖律師事務(wù)所看到我身邊伴隨著一位光彩照人、談吐優(yōu)雅的另一半，我就很有可能在競(jìng)聘中以微弱優(yōu)勢(shì)獲勝?！肮獠收杖恕?，她已經(jīng)是了。而我也能施予她足夠多的“智慧之珠”，讓她變得“談吐優(yōu)雅”。在一起外出度過(guò)了美好的一天之后，我驅(qū)車(chē)來(lái)到了高速公路旁一座小山上一棵古老的大橡樹(shù)下。我的想法有些怪異。而這個(gè)地方能夠俯瞰燈火燦爛的城區(qū)，我覺(jué)得它會(huì)使人的心情變輕松。我們呆在車(chē)子里，我調(diào)低了音響并把腳從剎車(chē)上挪開(kāi)?！拔覀円勑┦裁?？”她問(wèn)道。“Logic

7、.““Cool“shesaidoverhergum.“Thedoctrineoflogic”Isaid“isastapleofclearthinking.Failuresinlogicdisttthetruthsomeofthemarewellknown.FirstletslookatthefallacyDictoSimpliciter.““Great”sheagreed.“DictoSimplicitermeansanunqualif

8、iedgeneralization.Fexample:Exerciseisgood.Therefeeverybodyshouldexercise.“Shenoddedinagreement.Icouldseeshewasstumped.“Polly“Iexplained“itstoosimpleageneralization.Ifyouhavesayheartdiseaseextremeobesityexerciseisbadnotgo

9、od.Therefeyoumustsayexerciseisgoodfmostpeople.““NextisHastyGeneralization.SelfexplanatyrightListencarefully:YoucantspeakFrench.RobcantspeakFrench.LookslikenobodyatthisschoolcanspeakFrench.““Really“saidPollyamazed.“Nobody

10、““Thisisalsoafallacy“Isaid.“Thegeneralizationisreachedtoohastily.Toofewinstancessupptsuchaconclusion.““Oh“shesaidalittledisappointed.FavingherwithagrinIsaid“Wehavenowspentfiveeveningstogether.Wegetalongprettywell.Wemakea

11、prettygoodcouple.““HastyGeneralization“saidPollybrightly.“asanmalpersonmightsaythatsalittleprematuredontyouthink“Ilaughedwithamusement.Shedlearnedherlessonswellfarsurpassingmyexpectations.“Sweetheart“Isaidpattingherhinat

12、olerantmanner“fivedatesisplenty.Afterallyoudonthavetoeatawholecaketoknowitsgood.“她眨著眼睛，仍在竭力地忍住眼淚?！敖酉聛?lái)”，我小心地說(shuō)，“我們來(lái)討論‘錯(cuò)誤類(lèi)比’。舉個(gè)例子：學(xué)生考試時(shí)應(yīng)該允許看課本，因?yàn)橥饪漆t(yī)生在做手術(shù)時(shí)可以看X光片?！薄拔蚁矚g這個(gè)主意，”她說(shuō)?！安ɡ?，”我抱怨道，“別打岔，這一推論是錯(cuò)誤的。醫(yī)生們不是在參加考試以檢查他們學(xué)到了多少，而學(xué)生

13、卻是。他們的情況完全不同，你不能將他們作類(lèi)比?！薄拔胰匀徽J(rèn)為這是一個(gè)好主意，”波莉說(shuō)。經(jīng)過(guò)五個(gè)夜晚的辛勤努力，我竟然真的將波莉打造成了一個(gè)邏輯行家，她總算能夠分析思考了?，F(xiàn)在應(yīng)該是時(shí)候讓我們的關(guān)系從學(xué)術(shù)向浪漫發(fā)展了?！安ɡ颍碑?dāng)我們又一次坐在那棵橡樹(shù)下的時(shí)候我對(duì)她說(shuō)，“今晚我們不討論邏輯謬誤了?！薄芭?？”她回答說(shuō)，有一點(diǎn)失望。我贊許地對(duì)她笑了笑，說(shuō)：“我們?cè)谝黄鹨呀?jīng)度過(guò)了五個(gè)晚上，相互之間挺合得來(lái)，我們是蠻相配的一對(duì)?！薄安萋式Y(jié)論，”波

14、莉伶俐地說(shuō)，“或者是按一般人的說(shuō)法，這個(gè)結(jié)論有些不成熟，你不這樣認(rèn)為嗎？”我被逗得笑了起來(lái)，她功課還真學(xué)得不錯(cuò)，大大超過(guò)了我的預(yù)期?！坝H愛(ài)的，”我開(kāi)口說(shuō)，同時(shí)寬容地拍了拍她的手，“五次約會(huì)已經(jīng)夠多了，畢竟你不需要吃掉整個(gè)蛋糕才知道它是不是好吃?！薄癋alseAnalogy“saidPollypromptly.“Yourpremiseisthatdatingislikeeating.Butyourenotacake.Youreaboy.“

15、Ilaughedwithsomewhatlessamusementhidingmydreadthatshedlearnedherlessonstoowell.Afewmefalsestepswouldbemydoom.Idecidedtochangetacticstryflatteryinstead.“PollyIloveyou.Pleasesayyoullgooutwithme.Imnothingwithoutyou.““AdMise

16、ricdiam“shesaid.“Youcertainlycandiscernafallacywhenyouseeit“Isaidmyhopesstartingtocrumble.“Butdonttakethemsoliterally.Imeanthisisallacademic.Youknowthethingsyoulearninschooldonthaveanythingtodowithreallife.““DictoSimplic

17、iter“shesaid.“Besidesyoureallyshouldpracticewhatyoupreach.“Ileapedtomyfeetmytemperflaringup.“Willyouwillyounotgooutwithme““Notoyourproposition“shereplied.“Why“Idemed.“ImmeinterestedinadifferentpetitionerRobIarebacktogeth