love is fallacy中英文对照.docx
《love is fallacy中英文对照.docx》由会员分享，可在线阅读，更多相关《love is fallacy中英文对照.docx（26页珍藏版）》请在冰点文库上搜索。
loveisfallacy中英文对照
LoveisFallacy
byMaxShulman
CoolwasIandlogical.Keen,calculating，perspicacious,acuteandastute-Iwasallofthese.Mybrainwasaspowerfulasadynamo,preciseasachemist'sscales,aspenetratingasascalpel.And—thinkofit！
-Ionlyeighteen.
Itisnotoftenthatonesoyounghassuchagiantintellect.Take,forexample，PeteyBellows,myroommateattheuniversity.Sameage，samebackground，butdumbasanox。
Aniceenoughfellow,youunderstand,butnothingupstairs.Emotionaltype。
Unstable。
Impressionable.Worstofall,afaddist。
Fads,Isubmit,aretheverynegationofreason。
Tobesweptupineverynewcrazethatcomesalong,tosurrenderoneselftoidiocyjustbecauseeverybodyelseisdoingit-this，tome,istheacmeofmindlessness。
Not，however，toPetey.
OneafternoonIfoundPeteylyingonhisbedwithanexpressionofsuchdistressonhisfacethatIimmediatelydiagnosedappendicitis.“Don’tmove,”Isaid，“Don’ttakealaxative。
I’llgetadoctor.”
“Raccoon，”hemumbledthickly.
“Raccoon?
”Isaid，pausinginmyflight。
“Iwantaraccooncoat，”hewailed。
Iperceivedthathistroublewasnotphysical,butmental。
“Whydoyouwantaraccooncoat？
”
“Ishouldhaveknownit，"hecried，poundinghistemples。
“Ishouldhaveknownthey’dcomebackwhentheCharlestoncameback。
LikeafoolIspentallmymoneyfortextbooks,andnowIcan'tgetaraccooncoat。
"
“Canyoumean，”Isaidincredulously，“thatpeopleareactuallywearingraccooncoatsagain？
"
“AlltheBigMenonCampusarewearingthem.Where’veyoubeen?
”
“Inthelibrary,"Isaid，namingaplacenotfrequentedbyBigMenonCampus.
Heleapedfromthebedandpacedtheroom。
“I'vegottohavearaccooncoat，”hesaidpassionately.“I’vegotto！
"
“Petey,why？
Lookatitrationally。
Raccooncoatsareunsanitary。
Theyshed.Theysmellbad.Theyweightoomuch。
They'reunsightly.They—”
“Youdon’tunderstand，”heinterruptedimpatiently。
“It'sthethingtodo。
Don’tyouwanttobeintheswim？
”
“No,"Isaidtruthfully.
“Well,Ido,”hedeclared。
“I’dgiveanythingforaraccooncoat.Anything！
"
Mybrain，thatprecisioninstrument,slippedintohighgear.“Anything？
”Iasked，lookingathimnarrowly.
“Anything,”heaffirmedinringingtones。
Istrokedmychinthoughtfully。
ItsohappenedthatIknewwheretogetmyhandsonaraccooncoat。
Myfatherhadhadoneinhisundergraduatedays;itlaynowinatrunkintheatticbackhome.ItalsohappenedthatPeteyhadsomethingIwanted。
Hedidn'thaveitexactly，butatleasthehadfirstrightsonit.Irefertohisgirl，PollyEspy.
IhadlongcovetedPollyEspy。
Letmeemphasizethatmydesireforthisyoungwomanwasnotemotionalinnature。
Shewas,tobesure,agirlwhoexcitedtheemotions,butIwasnotonetoletmyheartrulemyhead。
IwantedPollyforashrewdlycalculated,entirelycerebralreason.
Iwasafreshmaninlawschool.InafewyearsIwouldbeoutinpractice.Iwaswellawareoftheimportanceoftherightkindofwifeinfurtheringalawyer’scareer.ThesuccessfullawyersIhadobservedwere，almostwithoutexception，marriedtobeautiful，gracious,intelligentwomen。
Withoneomission，Pollyfittedthesespecificationsperfectly。
Beautifulshewas。
Shewasnotyetofpin—upproportions，butIfeltthattimewouldsupplythelack。
Shealreadyhadthemakings。
Graciousshewas。
BygraciousImeanfullofgraces。
Shehadanerectnessofcarriage，aneaseofbearing,apoisethatclearlyindicatedthebestofbreeding.Attablehermannerswereexquisite.IhadseenherattheKozyKampusKornereatingthespecialtyofthehouse—asandwichthatcontainedscrapsofpotroast，gravy,choppednuts,andadipperofsauerkraut—withoutevengettingherfingersmoist。
Intelligentshewasnot。
Infact，sheveeredintheoppositedirection。
ButIbelievedthatundermyguidanceshewouldsmartenup。
Atanyrate，itwasworthatry。
Itis，afterall，easiertomakeabeautifuldumbgirlsmartthantomakeanuglysmartgirlbeautiful.
“Petey，"Isaid，“areyouinlovewithPollyEspy?
”
“Ithinkshe’sakeenkid，”hereplied，“butIdon’tknowifyou’dcallitlove.Why？
”
“Doyou,”Iasked,“haveanykindofformalarrangementwithher?
Imeanareyougoingsteadyoranythinglikethat?
"
“No。
Weseeeachotherquiteabit，butwebothhaveotherdates。
Why?
”
“Isthere,”Iasked,“anyothermanforwhomshehasaparticularfondness？
”
“NotthatIknowof。
Why？
”
Inoddedwithsatisfaction。
“Inotherwords，ifyouwereoutofthepicture,thefieldwouldbeopen.Isthatright？
”
“Iguessso.Whatareyougettingat?
”
“Nothing,nothing,”Isaidinnocently,andtookmysuitcaseoutthecloset。
“Whereareyougoing?
”askedPetey。
“Homeforweekend。
"Ithrewafewthingsintothebag。
“Listen，”hesaid,clutchingmyarmeagerly，“whileyou’rehome,youcouldn'tgetsomemoneyfromyouroldman，couldyou,andlendittomesoIcanbuyaraccooncoat？
”
“Imaydobetterthanthat,”Isaidwithamysteriouswinkandclosedmybagandleft.
“Look，”IsaidtoPeteywhenIgotbackMondaymorning.Ithrewopenthesuitcaseandrevealedthehuge,hairy，gamyobjectthatmyfatherhadworninhisStutzBearcatin1925。
“HolyToledo！
”saidPeteyreverently.Heplungedhishandsintotheraccooncoatandthenhisface.“HolyToledo！
"herepeatedfifteenortwentytimes。
“Wouldyoulikeit？
”Iasked。
“Ohyes!
”hecried,clutchingthegreasypelttohim。
Thenacannylookcameintohiseyes。
“Whatdoyouwantforit?
"
“Yourgirl。
”Isaid,mincingnowords。
“Polly？
”hesaidinahorrifiedwhisper。
“YouwantPolly?
”
“That’sright。
”
Heflungthecoatfromhim。
“Never，”hesaidstoutly。
Ishrugged.“Okay.Ifyoudon’twanttobeintheswim,Iguessit'syourbusiness。
”
Isatdowninachairandpretendedtoreadabook，butoutofthecornerofmyeyeIkeptwatchingPetey。
Hewasatornman.Firsthelookedatthecoatwiththeexpressionofawaifatabakerywindow。
Thenheturnedawayandsethisjawresolutely.Thenhelookedbackatthecoat，withevenmorelonginginhisface.Thenheturnedaway,butwithnotsomuchresolutionthistime.Backandforthhisheadswiveled，desirewaxing，resolutionwaning。
Finallyhedidn’tturnawayatall;hejuststoodandstaredwithmadlustatthecoat。
“Itisn'tasthoughIwasinlovewithPolly,"hesaidthickly.“Orgoingsteadyoranythinglikethat.”
“That’sright,"Imurmured.
“What’sPollytome,ormetoPolly?
”
“Notathing,”saidI。
“It'sjustbeenacasualkick—justafewlaughs,that’sall。
”
“Tryonthecoat,"saidI。
Hecomplied.Thecoatbunchedhighoverhisearsanddroppedallthewaydowntohisshoetops.Helookedlikeamoundofdeadraccoons。
“Fitsfine,"hesaidhappily.
Irosefrommychair.“Isitadeal?
"Iasked,extendingmyhand.
Heswallowed。
“It’sadeal，”hesaidandshookmyhand。
IhadmyfirstdatewithPollythefollowingevening.Thiswasinthenatureofasurvey;IwantedtofindoutjusthowmuchworkIhadtodotogetherminduptothestandardIrequired。
Itookherfirsttodinner.“Gee,thatwasadelishdinner,”shesaidaswelefttherestaurant.ThenItookhertoamovie.“Gee,thatwasamarvymovie，”shesaidasweleftthetheatre.AndthenItookherhome。
“Gee,Ihadasensayshtime,"shesaidasshebademegoodnight。
Iwentbacktomyroomwithaheavyheart.Ihadgravelyunderestimatedthesizeofmytask.Thisgirl’slackofinformationwasterrifying.Norwoulditbeenoughmerelytosupplyherwithinformation.Firstshehadtobetaughttothink。
Thisloomedasaprojectofnosmalldimensions，andatfirstIwastemptedtogiveherbacktoPetey.ButthenIgottothinkingaboutherabundantphysicalcharmsandaboutthewaysheenteredaroomandthewayshehandledaknifeandfork，andIdecidedtomakeaneffort。
Iwentaboutit,asinallthings,systematically.Igaveheracourseinlogic。
IthappenedthatI,asalawstudent，wastakingacourseinlogicmyself,soIhadallthefactsatmyfingertips。
“Poll’，”IsaidtoherwhenIpickedheruponournextdate,“tonightwearegoingovertotheKnollandtalk。
"
“Oo，terrif,”shereplied.OnethingIwillsayforthisgirl:
youwouldgofartofindanothersoagreeable。
WewenttotheKnoll,thecampustrystingplace,andwesatdownunderanoldoak，andshelookedatmeexpectantly.“Whatarewegoingtotalkabout？
”sheasked.
“Logic。
”
Shethoughtthisoverforaminuteanddecidedshelikedit.“Magnif,"shesaid.
“Logic,"Isaid,clearingmythroat，“isthescienceofthinking。
Beforewecanthinkcorrectly，wemustfirstlearntorecognizethecommonfallaciesoflogic。
Thesewewilltakeuptonight。
”
“Wow-dow!
”shecried,clappingherhandsdelightedly。
Iwinced,butwentbravelyon.“FirstletusexaminethefallacycalledDictoSimpliciter。
”
“Byallmeans，”sheurged，battingherlasheseagerly.
“DictoSimplicitermeansanargumentbasedonanunqualifiedgeneralization.Forexample:
Exerciseisgood。
Thereforeeverybodyshouldexercise.”
“Iagree,”saidPollyearnestly.“Imeanexerciseiswonderful。
Imeanitbuildsthebodyandeverything.”
“Polly,”Isaidgently,“theargumentisafallacy.Exerciseisgoodisanunqualifiedgeneralization。
Forinstance,ifyouhaveheartdisease，exerciseisbad,notgood。
Manypeopleareorderedbytheirdoctorsnottoexercise.Youmustqualifythegeneralization.Youmustsayexerciseisusuallygood，orexerciseisgoodformostpeople.OtherwiseyouhavecommittedaDictoSimpliciter。
Doyousee?
”
“No,”sheconfessed.“Butthisismarvy.Domore!
Domore!
”
“Itwillbebetterifyoustoptuggingatmysleeve，”Itoldher,andwhenshedesisted，Icontinued。
“NextwetakeupafallacycalledHastyGeneralization.Listencarefully：
Youcan’tspeakFrench。
PeteyBellowsc
升级会员 