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Maybe somewhere in the extinct crater of her mind, a few members still smoldered. Maybe somehow I could fan them into flame.
天曉得，說不定她頭腦里的死火山口中的什么地方，還有些火星會噴射出來呢。也許我會有辦法能把這些火星扇成熊熊烈焰。
Admittedly it was not a prospect fraught with hope, but I decided to give it one more try.
當然，成功的希望是不大的，但我還是決定再試一次。
Seated under the oak the next evening I said, Our first fallacy tonight is called Ad Misericordiam.
第二天晚上我們又坐在那棵橡樹下，我說：今晚上我們要談的第一種謬誤叫做文不對題。
She quivered with delight.
她高興得都發抖了。
Listen closely, I said. A man applies for a job.
注意聽，我說。有個人申請工作，
When the boss asks him what his qualifications are, he replies that he has a wife and six children at home,the wife is a helpless cripple, the children have nothing to eat, no clothes to wear, no shoes on their feet, there are no beds in the house, no coal in the cellar, and winter is coming.
當老板問他所具備的條件時，他回答說他家有妻子和六個孩子。妻子完全殘廢了，孩子們沒吃的，沒穿的，睡覺沒有床，生火沒有煤，眼看冬天就要到了。
A tear rolled down each of Polly's pink cheeks. Oh, this is awful, awful, she sobbed.
兩滴眼淚順著波利那粉紅的面頰往下滾。啊，這太可怕了!太可怕了!她抽泣著說。
Yes, it's awful, I agreed, but it's no argument. The man never answered the boss's questions about his qualifications. Instead he appealed to the boss' s sympathy.
是的，是太可怕了，我同意地說。但這可不成其為申請工作的理由。那人根本沒有回答老板提出的關于他的條件的間題，反而祈求老板的同情。
He committed the fallacy of Ad Misericordiam. Do you understand?
他犯了文不對題的錯誤。你懂嗎!
Have you got a handkerchief? she blubbered.
你帶手帕了沒有?她哭著說。
I handed her a handkerchief and tried to keep from screaming while she wiped her eyes.
我把手帕遞給她。當她擦眼淚時，我極力控制自己的火氣。
Next, I said in a carefully controlled tone, we will discuss False Analogy.
下面，我小心地壓低聲調說，我們要討論錯誤類比。
Here is an example: Students should be allowed to look at their textbooks during examinations.
這里有一個例子：應該允許學生考試時看課本。
After all, surgeons have X-rays to guide them during an operation, lawyers have briefs to guide them during a trial, carpenters have blueprints to guide them when they are building a house.
既然外科醫生在做手術時可以看X光片，律師在審案時可以看案由，木匠在造房子時可以看藍圖，
Why, then, shouldn't students be allowed to look at their textbooks during an examination?
為什么學生在考試時不能看課本呢?
