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Hypothesis Contrary to Fact, she said instantly.
與事實相反的假設(shè)，波利不加思索地說著。
I dashed perspiration from my brow. Polly, I croaked, you mustn't take all these things so literally.
我摔掉了額前的汗珠。波利，我用嘶啞的聲音說道，你不要死板地接受這些東西。
I mean this is just classroom stuff. You know that the things you learn in school don't have anything to do with life.
我是說那只是課堂上講的東西。你知道學校學的東西與現(xiàn)實生活毫不相關(guān)。
Dicto Simpliciter, she said, wagging her finger at me playfully.
絕對判斷，她說道，嬉戲地向我搖搖指頭。
That did it. I leaped to my feet, bellowing like a bull. Will you or will you not go steady with me?
這一下可使我惱火了。我猛地跳了起來，像公牛似地吼叫著，你到底想不想跟我相愛?
I will not, she replied.
我不想，她答道。
Why not? I demanded.
為什么不想?我追問著。
Because this afternoon I promised Petey Burch that I would go steady with him.
因為今天下午我答應了皮蒂伯奇，我愿意和他相愛。
I reeled back, overcome with the infamy of it. After he promised, after he made a deal, after he shook my hand!The rat!I shrieked, kicking up great chunks of turf.
我被皮蒂這一無恥的行徑氣得一陣暈眩，情不自禁地向后退去。皮蒂答應了我，跟我成了交，還跟我握了手呢!這個可恥的家伙!我尖著嗓子大叫，把一塊塊草皮踢了起來。
You can't go with him, Polly. He's a liar. He's a cheat. He's a rat.
你不能跟他在一起，波利。他是一個說謊的人，一個騙子，一個可恥的家伙!
Poisoning the Well, said Polly, and stop shouting. I think shouting must be a fallacy too.
井下放毒，波利說。別叫嚷了，我認為大聲叫嚷就是一種謬誤。
With an immense effort of will, I modulated my voice. All right, I said. You're a logician.
我以極大的意志力把語氣緩和下來。好吧，我說，你是一個邏輯學家。
Let's look at this thing logically. How could you choose Petey Burch over me? Look at me-a brilliant student, a tremendous intellectual, a man with an assured future.
那就讓我們從邏輯上來分析這件事吧。你怎么會看得中皮蒂，而看不起我呢?你瞧我一個才華橫溢的學生，一個了不起的知識分子，一個前途無量的人;
Look at Petey--a knothead, a jitterbug, a guy who'll never know where his next meal is coming from.
而皮蒂-一個笨蛋，一個反復無常的人，一個吃了上頓不知有沒有下頓的家伙。
Can you give me one logical reason why you should go stead with Petey Burch?
你能給我一個合乎邏輯的理由來說明你為什么要跟皮蒂好嗎?
I certainly can, declared Polly. He's got a raccoon coat.
當然能，波利肯定地說。他有一件浣熊皮大衣。
