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Really? said Polly, amazed. Nobody?
真的?波利好奇的问道，谁也不会吗?
I hid my exasperation. Polly, it's a fallacy. The generalization is reached too hastily. There are too few instances to support such a conclusion.
我压住火气。波利，这是一种谬误，这是一种草率的结论。能使这种结论成立的例证太少了。
Know any more fallacies? she asked breathlessly. This is more fun than dancing even.
你还知道其他的谬误吗?她气喘吁吁地说：这真比跳舞还有意思啦!
I fought off a wave of despair. I was getting nowhere with this girl absolutely nowhere. Still, I am nothing if not persistent. I continued.
我极力地使自己不灰心。我真拿这姑娘没办法，的确是毫无办法。可是，如果我不坚持下去，我就太没有用了。因此，我继续讲下去。
Next comes Post Hoc. Listen to this: Let's not take Bill on our picnic. Every time we take him out with us, it rains.
现在听我讲讲'牵强附会'的谬误。听着：我们不要带比尔出去野餐。每次带他一起去，天就下雨。
I know somebody like that, she exclaimed. A girl back home-Eula Becker, her name is, it never falls. Every single time we take her on a picnic--
我就见过这样的人，她感叹地说。我们家乡有个女孩，名叫尤拉·蓓克尔。从没有例外，每次我们带她去野餐…
Polly, I said sharply, it's a fallacy. Eula Becker doesn't cause the rain. She has no connection with the rain. You are guilty of Post Hoc if you blame Eula Becker.
波利，我严厉地说，这是一种谬误。下雨并不是尤拉蓓克尔造成的，下雨与她没有任何关系。如果你责怪尤拉·蓓克尔，你就是犯了牵强附会的错误。
I'll never do that again, she promised contritely.Are you mad at me?
我再也不这样了，她懊悔地保证说。你生我的气了吗?
I sighed deeply. No, Polly, I'm not mad.
我深深地叹了一口气：不，波利，我没生气。
Then tell me some more fallacies.
那么，给我再讲些谬误吧!
All right. Let's try Contradictory Premises.
好，让我们来看看矛盾前提吧。
Yes, let's, she chirped, blinking her eyes happily.
行，行，她叽叽喳喳地叫着，两眼闪现出快乐的光芒。
I frowned, but plunged ahead. Here's an example of Contradictory Premises: If God can do anything, can He make a stone so heavy that He won't be able to lift it?
我皱了皱眉头，但还是接着讲下去。这里有一个矛盾前提的例子：如果上帝是万能的，他能造出一块连他自己也搬不动的大石头吗?
