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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.
天晓得，说不定她头脑里的死火山口中的什么地方，还有些火星会喷射出来呢。也许我会有办法能把这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.
当然，成功的希望是不大的，但我还是决定再试一次。
Seated under the oak the next evening I said, Our first fallacy tonight is called Ad Misericordiam.
第二天晚上我们又坐在那棵橡树下，我说：今晚上我们要谈的第一种谬误叫做文不对题。
She quivered with delight.
她高兴得都发抖了。
Listen closely, I said. A man applies for a job.
注意听，我说。有个人申请工作，
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.
当老板问他所具备的条件时，他回答说他家有妻子和六个孩子。妻子完全残废了，孩子们没吃的，没穿的，睡觉没有床，生火没有煤，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.
两滴眼泪顺着波利那粉红的面颊往下滚。啊，这太可怕了!太可怕了!她抽泣着说。
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，我同意地说。但这可不成其为申请工作的理由。那人根本没有回答老板提出的关于他的条件的间题，反而祈求老板的同情。
He committed the fallacy of Ad Misericordiam. Do you understand?
他犯了文不对题的错误。你懂吗!
Have you got a handkerchief? she blubbered.
你带手帕了没有?她哭着说。
I handed her a handkerchief and tried to keep from screaming while she wiped her eyes.
我把手帕递给她。当她擦眼泪时，我极力控制自己的火气。
Next, I said in a carefully controlled tone, we will discuss False Analogy.
下面，我小心地压低声调说，我们要讨论错误类比。
Here is an example: Students should be allowed to look at their textbooks during examinations.
这里有一个例子：应该允许学生考试时看课本。
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.
既然外科医生在做手术时可以看X光片，律师在审案时可以看案由，木匠在造房子时可以看蓝图，
Why, then, shouldn't students be allowed to look at their textbooks during an examination?
为什么学生在考试时不能看课本呢?
