3.Love and logic(Part Ⅲ)(439)

Ninth grade rewrite

Love and logic

Part Ⅲ

【1】Max was pleased to discover that his friend Polly was not entirely lacking in intelligence.   He embarked on a mission to refine her thinking skills, reviewing and reinforcing the logical concepts he had previously taught her.   

【2】This process was akin to chipping away at a mountain, with each effort bringing him closer to his goal.   After five challenging nights, he felt he had succeeded in making Polly a true logician, someone who could think critically and independently.

【3】Max was confident that Polly's newfound logical prowess made her a suitable partner for him.   He believed that she was now ready to move beyond their academic relationship and into a romantic one.   "Polly," he said one evening, "let's not discuss fallacies tonight.   I want to talk about us."

【4】Polly, however, was not as eager to change the nature of their relationship.   "Aw, gee," she said, showing her disappointment.

【5】Max, undeterred, continued, "We've spent five evenings together, and it's clear that we're a good match."   But Polly quickly pointed out that Max's conclusion was based on a hasty generalization, as they had only spent a limited amount of time together.

【6】Max, trying a different approach, declared his love for Polly, using a grandiose metaphor that compared her to the entire universe.   He hoped this would convince her to be his steady partner.   But Polly, now well-versed in logical fallacies, pointed out that his argument was an appeal to pity, or "ad misericordiam."

【7】Max, feeling like a character in a Frankenstein story, with his creation turning against him, tried to reason with Polly.   He reminded her that he was the one who had taught her about fallacies.   Polly, however, reminded him that he had taught her to think critically, and she was now applying that skill to their relationship.

【8】Max, frustrated, accused Petey Bellows, another boy, of being a liar and a cheat.   But Polly, using the fallacy of poisoning the well, pointed out that Max's negative comments about Petey were not a valid reason to reject him.

【9】In the end, Max realized that love and logic do not always go hand in hand.   He had to accept that Polly's feelings were her own, and that no amount of logical argument could change her heart.   

【10】He learned that love is not something that can be forced or reasoned into existence;   it is a feeling that grows naturally and cannot be controlled by logic alone.

九年级改写

爱情与逻辑

第三部分

【1】马克斯高兴地发现他的朋友波莉并非完全缺乏智力。他开始着手完善她的思维能力，回顾和强化他之前教过她的逻辑概念。

【2】这个过程就像凿山，每一次努力都使他离目标更近了一步。经过五个充满挑战的夜晚，他觉得自己成功地把波莉培养成了一个真正的逻辑学家，一个能够批判性地、独立地思考的人。

【3】马克斯相信波莉新发现的逻辑能力使她成为他的合适搭档。他相信她现在已经准备好超越他们的学术关系，进入一段浪漫的关系。“波莉，”一天晚上，他说，“今晚我们不要讨论谬论了。我想谈谈我们的事。”

【4】然而，波莉并不急于改变他们关系的本质。“啊，天哪，”她说，显出失望的样子。

【5】马克斯没有被吓倒，继续说道:“我们已经在一起度过了五个晚上，很明显我们是天生一对。”但波莉很快指出，马克斯的结论是基于草率的概括，因为他们在一起的时间很有限。

【6】马克斯尝试了一种不同的方式，用一个宏大的比喻把波莉比作整个宇宙，表白了他对她的爱。他希望这能说服她成为他稳定的伴侣。但精通逻辑谬误的波利指出，他的论点是在呼吁同情，或者说是“诉诸怜悯”。

【7】麦克斯觉得自己就像一个弗兰肯斯坦故事中的人物，他的创造物开始反对他，他试图和波莉讲道理。他提醒她，是他教她认识谬误的。然而，波莉提醒他，他教会了她批判性地思考，而她现在正把这种技巧运用到他们的关系中。

【8】马克斯沮丧地指责另一个男孩皮蒂·贝洛斯是个骗子。但是波莉用“井底之鱼”的谬论指出，马克思对彼得的负面评价并不是拒绝他的正当理由。

【9】最后，麦克斯意识到爱和逻辑并不总是相伴而行。他不得不承认，波莉的感情是她自己的，再多合乎逻辑的争论也无法改变她的心。

【10】他懂得了爱不是可以强迫或推理而产生的东西;它是一种自然生长的感觉，不能单靠逻辑来控制。