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There, I thought, folding my arms, that ought to do it.
我双臂交叉在胸前，认为这个策略一定有效。
"Ad Misericordiam," Said Polly.
“文不对题。”波莉说。
I ground my teeth. I was not Pygmalion; I Frankenstein, and my monster had me by the throat. Frantically I fought back the tide of panic surging through me. At all costs I had to keep cool.
我咬紧牙关，我不是皮格马利翁，我是弗兰肯斯坦，我所创造的怪兽反倒卡住了我自己的喉咙。我强压阵阵涌上心头的恐慌，我必须全力保持冷静。
"Well, Polly," I said, forcing a smile, "you certainly have learned your fallacies."
“好了，波莉，”我强做微笑，“你真把这些谬误学到手了。”
"You're darn right," she said with a vigorous nod.
“绝对正确。”她用力点着头。
"And who taught them to you, Polly?"
“可是，波莉，是谁教给你的这一切？”
"You did."
“是你！”
"That's right. So you do owe me something, don't you, my dear? If I hadn't came along you never would have learned about fallacies."
“这就对了。所以你欠我的，对吧。亲爱的？如果不是我，你永远也不知道这些谬误。”
"Hypothesis Contrary to Fact," she said instantly.
“与事实相反的假设。”波莉立即回复。
I dashed perspiration from my brow. "Polly," I croaked, "you mustn't take all these things so literally. I mean this is just classroom stuff. You know that the things you learn in school don't have anything to do with life."
我甩掉淌下眉梢的汗珠。“波莉，”我声音嘶哑，“你不能从表面上理解这些。我是说这些仅仅是课堂上汫的东西。要知道教室里的东西与现实生活毫无关系。”
"Dicto Simpliciter," she said, wagging her finger at me playfully.
“绝对判断。”她伸出手指，活泼地向我摇了摇。
That did it. I leaped to my feet, bellowing like a bull. "Will you or will you not go steady with me?"
我愤怒了，猛地跳了起来，公牛般地吼叫：“你到底想不想和我确定关系？”
"I will not," she replied.
“不想。”她答道。
"Why not?" I demanded.
“为什么？”我追问。
"Because this afternoon I promised Petey Burch that I would go steady with him."
“因为今天下午我答应了皮蒂·伯奇，我愿意和他约会。”
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. "You can't go with him, Polly. He's a liar. He's a cheat. He's a rat."
皮蒂无耻的行径把我气晕了。我回忆着整个过程：皮蒂承诺，跟我成交，跟我握手！“卑鄙小人！”我尖叫着，一脚踢飞几块草皮。“你不能跟他好，波莉。他说谎，是个骗子，是个卑鄙小人！”
"Poisoning the Well," said Polly, "and stop shouting. I think shouting must be a fallacy too."
“井里投毒，”波莉说，“别嚷了，大声地叫嚷也是谬误。”
With an immense effort of will, I modulated my voice."All right." I said. "You're a logician. 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. Look at Petey—a knot-head, a jitterbug, a guy who'll never know where his next meal is coming from. Can you give me one logical reason why you should go stead with Petey Burch?"
靠着极大的意志，我改变了语气。“好吧，”我说，“你是个逻辑学家，那就让我们从逻辑角度来看待这件事吧。你怎么会选择皮蒂·伯奇，而不选我？你看我，一个杰出的学生，一个伟大的智者，一个前程无量的人；可皮蒂，一个笨蛋，一个无常的家伙，一个有上顿没下顿的低能人。你能给我一个合乎逻辑的理由说明你为什么要跟皮蒂好吗？”
"I certainly can," declared Polly. "He's got a raccoon coat."
“当然能，”波莉明白地说，“他有一件浣熊皮大衣。”
