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English legend, is an outlaw of the 12th century who lived with his followers in Sherwood Forest and robbed the rich to help th poor. Back Page 29 ?“ Wowdow!” she cried, clapping her hands delightedly. () ?Wowdow: interjection。 certainly, expressing her approval ?batting her lashes: blinking or fluttering her eyelashes rapidly to show pleasurable excitement bat your eyes/eyelashes:to open and close your eyes quikly, in a way that is supposed to be attractive眉目傳情,擠眉弄眼 Back Page 33 ? “ I agree,” said Polly earnestly. “ I mean exercise is wonderful. I mean it builds the body and everything.” () ?and everything: It is more or less a meaningless phrase here. It’ s a weak, vague way of ending a sentence when the speaker fails to find something important to say. ?A similar phrase is “ or anything like that” . Back Page 34 ?“ …Otherwise you have mitted a Dicto Simpliciter. Do you see?” () ?Do you see: Do you understand? Back Page 35 ? “ No,” she confessed. “ But this is marvy. Do more! Do more!” () ?But this is marvy: But this is marvelous (wonderful) ?Do more: Explain more logical fallacies. Back Page 36 ? “ It will be better if you stop tugging at my sleeve,” I told her, and when she desisted, I continued:… () ?It will be better if…: a request showing displeasure ?tug: ~(at /on )sth to pull sth hard,often several times 拖,拉,拽 ?desist: ~from sth/ doing sth=to stop doing sth. ? The judge told the man to desist from threatening his wife. Back Page 37 Back Special Terms in Logic ?Hasty Generalization ?草率結(jié)論:由個(gè)別情形來推斷普遍規(guī)則 ?It applies a special case to general rule. The fact that certain person’ s handwriting is bad doesn’ t imply that all men’ s handwriting is bad. ?“ Mr Wang’ s handwriting is terrible. Mr. Hu’ s handwriting is also terrible and you know how terrible men’ s handwriting is .” Page 38 ? “ Really?” said Polly, amazed. “ Nobody?” () ?Two elliptical(省略的)rhetorical questions. ?It is really true that nobody at the University of Minnesota can speak French? Back Page 39 ? I hid my exasperation. () ?The narrator was greatly irritated or annoyed by Polly’ s stupidity. He controlled his voice and temper to hide his true feelings. ?exasperation: n. [U] extreme anger or annoyance ?exasperate: annoy or irritate sb very much ?In sheer exasperation, she gave the machine a kick. 她氣急敗壞的踢了這臺(tái)機(jī)器一腳。3