A
自负的，自大的，自以为是的
conceited
pedantic
迂腐的，学究式的
month of Sundays
很长时间，用来强调某事发生的可能性很小
unfettered
不受约束的，自由的
stroke
抚摸，轻抚
Protagonist and antagonists in the story?
Protagonist: Dobie Gillis is a freshman in law school. Two antagonists: Petey Burch, Dobie’s roommate, whose girlfriend he plans to steal; Polly Espy, the girl Dobie intends to marry.
the acme of mindlessness
愚蠢到极点
Who is the author of Love is a Fallacy?
Max Shulman (1919-1988)
in the swim
follow the current fashions
nothing upstairs
(American slang) empty-headed
有浓烈野味的
gamy
moist
湿润的，潮湿的
Trunk
大木箱
觊觎；垂涎
covet
“limp”, “flaccid” and “spongy”.
松弛、软绵绵、像海绵一样松软
Translate:
what are you getting at?
你到底想说什么？
What are the two elements that an argument consists of?
Conclusion and Premises
Translate:
My brain was as powerful as a dynamo, as precise as a chemist’s scale, as penetrating as a scalpel.
我的头脑像发电机一样强大，像药剂师的天平一样精确，像手术刀一样锐利。
Paraphrase:
Fads, I submit, are the very negation of reason
P: I believe that following passing crazes shows a complete lack of sound judgment（明智的判断）.
I wanted Polly for a shrewdly calculated, entirely cerebral reason.
shrew a. clever; sharp in practical affairs 精明的，明智的
cerebral a. (humorous) requiring the use of the intellect; intellectual rather than emotional 理智的；理智而非情感的
What is Logical Fallacy?
any kind of error in reasoning that renders an argument invalid.
Translate:
She had an erectness of carriage, an ease of bearing, a poise that clearly indicated the best of breeding. At table her manners were exquisite.
她亭亭玉立、体态优雅，这一切都表明她出身高贵。
Example of transferred epithet?
A sleepless pillow
Example of Antithesis?
A Tale of Two Cities
Translate：
Read, then, the following essay which undertakes to demonstrate that logic, far from being a dry, pedantic discipline, is a living, breathing thing, full of beauty, passion, and trauma.
那么，就读读下面这篇文章吧，它将向我们展示逻辑并不是一门枯燥乏味、迂腐不堪的学科；恰恰相反，逻辑是一个活生生的事物，充满美丽、激情和心灵的创伤。