Unit 1 Section A
Love and logic: The story of a fallacy
Objectives：
To talk about love and logic
To further understand the text
To apply the phras and patterns
To master the narrative essay writing skill
Contents
Warming-up Activities
Text Study
Language Application
Summary
Warming-up Activities
Lead-in
1. 我不会难过What do you know about logic
When it comes to making a choice, many people tend to u rational and logical reasoning;
Males are more rational than females;
2. Do you think it is possible to deal with life in a completely rational and logical way
Rational world is not necessarily a wonderful one;
Rational individuals can make choices that are bad news for others;
It is ridiculous to deal with love in a logical way.
Pre-reading Activities
1. 质量管理体系The following are some statements to test your reasoning ability. Tell whether the conclusions after the word “Therefore” are true (T), fal (F), or uncertain (U). Write your answer on the line before each statement.
number | statements | True or fal |
1 | All odd numbers are integers (整数). All even numbers are integers. Therefore, all odd numbers are even numbers. | |
师风师德2 | There are no dancers that aren’t slim and no singers that aren’t dancers. Therefore, all singers are slim. | |
3 | A toothpick (牙签) is uful. Uful things are valuable. 血清胆红素偏高 Therefore, a toothpick is valuable. Three pencils cost the same as two erars. Four erars cost the same as one ruler. Therefore, pencils 花落水流 are more expensive than rulers. | |
5 | Class A has a higher enrollment than Class B. Class C has a lower enrollment than Class B. Therefore, Class A has a lower enrollment than Class C. | |
6 | A fruit basket contains more apples than lemons. There are more lemons in the basket than oranges. Therefore, the basket contains more apples than oranges. | |
7 | 作业的英语Taking the train across town is quicker than taking the bus. Taking the bus across town is slower than driving a car. Therefore, taking the train across town is quicker than driving a car. | |
8 | All the tulips in Zoe’s garden are white. All the ros in Zoe’s garden are yellow. Therefore, all the flowers in Zoe’s garden are either white or yellow. | |
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2. Listen to a short passage on logic, and fill in the missing information.
Cultural Background- Logic and Fallacy
1. What is a fallacy And how is it ud
An error in reasoning that renders an argument logically invalid;
By accident or design, logical fallacies are often ud in debate or propaganda;
To mislead people;
To distract people from the real issue for the purpo of winning an argument.
2. How many types of fallacy do you know
Red Herring (转移话题)/Begging the Question(循环论证)/Slippery Slope (滑坡谬误)/Bandwagon (从众谬误)/Fal Dilemma (伪两难谬误)/Fal Cau (post hoc) (假因谬误)/Ad Hominem ( 人身攻击)/Appeal to Authority (诉诸权威)/Dicto Simpliciter (绝对判断)/
Hasty Generalization (草率结论)/Ad Miricordiam (文不对题)/Fal Analogy (错误类比)
Text Study
1. Main idea and structure
原谅我一次 What did the narrator do with his roommate Rob
They made a deal that the narrator gives Rob his leather jacket, and Rob, in exchange, gives the narrator his girlfriend.
Why did the narrator want to have Polly as his girl friend (Paras. 2-3)
Pretty, well-off, radiant;
The right background to be the girlfriend of a dogged, brilliant lawyer;
Help the narrator in his competition with other applicants to some elite law firms.
Part I — Paras. 1–3
The author ts the scene of the story by providing information about the four “wh-” words: who, where, what, and why. “Who” refers to the narrator, his roommate Rob, and the beautiful girl Polly. “Where” refers to . “What” and “why” refer to what to do and why to do it: The narrator decides to make Polly
“ ” becau as a promisingly brilliant lawyer, he wants to have a girlfriend who is not only beautiful but also intelligent.
Part II — Paras. 4-25
The narrator tries to help Polly become smarter by giving her lessons in logic. Altogether he spends five nights teaching Polly four logical fallacies , namely, Dicto Simpliciter,Hasty Generalization , Ad Miricordiam, Fal Analogy.
Part III — Paras. 26-43
When asked to be the narrator’s girl friend, Polly refutes his arguments with the exact
logical fallacies taught by him and refus by making full disclosure that she is dating the narrator simply becau it is a trick she and Rob have decided to play on him in order to get his leather jacket .
2. Structure of the text
Introduction to the story
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Polly needs to be made more intelligent. (Para. 3)
The narrator and Rob make a deal: the exchange of a leather jacket for Polly. (Para. 1)
Polly has some basic qualities to be the girlfriend of a lawyer.(Para. 2)
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