一起來做邏輯推理練習

讓我們先來看一則短文，這樣的短文，我們經常會從《XX文摘》上讀到，然後非常卑鄙地拿回去運用，父母用它教育孩子，教師用它教育學生，培訓大師用它來告訴你什麽是幸福：

 

One Sunday morning, I met Tommy, an elderly neighbour, who was obviosly in high spirits. He said he was celebrating not winning a lottery prize. At first I thought I had misheard him, but then he exlplained that on the night of the draw all family sat round the television discussing what they whould do if they won a large prize.

Tommy wanted to go on a world cruise, but his wife Christine, who dislikes water, said he could go on his own. His daughter Paula, who is shortly to be married, said he could buy her a new house, but his older son John objected, saying that he had managed to raise his own family without financial support.

So it was quite a relief when Tommy discovered that they had won nothing and the dissent died down. They are very happy, close-knit family and Tommy believes that is because they have always had to work  hard together to get on; he is convinced that sudden wealth might loosen the family links!

 

我非常非常懷疑這段故事是咱們自己編的然後用英文寫出來並栽在一個叫Tommy的人身上！

 

這讓我想起了好幾年前，我在短暫的求職漂泊中，遭遇到的一家號稱教人“學習”的騙子公司，當時這家騙子公司的法定騙子時常掛在嘴邊的名言就是：卡麥隆說過他最大的幸運就是沒有上過電影學院（卡麥隆是誰？《泰坦尼克》導演是也！）

 

何其相似的手法啊！

 

湯米先生為沒有中大獎而慶幸（卡麥隆同誌為自己當年沒有考上電影學院而慶幸）——中了大獎就意味著一家人開始為瓜分處理財產而戰（考上電影學院就意味著死板教條）——就意味著家庭和睦不再努力工作不再（就意味著毫無創新毫無靈氣完全想不到要拍一部《泰坦尼克》）——也就是意味著人生的幸福快樂不再（也就意味著拿不到奧斯卡賣不出好票房人生毫無成功快樂可言！）！！

 

我為自己沒有王菲（陳X希、周X虎、姚明、馬X九、達X喇X……想你所想，愛你所愛）那樣出名而深感慶幸——如果我像她（他/們）那樣出名的話，我就不會有完好的完全無人關注的個人空間（我的照片！！！！）——甚至每天都被人等著看我的上下圍的細微變化——這將嚴重影響我做人的自由快樂和幸福，弄不好我的電腦壞了送去修理結果連竇唯的裸照都被周X虎拍到了……

 

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心得體會：我為自己沒有阿Q那樣出名而深感慶幸——如果我像他那樣出名的話，我就是阿Q了！