来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：心理学导论 第9集》

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  A person saying--the person saying,
  一个人说 这个人说
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  "oh, my goodness.
  "哦 天呐
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  I've spilled coffee all over my new suit."
  我把咖啡洒到新西装上了"
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  Okay? That's the blunder. That's the pratfall.
  这是出糗 尴尬
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  Now you're asked, "who do you find more attractive?"
  现在你被问到 "你认为谁更有魅力"
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  And look what happens. Your rating of the attractiveness
  结果是 你给能力强的人的
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  of the competent person grows even higher.
  魅力分数更高了
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  The competent person who blunders,
  有点瑕疵的能人
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  this is the person that I love.
  这是我喜爱的人
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  Unfortunately, the mediocre person who blunders,
  不幸的是 平庸者出糗
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  You now think is even more mediocre.
  你会认为他更不怎么样
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  Right? This is the sad irony in these experiments.
  对吧 这就是这个实验悲哀讽刺的地方