来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：心理学导论 第12集》

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  and you're in a sharing situation with me,
  你和我处在一个共享的情境中
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  you could say to me, "Hey. Here's a dollar.
  你可以跟我说 这里是一美元
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  Hey, Mr. Rational, a dollar's better than nothing."
  嘿 理性先生 一美元也比没有好
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  "Well, okay," Because I'm rational.
  好吧 因为我很理性
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  Similarly, you could mess with me
  同样 你可以招惹我
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  because you could harass me in all sorts of ways,
  你可以用任何方式骚扰我
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  take things that I own, as long as you reason
  拿走属于我的东西 只要你说
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  that a rational person wouldn't start a fuss about this.
  一个理性的人是不会计较这些的
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  There is some advantage to being irrational,
  非理性 或者脾气不好
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  to having a temper.
  有时会有优势
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  Because if you have a temper
  因为假如你脾气不好
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  and you're known to be irrational,
  公认很没理性