April, 28

The office-Groundbreaking Research (68)

1.       groundbreaking=创新的

2.       irrefutable=correct, not able to be proved wrong不能反驳的，不能驳倒的

3.       literature=文献，著作

4.       flawed=having errors or mistake

5.       systematic=using a careful system or method

6.       margin=边缘

7.       definitive conclusion=a final judgment that is not able to be changed; that is final

8.       misleading=易误解的

9.       preposterous=荒谬的 crazy, foolish, or silly

10.   single-handed单独一个人的

11.   mystery=神秘的事物

12.   oblivious=unaware or don’t know

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A: We’ve been over this a thousand times. The data is irrefutable! Look, we’ve done extensive research, built studies, and read the literature, and there is conclusive evidence to support my theory!

B: Horowitz, I beg to differ. Even in your most recent study, the investigative approach was flawed! You know as well as I do that the collection of data was not systematic, and there is a large margin of error. To draw a definitive conclusion based on that data would be misleading.

A: You are trying to sing-handedly solve one of the world’s greatest mysteries, and yet you are oblivious to the fact that you are wrong!

A: I am not wrong! The chicken came first!

B: No! The egg came first!