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
13.
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!