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有一天,乔治在删除垃圾电子邮件的时候,看到这样一个标题:令人吃惊的“足总杯”比赛预报。他好奇地点开了它,里边写着:亲爱的球迷,我们知道你是个怀疑论者,凡事不会轻易相信,可我们确定已经设计出了绝对准确的预报足球比赛结果的奇妙方法。今天下午,英国“足总杯”将进行第三轮比赛,对垒的是考文垂队和谢菲尔德联队,我们预报考文垂队将会取得胜利。乔治看过后,轻蔑地一笑,没有当回事。晚上,他收看电视里的比赛结果,考文垂队果然势如破竹地赢了。三个星期后,乔治又收到了那个人的一封电子邮件:亲爱的球迷,你是否还记得,在上一轮“足总杯”比赛中,我们曾事先准确地预报了考文垂队获胜,今天考文垂队要和密德斯堡队交手了,我们的预测是密德斯堡队获胜。同时我
One day, when George deletes junk e-mail, he sees a headline: astonishing “FA Cup” game forecast. He curiously opened it, saying: Dear fans, we know you’re a skeptic and can not believe everything, but we’re sure we’ve designed a fantastic way to predict the outcome of a soccer match with absolute accuracy. This afternoon, the British “FA Cup” will be the third round, against Coventry and Sheffield United, we predict Coventry team will be victorious. George saw, with a contemptuous smile, did not take it seriously. In the evening, when he watched the result on television, the Coventry team really won. Three weeks later, George received an email from that individual again: Dear fans, do you remember that in the previous round of the FA Cup, we had accurately predicted in advance that Coventry won Today, Coventry team to fight against Fort Meade and our prediction is that Fort Myers wins. At the same time, I