长得好看的人都是混蛋吗？：英语精读讲义

While browsing the latest dating app,

在浏览最新的约会应用时，

have you ever stopped and wondered why are so many of the good-looking people jerks? 表達脈絡

你是否曾停下来想过，为什么那么多长得好看的人都是混蛋？

Well, it turns out there's a simple explanation for this phenomenon. 短語搭配

原来，这种现象有一个简单的解释。

If we make a little graph of niceness versus good looks, 表達脈絡

如果我们简单画一张图，比较友善程度和颜值，

we can start to get an answer.

就能开始找到答案。

First, we have to assume that people are equally spread across this chart,

首先，我们必须假设人们在这张图上均匀分布，

meaning some people are mean and ugly,

也就是说，有些人既刻薄又难看，

some people are ugly and nice,

有些人不好看但很友善，

some are good-looking and mean,

有些人长得好看但很刻薄，

and some are good-looking and nice.

还有些人既好看又友善。

Of course, this is based on your subjective taste and what you find beautiful and nice. 講解

当然，这取决于你的主观喜好，以及你认为什么样的人好看、什么样的人友善。

Now, if you think about it,

现在，仔细想想，

you probably have zero interest in people who you find mean and ugly, 短語搭配

你大概对那些你觉得既刻薄又难看的人毫无兴趣，

meaning your pool of potential mates gets a bit smaller. 用詞

这意味着你的潜在交往对象范围缩小了一些。

And truthfully, you probably prefer a certain combination of niceness and good looks.

说实话，你大概更青睐友善程度与颜值的某种组合。

Ultimately, we're left with a triangle of people you find acceptable and give attention to in the first place. 短語搭配

最终，图上只剩下一个三角形区域，对应的是那些你觉得可以接受、从一开始就会关注的人。

But now, 100% of the people left in your pool who aren't that attractive to you are nice. 語法

但现在，在你剩下的潜在人选中，那些对你来说没那么有吸引力的人，百分之百都很友善。

They have to be, 語法

他们必须友善，

otherwise you wouldn't paid them any attention.

否则你根本不会关注他们。

After all, if somebody is nice, 表達脈絡

毕竟，如果一个人很友善，

you're less likely to be critical of their appearance,

你就不太会挑剔他的长相，

which brings down the average of nice people's looks. 短語動詞

这就拉低了友善人群的平均颜值。

To the same token,

同理，

almost half of the people that are beautiful to you are mean.

在你眼中长得好看的人里，几乎有一半都很刻薄。

Again, if somebody is mean,

同样，如果一个人很刻薄，

you likely require that they be really attractive for you to give them any attention, 語法

他多半得长得非常有吸引力，你才会关注他，

which makes it seem like more attractive people are jerks. 語法

于是看起来，越有吸引力的人越像是混蛋。

If we take this a step further, 表達脈絡

如果再进一步思考，

we can assume that people who are both hot and nice are the best catches 用詞

我们可以假设，那些既性感又友善的人是最抢手的对象

and get swept off the market more quickly, 習語

也会更快被人追走、退出单身市场，

further increasing your perception and bias.

进一步强化你的印象和偏见。

We can see a similar thing happen with food. 語法

食物也会出现类似的情况。

Do you ever wonder why it seems that healthy foods just don't taste as good? 語法

你有没有想过，为什么健康的食物吃起来好像就是没那么美味？

Well, let's use our chart,

那么，还是用我们的图表，

yumminess versus healthiness. 用詞

来比较美味程度和健康程度。

Of course, in reality,

当然，现实中，

this chart probably isn't evenly distributed 用詞

这张图上的分布可能并不均匀，

because food is often created to specifically taste good,

因为食物在制作时往往会特意追求美味，

so the right-hand side of the graph is likely more dense.

所以图表右侧的分布很可能更密集。

Regardless, 表達脈絡

不管怎样，

we can take out all the foods that don't taste good 短語動詞

我们可以排除所有不好吃

and aren't even good for you

而且对身体也没好处的食物，

because why would you bother eating them? 語氣意圖

因为你何必费劲去吃它们呢？

But of the foods left over that you do eat, 用詞

但在剩下那些你确实会吃的食物中，

now 100% of the foods that don't taste good are good for you. 用詞

现在，不好吃的食物百分之百都对身体有益。

Just like the dating graph,

就像那张约会图表一样，

it's because of the people or the foods that you don't pay attention to 講解

正是因为那些你根本不会关注的人或食物，

that your perception becomes skewed. 用詞

你的认知才会产生偏差。

Back to dating, and it's true.

回到约会这件事上，这个说法确实成立。

From your perspective, 表達脈絡

从你的角度来看，

good-looking people are more likely to be jerks, 語法

长得好看的人确实更可能是混蛋，

but it's because of who you're paying attention to in the first place. 短語搭配

但原因在于你一开始选择关注哪些人。

You simply ignore the ugly jerks.

你只是忽略了那些长得难看的混蛋。

Special thanks to Blue Apron for supporting this episode

特别感谢 Blue Apron 赞助本期视频，

and giving the first 300 people who sign up with our link 短語動詞

并为前300名通过我们的链接注册的用户

three free meals on their first order.

在首笔订单中赠送三份免费餐食。

Blue Apron allows you to create delicious chef-designed recipes

Blue Apron 让你能做出由厨师设计的美味菜肴：

by delivering fresh farm ingredients to your doorstep

它会把新鲜的农场食材配送到你家门口，

in the exact right proportions for cooking.

并按烹饪所需精确配好分量。

It's a fun and simple way to try new recipes every week,

这是一种有趣又简单的方式，让你每周都能尝试新菜谱，

which take less than 40 minutes to make

而且每道菜不到40分钟就能做好，

instead of doing the same old thing. 習語

不必再总是做那几道老菜。

You can get cooking by using the link in our description. 習語

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