長得好看的人都是混蛋嗎？：英語精讀講義

While browsing the latest dating app,

瀏覽最新的交友 App 時，

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

你是否曾停下來想過，為什麼那麼多長得好看的人都是混蛋？

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

原來，這種現象有個簡單的解釋。

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

如果我們簡單畫張圖，比較友善程度和外貌吸引力，

we can start to get an answer.

就能開始找到答案。

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

首先，我們必須假設人們均勻分布在這張圖上，

meaning some people are mean and ugly,

也就是說，有些人既刻薄又難看，

some people are ugly and nice,

有些人不好看但很友善，

some are good-looking and mean,

有些人長得好看但很刻薄，

and some are good-looking and nice.

還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

當然，這取決於你的主觀喜好，以及你認為什麼樣的人好看、什麼樣的人友善。

Now, if you think about it,

現在，仔細想想，

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

你大概對那些你覺得既刻薄又難看的人毫無興趣，

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

這表示你的潛在交往對象範圍縮小了一些。

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

說真的，你大概更偏好友善程度與外貌吸引力的某種組合。

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

最後，圖上只剩下一個三角形區域，對應的是那些你覺得可以接受、打從一開始就會留意的人。

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

但現在，在你剩下的潛在人選中，那些對你沒那麼有吸引力的人，百分之百都很友善。

They have to be, 文法

他們非得友善不可，

otherwise you wouldn't paid them any attention.

否則你根本不會留意他們。

After all, if somebody is nice, 表達脈絡

畢竟，如果一個人很友善，

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

你就比較不會挑剔他的外表，

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

這就拉低了友善族群的平均外貌吸引力。

To the same token,

同理，

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

在你眼中長得好看的人裡，幾乎有一半都很刻薄。

Again, if somebody is mean,

同樣地，如果一個人很刻薄，

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

他多半得長得非常有吸引力，你才會留意他，

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

因而讓人覺得，越有吸引力的人越像是混蛋。

If we take this a step further, 表達脈絡

如果再進一步推論，

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

我們可以假設，那些既性感又友善的人是最搶手的對象

and get swept off the market more quickly, 慣用語

也會更快被人追走、退出單身市場，

further increasing your perception and bias.

進一步強化你的觀感與偏見。

We can see a similar thing happen with food. 文法

食物也會出現類似的情況。

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

你有沒有想過，為什麼健康的食物吃起來好像就是沒那麼美味？

Well, let's use our chart,

那麼，還是用我們的圖表，

yumminess versus healthiness. 用詞

來比較美味程度和健康程度。

Of course, in reality,

當然，現實中，

this chart probably isn't evenly distributed 用詞

這張圖上的分布可能並不平均，

because food is often created to specifically taste good,

因為食物在製作時往往會特別追求美味，

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

所以圖表右側的分布很可能更密集。

Regardless, 表達脈絡

不管怎樣，

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

我們可以排除所有不好吃

and aren't even good for you

而且對身體也沒好處的食物，

because why would you bother eating them? 語氣意圖

因為你何必費心吃它們呢？

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

但在剩下那些你的確會吃的食物中，

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

現在，不好吃的食物百分之百都對身體有益。

Just like the dating graph,

就像那張交友圖表一樣，

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

正是因為那些你根本不會留意的人或食物，

that your perception becomes skewed. 用詞

你的觀感才會產生偏差。

Back to dating, and it's true.

回到約會這件事，這個說法確實成立。

From your perspective, 表達脈絡

從你的角度來看，

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

長得好看的人確實更可能是混蛋，

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

但原因在於你一開始選擇關注哪些人。

You simply ignore the ugly jerks.

你只是忽略了那些長得難看的混蛋。

Special thanks to Blue Apron for supporting this episode

特別感謝 Blue Apron 贊助本集，

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

並為前300位透過我們的連結註冊的使用者

three free meals on their first order.

在首次訂購時贈送三份免費餐點。

Blue Apron allows you to create delicious chef-designed recipes

Blue Apron 讓你能做出由主廚設計的美味料理：

by delivering fresh farm ingredients to your doorstep

它會把新鮮的農場食材配送到你家門口，

in the exact right proportions for cooking.

並依照烹調需求精準配好份量。

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

這是一種有趣又簡單的方式，讓你每週都能嘗試新食譜，

which take less than 40 minutes to make

而且每道料理不用40分鐘就能完成，

instead of doing the same old thing. 慣用語

不必再老是做那幾道一成不變的菜。

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

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