A woman owned a hen that laid an egg every morning.Since the hen's eggs were of excellent quality,they sold for a good price.So,at one point,the woman thought to herself,"If I double my hen's allowance of barley,she'll lay twice a day."Therefore,she put her plan to work,and the hen became so fat and contented that it stopped laying altogether.

Relying on statistics does not always produce results.

【關(guān)鍵詞】

allowance ?津貼，限額

barley ?大麥

contented ?滿足的

altogether ?完全地

statistics ?統(tǒng)計學

【翻譯】

一個婦女養(yǎng)了一只母雞，這只母雞每天早上都會下一個蛋。由于這些雞蛋質(zhì)量非常好，所以都賣了好價格。故而，某一刻，這個婦女突發(fā)奇想，“如果我給母雞雙倍的大麥，母雞就可以每天下兩次蛋了。”然后，她將她的想法付諸實踐。后來，雞變得非常胖，也非常滿足，卻完全停止了下蛋。

依賴統(tǒng)計學并不一定總是得到想要的結(jié)果。