【新地平线英语】（第二册）以貌取人(1/6)

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概述：
        人们通常批评说：社会学研究不遗余力去证明的只是一些大多数有常识的人都已经知道的东西。。。
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A standard criticism of sociological research is that it goes to great lengths to prove what most people with common sense already know. Without exactly taking sides for or against that criticism, I want to describe a sociological exercise that might seem to validate it - except that, for me and a classmate and maybe for some who read this account, the experience made a common claim come alive.
During spring break from a local college, my friend and I went downtown to shop. First, however, we made ourselves virtually unrecognizable to our friends and even to our families. We wore clothing slightly inappropriate for the weather, clean but not ironed, clearly not the styles worn by most visitors to the area.人们通常批评说：社会学研究不遗余力去证明的只是一些大多数有常识的人都已经知道的东西。我并不想明确表示支持或反对此类批评，只是想描述一次社会学考察活动，这次活动似乎也证明了人们的上述说法──但对于我和我的一位同学（也许还有那些看到这篇报道的人）而言，这次活动使一个人人皆知的观点变得真真切切了。
在本地一所大学放春假期间，我和朋友到市中心去购物。但是我们首先把自己打扮得几乎连朋友甚至家人都认不出来。我们穿上了与天气稍稍不配的衣服，虽很干净但没有熨过。很明显，大多数到这个地区来的游客都不会穿这种式样的衣服。