Ostrich Logic

    At the time when Fan，a nobleman of the state of Jin，became a fugitive，a commoner found a bell in Fan's house and wanted to carry it off on his back．But the bell was too big for him．When he tried to knock the bell into pieces with a hammer it gave out a loud clanging sound．He was afraid that someone would hear the noise and take the bell from him，so he immediately covered his own ears with his hands．To worry about other people hearing the noise is understand-able，but to worry about himself hearing the noise（as if covering his own ears with his hands could prevent other people from hearing it）is absurd¹．Exercises：
    判断对（T）、错（F）：
    ①A commoner found a bell and wanted to carry it off on his back．②He covered his own ears with his hands in order not to make himself hear the noise．③To worry about other people hearing the noise is absurd．

1 absurd   

adj.荒谬的，荒诞的，荒唐可笑的，不合理的

参考例句：

• It is ridiculously absurd to believe that the number 13 is unlucky.相信数字13是个不吉祥的数字是荒唐可笑的。
• It was absurd of you to do such a thing.你做那样的事是愚蠢的。