新概念英语3--（一天学一篇）--- 23

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课文23  各有所爱
9 b- b  I6 I. I2 l3 ?+ T394. People become quite illogical when they try to decide what can be eaten and what cannot be eaten.
+ w5 k: Z" l9 J        在决定什么能吃而什么不能吃的时候，人们往往变得不合情理。
, W  m& ]1 Z0 p9 k( k# L395. If you lived in the Mediterranean, for instance, you would consider octopus a great delicacy.
        比如，如果你住在地中海地区，你会把章鱼视作是美味佳肴，
/ j+ c0 B; D/ y/ D6 @396. You would not be able to understand why some people find it repulsive.
        同时不能理解为什么有人一见章鱼就恶心。
/ P, G* g' s& U. D0 W- V+ {397. On the other hand, your stomach would turn at the idea of frying potatoes in animal fat -- the normally accepted practice in many northern countries.
6 M2 S8 L7 ^+ v1 g7 L9 Y        另一方面，你一想到动物油炸土豆就会反胃，
5 y: P$ B/ L- G* O398. The sad truth is that most of us have been brought up to eat certain foods and we stick to them all our lives.
( l1 b/ E9 Q8 e: o& u- d2 e        不无遗憾的是， 我们中的大部分人，生来就只吃某几种食品，而且一辈子都这样。
399. No creature has received more praise and abuse than the common garden snail.
3 C3 j: Z8 U( _0 r+ L. W/ X3 T        没有一种生物所受到的赞美和厌恶会超过花园里常见的蜗牛了。
400. Cooked in wine, snails are a great luxury in various parts of the world.
        蜗牛加酒烧煮后，便成了世界上许多地方的一道珍奇的名菜。
8 @/ D1 f& h4 u9 ^& L) J$ K401. There are countless people who, ever since their early years, have learned to associate snails with food.
        有不计其数的人们从小就知道蜗牛可做菜。
402. My friend, Robert, lives in a country where snails are despised.
; r/ N/ {3 E! {6 N+ K        但我的朋友罗伯特却住在一个厌恶蜗牛的国家中。
403. As his flat is in a large town, he has no garden of his own.
# n& D% O* w& u7 [! N        他住在大城市里的一所公寓里，没有自己的花园。
404. For years he has been asking me to collect snails from my garden and take them to him.
        多年来，他一直让我把我园子里的蜗牛收集起来给他捎去。
9 `, U' [) r  V1 e; I1 m0 Q! x405. The idea never appealed to me very much,
        一开始，他的这一想法没有引起我多大兴趣。
% q- }1 [( j: ^9 e  r! p1 H406. but one day, after heavy shower,
        后来有一天，一场大雨后，
+ l% o3 i8 W+ h407. I happened to be walking in my garden when I noticed a huge number of snails taking a stroll on some of my prize plants.
1 B' m+ w! V# m0 K        我在花园里漫无目的散步，突然注意到许许多多蜗牛在我的一些心爱的花木上慢悠悠的蠕动着。
- s5 I  S$ Y% f5 o: t! f408. Acting on a sudden impulse, I collected several dozen, put them in a paper bag, and took them to Robert.
        我一时冲动，逮了几十只，装进一只纸袋里，带着去找罗伯特。
& j0 g8 `$ }6 h- `5 v409. Robert was delighted to see me and equally pleased with my little gift.
        罗伯特见到我很高兴，对我的薄礼也感到满意。
# H& E8 n5 ^/ _2 i410. I left the bag in the hall and Robert and I went into the living room where we talked for a couple of hours.
8 W! N2 K; ~! C' V; S7 S        我把纸袋放在门厅里，与罗伯特一起进了起居室，在那里聊了好几个钟头。
: h6 `/ |  c1 q# L; U2 v6 R411. I had forgotten all about the snails when Robert suddenly said that I must stay to dinner.
- a0 M) ], L1 ]3 Z* T        我把蜗牛的事已忘得一干二净，罗伯特突然提出一定要我留下来吃晚饭，这才提醒了我。
412. Snails would, of course, be the main dish.
. |' ^, S" b8 ^" Y" G* L3 E        蜗牛当然是道主菜。
9 ?) L2 i, t. X" e" q5 `- H$ i" p413. I did not fancy the idea and I reluctantly followed Robert out of the room.
        我并不喜欢这个主意，所以我勉强跟着罗伯特走进了起居室。
414. To our dismay, we saw that there were snails everywhere:
        使我们惊愕的是门厅里到处爬满了蜗牛：
415. they had escaped from the paper bag and had taken complete possession of the hall!
        它们从纸袋里逃了出来，爬得满厅都是！
3 a& O3 q0 S) z# I4 s7 W! C416. I have never been able to look at a snail since then.
        从那以后，我再也不能看一眼蜗牛了。