新概念英语3--（一天学一篇）--- 23

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课文23  各有所爱
394. People become quite illogical when they try to decide what can be eaten and what cannot be eaten.
+ \9 H' n  R  ]# p        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。
395. If you lived in the Mediterranean, for instance, you would consider octopus a great delicacy.
9 i  N7 F! p% J$ X1 z0 y" c1 g# _        比如，如果你住在地中海地区，你会把章鱼视作是美味佳肴，
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。
( i; y# e# ~2 |* W: o( Q397. 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.
; F9 q2 k4 |9 R9 v3 n        另一方面，你一想到动物油炸土豆就会反胃，
398. The sad truth is that most of us have been brought up to eat certain foods and we stick to them all our lives.
        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。
4 H3 L. `$ @, M, s- p399. No creature has received more praise and abuse than the common garden snail.
        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。
; O' w" @3 m3 u" {, ~  F400. Cooked in wine, snails are a great luxury in various parts of the world.
+ M( H! G& B! o$ b2 p) @: p" L        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。
/ a& b. f- Q4 {7 `' c401. 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.
# u* h' b7 E: B5 _! N3 j# r        但我的朋友罗伯特却住在一个厌恶蜗牛的国家中。
8 U- D$ [/ l% m; j4 S403. As his flat is in a large town, he has no garden of his own.
        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。
* n* p/ R- |' r' c405. The idea never appealed to me very much,
' k  e3 U! g1 \0 _5 ?! Q( X* g( G6 P        一开始，他的这一想法没有引起我多大兴趣。
406. but one day, after heavy shower,
  U3 z2 F) R; _+ B; f7 p        后来有一天，一场大雨后，
$ `" S; H/ X: l: Y( [407. 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.
        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。
4 @  W; M$ T3 o408. 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。
409. 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。
410. I left the bag in the hall and Robert and I went into the living room where we talked for a couple of hours.
        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。
+ z: r' j# X6 w411. I had forgotten all about the snails when Robert suddenly said that I must stay to dinner.
/ L+ \4 r1 O! u- S        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.
: ]+ p7 y& C; X/ q- y        蜗牛当然是道主菜。
% Q* w8 [" I2 j( f413. 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。
6 c: t% \5 H$ p/ o1 [414. To our dismay, we saw that there were snails everywhere:
0 W4 O) }/ T6 [$ q        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!
1 f; F2 t4 E1 Q4 s        它们从纸袋里逃了出来，爬得满厅都是！
& U' Q3 L8 e5 W( \. h$ [) K416. 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。