新概念英语3--（一天学一篇）--- 23

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课文23  各有所爱
0 E! L# _7 A( }5 d& I" Y: ~/ o1 M394. People become quite illogical when they try to decide what can be eaten and what cannot be eaten.
        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。
5 l( p5 D3 e; U  N5 H( s! 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，
: K# `. a9 G2 Y& E# z' E  L" q396. You would not be able to understand why some people find it repulsive.
2 u  |/ ^' n$ S5 l/ b$ R  T: ~        同时不能理解为什么有人一见章鱼就恶心。
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.
* C: _6 X" p9 q2 R% ]- A        另一方面，你一想到动物油炸土豆就会反胃，
. |; q+ B7 @$ Z8 h# I* y/ x398. The sad truth is that most of us have been brought up to eat certain foods and we stick to them all our lives.
) W2 E2 r- h! l/ j        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.
        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。
( @( k5 x+ S& `$ l* X: A400. Cooked in wine, snails are a great luxury in various parts of the world.
8 R; x  i6 n' ^: W8 v        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。
401. There are countless people who, ever since their early years, have learned to associate snails with food.
' N8 Z( t  _, ]( x7 \' ^        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.
        但我的朋友罗伯特却住在一个厌恶蜗牛的国家中。
! O, o9 P7 g. G1 \. W403. As his flat is in a large town, he has no garden of his own.
; E7 a. |; R1 N2 F3 Z+ s* \        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.
: K: i6 }/ O4 }0 p" g3 y8 j& F8 O        多年来，他一直让我把我园子里的蜗牛收集起来给他捎去。
405. 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。
406. but one day, after heavy shower,
  d9 a5 `7 L( H) @% x        后来有一天，一场大雨后，
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.
# S3 |# r1 R! R- J" x( t* W        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。
408. 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.
6 B8 f8 X% S) g; W5 w* i# o: ~        罗伯特见到我很高兴，对我的薄礼也感到满意。
% |/ D7 B6 H5 R410. I left the bag in the hall and Robert and I went into the living room where we talked for a couple of hours.
% V) p3 c* a/ B        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。
411. I had forgotten all about the snails when Robert suddenly said that I must stay to dinner.
        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.
        蜗牛当然是道主菜。
4 A; Y& W  C. n/ u  m: Z413. I did not fancy the idea and I reluctantly followed Robert out of the room.
4 P0 ]* x1 \. W: O8 c& W        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!
1 O+ a$ f! V4 x2 A! R9 B; R        它们从纸袋里逃了出来，爬得满厅都是！
416. I have never been able to look at a snail since then.
7 ?7 ?  L( h# `! ^  _# X0 i2 O" I        从那以后，我再也不能看一眼蜗牛了。