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.
        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。
" T7 v2 f3 z# O# u1 j395. If you lived in the Mediterranean, for instance, you would consider octopus a great delicacy.
1 M; P. g4 Y4 \3 F) b        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。
" d/ o6 W1 A( G0 u! Q3 m+ z8 Y397. 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.
& B7 {: u3 d/ c: Z$ U5 n        另一方面，你一想到动物油炸土豆就会反胃，
4 I5 c  J* P- @( D& n3 q$ {/ E398. 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。
! E# I% S4 F6 x3 Y' a399. 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。
6 ^, l# N% B/ x/ L) N# q- N400. Cooked in wine, snails are a great luxury in various parts of the world.
+ [% Y9 U: C" D8 D3 m! ?4 t        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.
        有不计其数的人们从小就知道蜗牛可做菜。
( Z( }% i- G7 Q8 H402. My friend, Robert, lives in a country where snails are despised.
% p) R( ]5 l# s# U        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.
        他住在大城市里的一所公寓里，没有自己的花园。
# e! d! m: M( l6 ]" Y0 Q. L0 C. ]; |7 a404. For years he has been asking me to collect snails from my garden and take them to him.
% L# L6 \+ [% v        多年来，他一直让我把我园子里的蜗牛收集起来给他捎去。
1 Z1 k$ x' B' u- e' K405. The idea never appealed to me very much,
: K* I% I. ^) L: ^/ n        一开始，他的这一想法没有引起我多大兴趣。
2 K( B  t4 I! @) _# ^3 u+ w406. but one day, after heavy shower,
  U& x4 l# b' I( V: k        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.
        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。
- @; e' I9 c9 [8 d" ?408. Acting on a sudden impulse, I collected several dozen, put them in a paper bag, and took them to Robert.
: z( F3 I* k* @( e4 x* \        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。
/ y3 {$ x3 r# b" b/ [  P410. 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。
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.
6 |" f7 ~4 ?: c4 f9 d2 x7 b        蜗牛当然是道主菜。
413. I did not fancy the idea and I reluctantly followed Robert out of the room.
. a1 n3 J. O  A, @        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：
# z9 h3 f* h( ?; x2 I415. they had escaped from the paper bag and had taken complete possession of the hall!
, [& U; t0 a3 k0 `3 a: Q        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.
5 @. c* p5 e  I0 ~+ ^: W        从那以后，我再也不能看一眼蜗牛了。