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.
7 q5 J) _( p; Z: N        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.
        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。
0 F+ e" t1 `+ }% x- i  d( G397. 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.
        另一方面，你一想到动物油炸土豆就会反胃，
; b, X: B' W1 ]8 Y398. 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。
+ ]" d" `* A; U% R399. 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。
400. Cooked in wine, snails are a great luxury in various parts of the world.
5 o7 l( t% e; R0 f- U$ J9 H4 \        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.
! \* |& u+ y1 t  b        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.
7 Q% {! A4 T& r1 ?; V- `4 E        但我的朋友罗伯特却住在一个厌恶蜗牛的国家中。
* [, O( Z3 M9 q8 i0 ~% o* W0 H403. As his flat is in a large town, he has no garden of his own.
2 z" f5 g; b6 b- R. z6 A5 b        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。
405. The idea never appealed to me very much,
, f, z7 L( Z9 z8 c! Z$ w; y+ x6 B        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,
% V1 B; \9 I8 x& Y; d# i7 h        后来有一天，一场大雨后，
; `- T5 T9 N: j407. 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.
6 |1 n% Y) T4 W. p; @: N        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。
6 ?# j" s. }: S$ i408. 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.
0 r, W. H( u/ X# S        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.
1 ~+ d; o8 [) P' `        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。
/ f5 S: ]+ J- f4 J$ x* z% F" b411. I had forgotten all about the snails when Robert suddenly said that I must stay to dinner.
" o$ n0 t) q7 D0 t' Y        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。
0 N$ b/ K+ r  P) |, I- A& J: o412. Snails would, of course, be the main dish.
7 v& g4 U9 |. H, l3 {        蜗牛当然是道主菜。
6 w$ m. W1 I, t3 U5 L! ^7 B413. 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。
  s! H. V2 C/ }414. To our dismay, we saw that there were snails everywhere:
' O, l; h8 K; D: R        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!
4 I" y8 B; I2 O" f$ _& O. p        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.
        从那以后，我再也不能看一眼蜗牛了。