新概念英语3--（一天学一篇）--- 23

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课文23  各有所爱
8 D7 S% `3 Z( d: W& `  [( C" O* S, a394. People become quite illogical when they try to decide what can be eaten and what cannot be eaten.
, {0 E$ K! k: B, r- {        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.
/ U- I& ~5 v0 |0 b$ a        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.
& F8 j6 \* F( U/ V: {        另一方面，你一想到动物油炸土豆就会反胃，
9 w' M& V% F% f& b( W! \( ?' G398. The sad truth is that most of us have been brought up to eat certain foods and we stick to them all our lives.
1 C  T+ V* j2 a$ q8 T! g        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。
0 ~; e' z+ h% i. c5 h2 a' j399. 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.
) p& b; H6 W$ M* g& x6 Z0 h        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。
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。
403. As his flat is in a large town, he has no garden of his own.
9 {+ d/ k( ?6 X  \0 j        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。
1 h  i' [6 C/ B3 j6 Z405. 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,
        后来有一天，一场大雨后，
6 O2 {  L$ C$ Q407. 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。
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。
6 T8 v( j! A& |4 @: p% z8 E* 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。
5 [5 b9 `+ ]1 ~  R' Y410. I left the bag in the hall and Robert and I went into the living room where we talked for a couple of hours.
# d) k# U# `. Q, T. E: h/ G6 A        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.
* k; z, J! B) x: k3 J9 Q        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。
% a: @# W- e" g7 q$ }412. Snails would, of course, be the main dish.
0 V2 N. F) }5 I. y+ N; y        蜗牛当然是道主菜。
+ c9 b' b0 ^( L2 V. R5 H413. 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。
5 t' K: L; C6 ]4 i8 Z0 L414. 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：
: ]. R7 t* }" y- V& f2 j415. they had escaped from the paper bag and had taken complete possession of the hall!
% L) N* V+ \0 t        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.
& L7 A3 `/ E. g' M        从那以后，我再也不能看一眼蜗牛了。