新概念英语3--（一天学一篇）--- 23

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课文23  各有所爱
3 s) z9 ]( f5 P394. People become quite illogical when they try to decide what can be eaten and what cannot be eaten.
0 N# L7 R, @- c$ e  J0 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，
5 g% X# H. R9 I6 t0 M1 n( w396. You would not be able to understand why some people find it repulsive.
: Q5 C7 [% s1 w" J) k        同时不能理解为什么有人一见章鱼就恶心。
4 W9 i& l, N' g' k! B397. 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，
3 l# [* ^5 r: K0 W398. The sad truth is that most of us have been brought up to eat certain foods and we stick to them all our lives.
# x) o% j5 T4 N# w' U0 b        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.
' d8 A( |3 x2 @0 l        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。
. I" W/ r4 X+ ?1 a7 m400. Cooked in wine, snails are a great luxury in various parts of the world.
        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。
5 a( h! l; `: g, p3 B1 j401. There are countless people who, ever since their early years, have learned to associate snails with food.
% c6 \$ E; d" R5 e3 h        有不计其数的人们从小就知道蜗牛可做菜。
1 k9 o1 D8 c7 ~2 i2 |$ u2 S9 d402. 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。
) j  V  p/ W: t403. As his flat is in a large town, he has no garden of his own.
0 W+ C1 Z0 |8 B0 U/ N& \+ ]        他住在大城市里的一所公寓里，没有自己的花园。
) q2 H! \4 b2 N2 `* U/ x/ d. W: u) w- j404. 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,
& C- W; m4 j7 X/ _6 x0 S        一开始，他的这一想法没有引起我多大兴趣。
. G5 A( F# C0 H7 U406. but one day, after heavy shower,
        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.
) {) o; Q$ S" j# L) S- }        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。
* [- f* w6 e, S) g, i- i  m8 e408. 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。
' o0 c, |) P5 P+ z409. Robert was delighted to see me and equally pleased with my little gift.
/ u" F% l" J7 z/ E; w( Z1 I8 X        罗伯特见到我很高兴，对我的薄礼也感到满意。
, d* T( F& @( P" |) `5 R6 J2 z; q410. 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.
6 R" ]6 Y- J1 Z1 [' Q$ _" m" O        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.
# r; y3 G3 l' e. T, G        蜗牛当然是道主菜。
413. 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。
414. To our dismay, we saw that there were snails everywhere:
: z3 T8 c7 f: y, C0 ^& f( t        使我们惊愕的是门厅里到处爬满了蜗牛：
8 F/ {& P( U3 c% j0 U4 P415. they had escaped from the paper bag and had taken complete possession of the hall!
        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.
+ B/ D- e( R2 L5 @8 c( `        从那以后，我再也不能看一眼蜗牛了。