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.
3 D5 J3 ^* o1 J4 T        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，
' Z) ]: a' C3 j396. 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。
3 H8 Y) h2 b5 r; n397. 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，
( K  ^. i' o# L' f398. The sad truth is that most of us have been brought up to eat certain foods and we stick to them all our lives.
$ b$ o) z( q6 `: |; l- c5 k2 W        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。
2 n* b9 x5 m8 O! ^399. No creature has received more praise and abuse than the common garden snail.
* q( X5 K+ l5 x! }        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 q+ @/ D4 Y, K. V) @' ]$ S! x; S7 Q' ]        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。
$ g$ u2 d! c! u/ U2 c402. 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。
/ p: r- v2 c/ ?8 l4 j403. As his flat is in a large town, he has no garden of his own.
5 G. L  I0 j9 {# _6 w9 ~- S* L        他住在大城市里的一所公寓里，没有自己的花园。
" {0 D9 O9 n4 R( L* R1 Z404. For years he has been asking me to collect snails from my garden and take them to him.
* J- i! B0 Q$ ^% _        多年来，他一直让我把我园子里的蜗牛收集起来给他捎去。
/ C, B+ e% b/ T* v' R405. The idea never appealed to me very much,
: M2 H6 F9 b3 Q0 G% U  b: t( `        一开始，他的这一想法没有引起我多大兴趣。
; `/ H& _. V5 O406. 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.
9 u. h- R; ]" Z: m        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。
/ k5 Y! y: R  ~' \! h* `  h408. Acting on a sudden impulse, I collected several dozen, put them in a paper bag, and took them to Robert.
$ |1 Q# k2 H# J3 c$ c! n1 S        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。
( P6 a+ c, X9 G" g( j6 ?6 C; `4 N0 w410. 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。
+ F, G6 H- o9 V9 E411. 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。
413. I did not fancy the idea and I reluctantly followed Robert out of the room.
+ a) Y" _, |# j" h8 e        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：
+ Z- o5 P9 k3 e3 G8 I415. 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.
8 s% P( Q# m  w0 R        从那以后，我再也不能看一眼蜗牛了。