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。
2 {" w/ N+ E' ?) M& y5 V$ Z6 M395. 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，
& j$ N. \1 N4 G$ q7 C- m396. You would not be able to understand why some people find it repulsive.
! f, o! P  j  \- x+ x1 X. p7 }4 x! L) d        同时不能理解为什么有人一见章鱼就恶心。
; ~& O9 ?5 C% X397. 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.
! f' L7 U* n/ S5 ]5 u# w/ n        另一方面，你一想到动物油炸土豆就会反胃，
6 G, K5 s7 L$ g2 z) E$ `398. The sad truth is that most of us have been brought up to eat certain foods and we stick to them all our lives.
+ _$ b9 I9 C) U1 X$ M        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.
8 Z. x+ I, J" k: ?# d% n        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.
. ~. H- U8 C$ q/ i* s6 D        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.
" ~1 A( K" L# i: y- S4 }        他住在大城市里的一所公寓里，没有自己的花园。
) w, J, Y5 S* M. r404. For years he has been asking me to collect snails from my garden and take them to him.
3 h, ~; p" k) w+ h3 B        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,
        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,
7 D8 V( F1 q+ Q        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。
' O  S, M5 k* Y; W) o408. 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。
( X, K* a' }4 q; H4 D409. 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。
1 X$ k( ]" s' ~; \9 [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.
        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。
" N( A; m& ]  x( Q411. I had forgotten all about the snails when Robert suddenly said that I must stay to dinner.
! |9 l" J, c; ]# f* X$ S7 Y7 f        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.
: t  h* d5 O) u: \! m        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。
+ t3 E$ G6 a- n2 n3 z414. To our dismay, we saw that there were snails everywhere:
! I  U+ Y3 ?1 P7 Z: p0 C( A+ T        使我们惊愕的是门厅里到处爬满了蜗牛：
8 j) A, c, ~, [& p6 m) a+ G415. 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.
, Q, Q: _% L4 [. C" Z* p6 C% z3 v        从那以后，我再也不能看一眼蜗牛了。