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。
9 h( L# P) e) p) o5 L395. If you lived in the Mediterranean, for instance, you would consider octopus a great delicacy.
$ Y4 M' M/ ?( A4 A% @! {9 r        比如，如果你住在地中海地区，你会把章鱼视作是美味佳肴，
& l' m: p1 K) s' ?5 L% o. b( Q396. 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。
4 ]/ L0 _% P  `0 \% 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.
5 z) [; m4 n; {3 p  K4 n+ V: C$ \        另一方面，你一想到动物油炸土豆就会反胃，
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.
        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。
3 w& W- S: _/ J. \2 I  _+ y399. 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。
) u9 _' W# {, k3 D# y7 U- Z* w) Q; ?400. 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。
6 K+ I- D- v9 Q) h0 I- E401. There are countless people who, ever since their early years, have learned to associate snails with food.
- c' \$ f. n  e4 F        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.
" \+ G; L" b! D1 z; n! q; Y        他住在大城市里的一所公寓里，没有自己的花园。
: _4 \) ]# ?5 W) R2 M404. For years he has been asking me to collect snails from my garden and take them to him.
) l0 o. I! K& {' B' u- J0 ?' R        多年来，他一直让我把我园子里的蜗牛收集起来给他捎去。
# t; ?8 G: m  m; Y/ U405. 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。
3 O, [' B; x% L406. but one day, after heavy shower,
% l; |" O3 H' ]. b! W# ]        后来有一天，一场大雨后，
  h: _9 E# S3 Y6 e# c1 a407. 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.
# c) J6 P1 }% n( Z  ^; ?4 q        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。
( t& U2 K, I- d8 H! B3 x+ r410. I left the bag in the hall and Robert and I went into the living room where we talked for a couple of hours.
2 q$ a6 L) x6 ^1 H6 g9 ]$ W* U$ H        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。
; I, c0 G/ u; f1 s411. 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.
2 e" W9 j, B5 l/ 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。
" Y8 l" b; D+ S! k. k414. 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：
. Q7 J& C- P( w! e! X415. they had escaped from the paper bag and had taken complete possession of the hall!
1 k2 m& _+ O8 r( C! N7 G, _# f8 r% O        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.
( `! y& l0 R7 V9 f8 y5 d) `        从那以后，我再也不能看一眼蜗牛了。