新概念英语3--（一天学一篇）--- 23

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课文23  各有所爱
% u% W' `2 K( V0 K0 K394. 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。
  ~/ W: u' M0 g: c395. If you lived in the Mediterranean, for instance, you would consider octopus a great delicacy.
/ C9 f$ r1 v# p0 I1 w* S        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.
% p# s0 i, L/ \' U4 U% r        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.
  [3 ^* o6 l3 |3 n* ]# r# C4 S6 {        另一方面，你一想到动物油炸土豆就会反胃，
3 D$ [0 X/ M4 _# M( `' 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.
        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。
: M$ c7 H  x# O/ H6 S399. No creature has received more praise and abuse than the common garden snail.
1 ^0 B. m8 d: }( b        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。
4 x9 @5 y" u  u+ i$ u; p- s7 _( x0 W400. Cooked in wine, snails are a great luxury in various parts of the world.
4 k* y4 e% V& w& v  b        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.
% _8 u& Z5 w  G$ X$ N) n        有不计其数的人们从小就知道蜗牛可做菜。
5 _. f2 z# W* B/ i# O' `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.
7 w) B6 |5 x2 F& ?        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.
% {. m0 x5 d8 t- ~        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。
  d- O- n  M( }  P406. 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.
        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.
( B" F# Z! W' S8 J/ M( t        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。
+ A3 X& F; X) q7 y( Y+ X1 @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.
- n8 S' y6 v% B- W        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.
        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.
! H" ?) b- B6 f( Y3 e        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:
        使我们惊愕的是门厅里到处爬满了蜗牛：
- U. `, W8 j2 Z+ E6 \415. 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！
- q1 _$ I. Z8 K% |; R+ l- _416. I have never been able to look at a snail since then.
        从那以后，我再也不能看一眼蜗牛了。