新概念英语3--（一天学一篇）--- 23

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课文23  各有所爱
2 V( M' j! ]4 _8 j6 p% }1 Z394. 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。
! H+ C* r+ u! `0 s) n395. If you lived in the Mediterranean, for instance, you would consider octopus a great delicacy.
! [& g# p& I% I        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.
8 r! q: H$ {1 B: T1 T& _- G        同时不能理解为什么有人一见章鱼就恶心。
; A1 n8 u( _! A* U) Y/ D397. 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，
0 L- ~0 Z$ Y: \; b2 z) s: P398. The sad truth is that most of us have been brought up to eat certain foods and we stick to them all our lives.
7 w+ y' q! c5 T, E2 C        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.
- K+ D0 F2 ~  x9 s        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。
: `9 j7 G5 T# P  h5 e. T9 P400. 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。
401. There are countless people who, ever since their early years, have learned to associate snails with food.
3 o3 o, W: D; d( z- V% r        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。
' @0 h1 E, Z- y* W# S! r403. As his flat is in a large town, he has no garden of his own.
        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.
" H  q) I+ x- m" U# K% ^, ~( Q! o        多年来，他一直让我把我园子里的蜗牛收集起来给他捎去。
0 w( K3 S3 _* \3 p% D! 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。
406. but one day, after heavy shower,
        后来有一天，一场大雨后，
" ~8 V8 T. l# U! E8 S3 y407. 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.
# F' F8 {7 s; g) @4 ]8 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。
  D6 \2 U, h, X1 X+ i5 |: W) F408. Acting on a sudden impulse, I collected several dozen, put them in a paper bag, and took them to Robert.
9 X0 e  \1 _  s& w) S7 F8 ?        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.
/ p9 Y7 m3 F' P        罗伯特见到我很高兴，对我的薄礼也感到满意。
5 W, u* W8 a/ Y- 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.
        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。
2 O) q9 ?6 _' G/ N/ b& j* q% N411. 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。
* ^- O2 P2 x- c- n' C0 C413. 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：
415. they had escaped from the paper bag and had taken complete possession of the hall!
# d* R3 T& t6 u& r- ~( n' e        它们从纸袋里逃了出来，爬得满厅都是！
+ j% ]/ g( `* {* L7 ?- P416. 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。