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.
' \' B. _  v! d; A        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。
4 _3 Q8 H2 m% u6 v2 J395. 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，
396. You would not be able to understand why some people find it repulsive.
- q+ S$ c8 k2 C5 a8 ~        同时不能理解为什么有人一见章鱼就恶心。
+ @2 n6 E# Y$ H0 f0 |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.
        另一方面，你一想到动物油炸土豆就会反胃，
! E. I2 K3 |; h. C* u7 @1 H8 G! r2 q398. 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! o% a( ^8 F: u- U+ H399. No creature has received more praise and abuse than the common garden snail.
* O7 {; K" Q5 J/ F! E. t  P6 \# a        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。
8 g# P  G  f5 f* O4 l3 Z8 r; K/ Y6 E7 u400. Cooked in wine, snails are a great luxury in various parts of the world.
2 o! M8 }) {, z* f% 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。
+ w- Z/ w1 {* j( a2 [+ i) w402. 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。
8 f; w% C+ A( I' B8 Z3 T+ t4 h* q( k403. As his flat is in a large town, he has no garden of his own.
. _3 m8 S  ~! p# J& z  }; Y        他住在大城市里的一所公寓里，没有自己的花园。
$ p) N( s; U- Q. U4 B404. For years he has been asking me to collect snails from my garden and take them to him.
$ N. g" T6 w& p) B6 t2 z% M        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。
+ U# A) \" }2 s$ N$ u/ \2 c406. but one day, after heavy shower,
        后来有一天，一场大雨后，
$ o9 n( U2 n7 q0 p7 }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。
1 L$ l9 \, f% r* Y! E408. Acting on a sudden impulse, I collected several dozen, put them in a paper bag, and took them to Robert.
7 J/ y4 j3 E5 S% G. D% L        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。
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.
0 p$ m+ L  h3 D- 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。
411. I had forgotten all about the snails when Robert suddenly said that I must stay to dinner.
, p; ^: Y3 |, a& }) n6 i        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.
: c  v  e1 E, ?- C6 Z- J- }/ N. p        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:
0 R% Z4 z' X- Q4 a5 |0 ~* z# _3 d        使我们惊愕的是门厅里到处爬满了蜗牛：
# y: X# S6 X8 R+ {, _' i; s6 Y415. they had escaped from the paper bag and had taken complete possession of the hall!
0 Q) C5 Q. T- h& _        它们从纸袋里逃了出来，爬得满厅都是！
% m6 U" h# x* V+ t$ V5 C416. 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。