新概念英语3--（一天学一篇）--- 23

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394. People become quite illogical when they try to decide what can be eaten and what cannot be eaten.
2 r6 y4 j  ~. l4 s8 i% i  d! u& M        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。
395. If you lived in the Mediterranean, for instance, you would consider octopus a great delicacy.
2 n, @* O. y: K+ I8 n        比如，如果你住在地中海地区，你会把章鱼视作是美味佳肴，
% c: d. p4 Q0 }( n* `396. 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。
1 H( [, t7 `  U2 y397. 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.
' C- E, y3 w2 @! X$ L3 _* `        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.
4 J. S7 U2 u0 G5 _3 o' f8 Z+ ~        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.
        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.
        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。
# \& D9 g6 W* n3 n4 J. O0 @. a1 O401. 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。
9 k  Y- X3 r+ ?" S402. My friend, Robert, lives in a country where snails are despised.
% p# P5 [/ V/ ]        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.
        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.
        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 f' c3 I. U4 |1 F405. The idea never appealed to me very much,
4 [7 p6 x* B. y0 _/ D/ {5 e        一开始，他的这一想法没有引起我多大兴趣。
4 }8 \: Y. t! J1 X0 r6 ]406. but one day, after heavy shower,
        后来有一天，一场大雨后，
5 x# M, E9 V2 l0 c( {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.
( V6 U8 G/ |( O1 p        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.
% p! ~6 p) \; j        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.
' I; D$ K7 `, j" v+ O! w: G& \        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。
* y* T1 s+ z! J; ^0 y$ i1 H412. Snails would, of course, be the main dish.
        蜗牛当然是道主菜。
8 x4 z9 X$ a' |) K8 M4 w% i413. I did not fancy the idea and I reluctantly followed Robert out of the room.
8 q& _+ Y, Q# x        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。
+ h/ j7 G- E3 d414. 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!
        它们从纸袋里逃了出来，爬得满厅都是！
+ P) `  r2 ]+ R/ X9 Z( R, P416. I have never been able to look at a snail since then.
% g/ I( W( x8 K1 x        从那以后，我再也不能看一眼蜗牛了。