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。
% g1 e) b$ q3 c/ x$ n, E395. 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.
/ `6 t# H* H$ G% y        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.
$ r9 K4 L+ N: D3 k$ F2 K        另一方面，你一想到动物油炸土豆就会反胃，
; N1 M/ i7 i2 b7 O! z398. The sad truth is that most of us have been brought up to eat certain foods and we stick to them all our lives.
! p, {6 R- Y6 F- F+ {        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。
( ?. a7 e$ p. e399. 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。
. a) }1 o& {2 G. Z- D7 e$ G& ?400. Cooked in wine, snails are a great luxury in various parts of the world.
* V0 ^8 W# ~% A: ?: f& d- K        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。
- g4 ?. D/ j, Q4 k% H401. There are countless people who, ever since their early years, have learned to associate snails with food.
7 X0 d# Z0 a+ Q+ |' W; s7 Z        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。
- L2 n/ ^  |3 L8 z% j$ U403. As his flat is in a large town, he has no garden of his own.
: Y5 U& ~; R3 k: S6 I, r5 g% A! R- A        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.
9 Q  F. a: d. [1 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。
4 H* G8 U+ O5 _6 b# Q2 }0 z405. The idea never appealed to me very much,
8 i5 g! u; u) S  O; `        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,
! W% O2 ?4 G" M4 ~& P        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.
, V# ]% D: l) y. v5 J        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。
$ m# z8 `& l# [8 }3 J" s1 R- v408. Acting on a sudden impulse, I collected several dozen, put them in a paper bag, and took them to Robert.
9 k: `/ S8 p9 m! Y1 H        我一时冲动，逮了几十只，装进一只纸袋里，带着去找罗伯特。
6 c& F8 T! `) S409. 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.
5 Y1 z  ?. u: u; ^% ?  q, P/ a        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。
# ~2 H5 y; u: u412. Snails would, of course, be the main dish.
0 p6 V. J; y& t        蜗牛当然是道主菜。
413. I did not fancy the idea and I reluctantly followed Robert out of the room.
( i+ {7 v& j$ K% N        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。
$ W/ U  D2 z) v$ d  X  V5 ~* R  u414. 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：
& V3 p  q; [1 d1 s8 h" `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！
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。