新概念英语3--（一天学一篇）--- 23

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课文23  各有所爱
+ U0 P# C8 }& I) L& j394. 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。
7 t# x! u3 B4 Y! F4 `- u395. 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，
. F2 `/ ~7 V5 e  x+ s396. You would not be able to understand why some people find it repulsive.
1 I' n4 f' c" J. C  E4 o        同时不能理解为什么有人一见章鱼就恶心。
2 n/ a2 V0 \# v) y  w+ @  y  ?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.
( p3 u1 k  a4 u" p, K4 T0 V        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.
        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。
7 v3 b( Y) M6 o" M399. 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。
401. There are countless people who, ever since their early years, have learned to associate snails with food.
: M! V- N/ M/ o" B* b        有不计其数的人们从小就知道蜗牛可做菜。
- _# }% V1 ^- x% i; s402. 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。
$ @7 h$ `1 f+ k" m" R6 [* b) V403. As his flat is in a large town, he has no garden of his own.
' T+ @  D/ j* I0 J/ {        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。
* J2 H' U$ X5 Z4 B) H- 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，
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.
5 F2 S; `4 u. \7 L: q+ ]        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.
- M- A6 W! a3 W8 {) Q2 @  |        我一时冲动，逮了几十只，装进一只纸袋里，带着去找罗伯特。
, X# S: p" l  j( n409. 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.
        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.
, V2 s# K* r, y: |) |) |6 C! c        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.
& E0 d1 b0 e) H5 M        蜗牛当然是道主菜。
2 |4 ^0 x0 S$ q& q413. I did not fancy the idea and I reluctantly followed Robert out of the room.
7 q( ^4 \" a3 k. H7 s& H, b        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：
3 U9 `- k& Q* B415. they had escaped from the paper bag and had taken complete possession of the hall!
$ P( ]( r' A" O) d# i4 l$ E9 Y        它们从纸袋里逃了出来，爬得满厅都是！
: J! [& j" l; D# b416. 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。