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。
6 H  [# |* a' W3 m; v0 I5 z5 l# A395. If you lived in the Mediterranean, for instance, you would consider octopus a great delicacy.
1 O5 t9 x' I3 `4 }" b0 Q* O) f* c        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.
        同时不能理解为什么有人一见章鱼就恶心。
9 B% x& c4 m# O) O) ~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.
; }9 j+ H( K0 E# Q+ }3 [        另一方面，你一想到动物油炸土豆就会反胃，
, |- |- C- E+ w3 m, l398. The sad truth is that most of us have been brought up to eat certain foods and we stick to them all our lives.
5 y# ?" }) z$ {- Y7 y. {        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。
- S. O3 A+ ?: [6 {* B8 U8 `$ a400. 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。
. o' N2 A% ?8 S) V8 ~. V401. 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。
4 o7 C3 c& t8 ^0 O6 |, D% d402. 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。
403. As his flat is in a large town, he has no garden of his own.
8 f) [* X$ L+ F7 T9 c& X        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。
405. The idea never appealed to me very much,
9 G1 D1 t4 Z) B0 [        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，
' d9 w9 z) ^4 u407. 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.
8 J% S: d4 c! W, _2 V$ V! N        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。
- t0 T; F; }5 K1 i* I408. Acting on a sudden impulse, I collected several dozen, put them in a paper bag, and took them to Robert.
/ @  {* T3 }7 [9 `, F$ o        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。
' z3 j8 [( |) q+ B* t/ e: q* n410. 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.
9 B, L5 e2 {7 h1 B        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。
: ?; \5 \  P9 a- v9 F+ b, P413. 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。
, m7 D9 N6 N5 e7 r3 ^414. To our dismay, we saw that there were snails everywhere:
& O" l, @( u  Y        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！
416. I have never been able to look at a snail since then.
) K6 j; P! I$ E. S        从那以后，我再也不能看一眼蜗牛了。