新概念英语3--（一天学一篇）--- 23

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课文23  各有所爱
; v" t* _  ?. u- Q1 L/ `7 l394. People become quite illogical when they try to decide what can be eaten and what cannot be eaten.
7 l7 r9 m3 ?7 Z2 B6 J        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。
+ E+ L( f4 ^$ |395. If you lived in the Mediterranean, for instance, you would consider octopus a great delicacy.
+ c/ [* z3 @1 n3 {8 h9 b5 y+ h( V3 J        比如，如果你住在地中海地区，你会把章鱼视作是美味佳肴，
) G) L$ e" }# p) H6 P0 |/ T396. 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 i; }2 m* x" w. f: Y& w397. 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，
8 J0 L' I# y* x  g: i398. 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 d/ X; ^4 ]8 Y* }0 b: {        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.
! u7 t% h* l7 v( p1 R        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.
        有不计其数的人们从小就知道蜗牛可做菜。
* N0 t) x: q. L9 n: W402. My friend, Robert, lives in a country where snails are despised.
" V  ~0 g5 o9 i: R3 f        但我的朋友罗伯特却住在一个厌恶蜗牛的国家中。
6 S% F( O2 }& I403. As his flat is in a large town, he has no garden of his own.
0 Q4 c0 B2 m. B" S( u' K        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.
) d+ U, l% Z5 K6 U# R        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,
4 V' M" V2 f+ S7 |        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.
        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。
  H5 p9 W% F1 N408. Acting on a sudden impulse, I collected several dozen, put them in a paper bag, and took them to Robert.
        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.
" ~) n6 ]6 z5 }* {* G: c        罗伯特见到我很高兴，对我的薄礼也感到满意。
( j( B8 ^8 e* w1 Z410. I left the bag in the hall and Robert and I went into the living room where we talked for a couple of hours.
. G7 ^8 v; r! v  a: f4 a, }3 u0 Q% y        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。
$ ^  z6 n- [1 @& R- x" ?' A% k411. I had forgotten all about the snails when Robert suddenly said that I must stay to dinner.
; Y7 @  q8 g5 O, l; h* z1 [        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。
, G& M, t3 h8 S  b/ Y413. I did not fancy the idea and I reluctantly followed Robert out of the room.
4 I3 ]9 H8 m0 S" u& }        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:
, Z* I  k! Z# H) U$ @9 q        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!
6 e% c0 n# |) y% h' E9 E  ^! c1 V        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。