新概念英语3--（一天学一篇）--- 23

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课文23  各有所爱
! z, t4 e! F, W, d394. People become quite illogical when they try to decide what can be eaten and what cannot be eaten.
# T* d* o9 ]" _* j0 C* h        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.
        比如，如果你住在地中海地区，你会把章鱼视作是美味佳肴，
7 y0 ^) j$ \- Z& X4 V% w396. You would not be able to understand why some people find it repulsive.
; U# Z8 ~; q, [! Z% R, n& n        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.
- ~$ I. b1 L+ }* w1 b, k        另一方面，你一想到动物油炸土豆就会反胃，
% z  C9 q. m& A& U$ C' G2 Z2 v398. The sad truth is that most of us have been brought up to eat certain foods and we stick to them all our lives.
) P8 G' r( |; l+ h        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。
0 i! `( h" O7 w$ g* r! K$ x+ V+ ^9 k399. 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。
( o4 q3 V$ j% D400. Cooked in wine, snails are a great luxury in various parts of the world.
/ @% T" P2 B5 S( ^9 ^        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。
" U4 x  f. U7 E/ e% ?; }401. There are countless people who, ever since their early years, have learned to associate snails with food.
* d# N, b) z' D, C        有不计其数的人们从小就知道蜗牛可做菜。
5 X  d5 ~* A, [4 S* i402. My friend, Robert, lives in a country where snails are despised.
3 J& p: F5 i: w/ K        但我的朋友罗伯特却住在一个厌恶蜗牛的国家中。
2 k3 X6 w' N  B( K" N5 S403. 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。
/ @! s* e$ T; p. Q405. The idea never appealed to me very much,
! A+ _% B' {, d0 U        一开始，他的这一想法没有引起我多大兴趣。
( c) F/ }# j4 B3 q5 o  o- Q& h406. but one day, after heavy shower,
        后来有一天，一场大雨后，
4 s9 n) U, D" Q$ t. D0 l: v407. 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。
408. Acting on a sudden impulse, I collected several dozen, put them in a paper bag, and took them to Robert.
4 x$ D7 c! }2 b) w" _2 V+ L        我一时冲动，逮了几十只，装进一只纸袋里，带着去找罗伯特。
4 e  O3 Y: G9 o6 f1 t8 d. O409. Robert was delighted to see me and equally pleased with my little gift.
% U. S% q5 x9 K6 h$ p: h. z' D        罗伯特见到我很高兴，对我的薄礼也感到满意。
6 f5 U" s. c5 b$ p3 g- l410. 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。
; J! e: j6 B; I4 L411. 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。
412. Snails would, of course, be the main dish.
1 n1 C  E/ a( g, M/ j        蜗牛当然是道主菜。
413. I did not fancy the idea and I reluctantly followed Robert out of the room.
4 v' m3 q! `' X  C' ^" m        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:
) w; X# ~- m: z, }; f: N% ~        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！
- F% X8 |# Y: C$ B1 w# \: w4 w416. 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。