新概念英语3--（一天学一篇）--- 23

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课文23  各有所爱
( C' p0 W7 \7 d; C' S: j394. People become quite illogical when they try to decide what can be eaten and what cannot be eaten.
! }* h; \" G6 [# p6 L        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。
" K, J# k9 @: _* H395. If you lived in the Mediterranean, for instance, you would consider octopus a great delicacy.
- Q% e: ?" _: Q7 U! d6 S        比如，如果你住在地中海地区，你会把章鱼视作是美味佳肴，
# W4 b6 G; J7 `0 x! r- v396. You would not be able to understand why some people find it repulsive.
! c: Y( Y9 c! {        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.
  q' ]! K0 P1 q" k- \2 e  C# J        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.
/ \8 Z+ [( e( R( E        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。
$ ^2 R6 D3 b# F2 I+ O1 _, U) ^# d  J399. 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.
/ U2 _) Q* C% I8 w        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。
8 T" d$ g+ b9 l, U3 e* K8 N7 X401. 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。
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。
% y! `! P9 ^, m8 O403. As his flat is in a large town, he has no garden of his own.
% ^' g1 e% n1 L* O        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.
7 d. y5 Y" o& g7 `/ L        多年来，他一直让我把我园子里的蜗牛收集起来给他捎去。
6 \1 a6 e- \, e405. The idea never appealed to me very much,
! ?7 j4 N0 `5 h: Z' P' x* M        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,
% D4 J2 q6 ]- q1 g0 [8 {# R        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。
9 S% N3 [( {9 Z408. 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.
        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.
1 R: X8 {  y; F5 J, B- ^- x% P        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。
5 D4 n) A& P6 T* y+ {0 A* m1 q411. 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.
        蜗牛当然是道主菜。
413. 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。
414. To our dismay, we saw that there were snails everywhere:
2 p* v, f9 j- `+ ^) t        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！
0 M- ?+ H: w: R, A+ R2 s" B416. I have never been able to look at a snail since then.
6 M8 H$ O. E# t: f# s8 L* I        从那以后，我再也不能看一眼蜗牛了。