新概念英语3--（一天学一篇）--- 23

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课文23  各有所爱
. c3 T& o' m  Q1 V394. People become quite illogical when they try to decide what can be eaten and what cannot be eaten.
1 j# g  p3 ]  a( o        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。
; ]5 \) R9 S9 _5 o6 A8 {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，
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。
: Y" F. k. g3 J( H- O$ P397. 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.
7 a8 K$ S% |# Z& I        另一方面，你一想到动物油炸土豆就会反胃，
( e/ w0 x2 L3 c" s0 }- ^. C398. The sad truth is that most of us have been brought up to eat certain foods and we stick to them all our lives.
/ _3 a! V5 P8 ?        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。
4 b* k: k6 l7 v& h6 L399. No creature has received more praise and abuse than the common garden snail.
7 R5 `$ L8 e' B" h* F7 j5 t        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。
" j/ ~" s' F7 ~  q# k3 V400. Cooked in wine, snails are a great luxury in various parts of the world.
) P. [3 _6 \' `$ u, ~/ D        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。
0 ]5 y7 N0 e6 @& E402. 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。
1 X) J( d2 A5 C403. 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。
- T+ G' h5 q" `1 Q404. 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。
2 B2 f% B" r% k; ]. c# f. I405. The idea never appealed to me very much,
4 |  G8 d, |# ^3 V5 Q' t! \$ e        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,
. c+ J' r( e: S. ]- F6 g        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。
* @2 Q/ U3 Q( v+ A5 T408. Acting on a sudden impulse, I collected several dozen, put them in a paper bag, and took them to Robert.
& D0 I5 Q8 R- h+ K5 u/ Z5 R        我一时冲动，逮了几十只，装进一只纸袋里，带着去找罗伯特。
6 q2 m2 j( M. M7 L9 p& }, u409. 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。
/ y& y' O4 ~; r6 h; u( q3 I2 V411. I had forgotten all about the snails when Robert suddenly said that I must stay to dinner.
6 k$ a  ?  `% G6 ^( R/ X% |        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.
3 G. p, W: J. b2 c, e        蜗牛当然是道主菜。
5 \' D- h/ e5 H1 d! l% _- E1 O413. I did not fancy the idea and I reluctantly followed Robert out of the room.
; R6 s7 ~/ n; X- C, b" l        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。
& u" E3 \* o$ {; A% M' Z8 W5 n# A414. To our dismay, we saw that there were snails everywhere:
! @$ |: T0 O/ Z9 h/ }0 y) r% B9 O        使我们惊愕的是门厅里到处爬满了蜗牛：
" c6 O( J- ?$ n$ r4 g415. 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.
9 m% Q* q8 p. H0 w        从那以后，我再也不能看一眼蜗牛了。