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新概念英语3--(一天学一篇)--- 23

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394. People become quite illogical when they try to decide what can be eaten and what cannot be eaten.
+ M& T3 a3 c3 X; Z        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。. R0 e( o  m" T3 a: ]* Y( J/ |
395. If you lived in the Mediterranean, for instance, you would consider octopus a great delicacy./ ]; Q1 g. Z# r9 {
        比如,如果你住在地中海地区,你会把章鱼视作是美味佳肴,
' I' c" O0 H5 s* B8 p6 d" w396. You would not be able to understand why some people find it repulsive.  d7 O6 Z) d, @- ~& ]4 r2 N0 B' ]' H5 W$ d
        同时不能理解为什么有人一见章鱼就恶心。, p- c1 |' f0 U# A) _
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.' t5 B( n# K9 t8 R) A( `
        另一方面,你一想到动物油炸土豆就会反胃,
+ G5 S2 y5 g3 Y6 q398. The sad truth is that most of us have been brought up to eat certain foods and we stick to them all our lives.
; d+ l5 s0 q6 F* k& H3 b0 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。
$ T/ M- `# W  h: j399. No creature has received more praise and abuse than the common garden snail.3 H1 ~5 `2 T7 P  k% [
        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。9 n2 _: ]9 z$ A! `
400. Cooked in wine, snails are a great luxury in various parts of the world.
3 m" o, c1 z7 [9 Z" N        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。/ p* g- \  O. l$ v' C' j$ O# H
401. There are countless people who, ever since their early years, have learned to associate snails with food.7 n2 e& R6 Y( A/ q+ S/ }
        有不计其数的人们从小就知道蜗牛可做菜。
; n3 }% J/ W# H402. My friend, Robert, lives in a country where snails are despised.# _# M9 P6 E" G$ ?6 r2 O/ k
        但我的朋友罗伯特却住在一个厌恶蜗牛的国家中。
3 H$ m  Z* d( Y/ V3 n" M: F403. As his flat is in a large town, he has no garden of his own.
; v' C* ~. m$ c; s! `* F) P        他住在大城市里的一所公寓里,没有自己的花园。9 v* ?/ o  J6 w7 _/ B" L; F
404. For years he has been asking me to collect snails from my garden and take them to him.9 e' T" N5 [7 w% j8 Q9 E1 U1 G" e
        多年来,他一直让我把我园子里的蜗牛收集起来给他捎去。# V/ \, `0 Z' l2 s
405. The idea never appealed to me very much,
1 {# Z/ H0 e1 K# M' X; _& L        一开始,他的这一想法没有引起我多大兴趣。: x# p1 }' n* g4 Q' b; W2 T
406. but one day, after heavy shower,8 ^/ y, o$ p. A/ I4 R; o3 x3 r! Q
        后来有一天,一场大雨后,
$ p5 }: D+ d5 X; Q407. 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.
+ r$ R& V$ ?/ L        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。
1 p! t# l/ @$ c5 C- X5 r6 Y408. Acting on a sudden impulse, I collected several dozen, put them in a paper bag, and took them to Robert.
* H! M0 P2 @& j; }& z        我一时冲动,逮了几十只,装进一只纸袋里,带着去找罗伯特。! v- _% L4 l+ [+ J& \/ [) W
409. Robert was delighted to see me and equally pleased with my little gift.- [  G; `+ X$ T* U( Z% R
        罗伯特见到我很高兴,对我的薄礼也感到满意。+ a) V/ f! E0 @% ]4 ^$ {. u
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.$ |9 [; E7 ]3 ?8 p$ y2 h. [& i9 m
        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。
" _" x9 \- ~. A411. I had forgotten all about the snails when Robert suddenly said that I must stay to dinner.
( n! ?  _' z0 f' h( g$ 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。( z. Q' Z9 {' `+ r& {
412. Snails would, of course, be the main dish.0 `4 g0 [5 o+ g) y1 V
        蜗牛当然是道主菜。% E5 `/ m' i; W8 f, ~
413. I did not fancy the idea and I reluctantly followed Robert out of the room.
. I! _( X( X. N        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。+ G' y+ f2 a9 N3 V* S1 J# H3 B
414. To our dismay, we saw that there were snails everywhere:% J0 d% G3 N- \, e) i
        使我们惊愕的是门厅里到处爬满了蜗牛:- h) g8 ^) i! B8 P( r: e4 k
415. they had escaped from the paper bag and had taken complete possession of the hall!2 J7 F  q$ I) i- P: _# J8 d7 w
        它们从纸袋里逃了出来,爬得满厅都是!, s4 E+ R7 N9 i6 p: Q2 h
416. I have never been able to look at a snail since then.1 P& I5 G/ k: v6 T/ B
        从那以后,我再也不能看一眼蜗牛了。
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