新概念英语3--（一天学一篇）--- 23

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) s- j+ U2 k; n1 @394. People become quite illogical when they try to decide what can be eaten and what cannot be eaten.
5 ]# _, ?4 c! u0 S7 I        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，
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。
, U* t6 }) D( y5 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.
/ W4 M6 V# p3 S/ Q        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.
) e6 g6 v; R# N        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。
: H' b# L+ r8 |& [! o0 w6 m399. 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.
        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。
( Z* I0 B' U0 z3 i% |9 I401. There are countless people who, ever since their early years, have learned to associate snails with food.
* S0 l( T% |& H0 `- G        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.
" i0 m7 K+ J: L8 |3 B        但我的朋友罗伯特却住在一个厌恶蜗牛的国家中。
' a/ Q4 Y/ T( y  h403. 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。
/ v. U8 \% T7 Q% e% d" R404. 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。
) u$ o; j$ E7 x% l0 @' ?: `8 @405. The idea never appealed to me very much,
, V7 L9 x' H, H        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，
* j4 F- X; ~  j) G2 I# k407. 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.
        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.
, _3 g2 ?2 I1 X' J        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。
- S. j2 x% C; M* Z  R+ s) G6 x411. I had forgotten all about the snails when Robert suddenly said that I must stay to dinner.
5 i5 h7 T! K3 f* U, p        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。
! e4 Q! u- p: f1 _7 }# |$ ^9 B- Z413. I did not fancy the idea and I reluctantly followed Robert out of the room.
" K; D+ A- o+ 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。
$ o3 X9 f9 r# [+ C3 }9 {2 O$ ~414. To our dismay, we saw that there were snails everywhere:
& ]" L  g4 b& l        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!
1 Q9 l$ ]  u! c! t6 j2 k9 W        它们从纸袋里逃了出来，爬得满厅都是！
4 X1 F5 l% ^* e) ^6 X5 O416. I have never been able to look at a snail since then.
' u" y" t, t/ r7 B% J5 z        从那以后，我再也不能看一眼蜗牛了。