[by:英语听力网|http://yingyu.chazidian.com||查字典英语网] [00:00.00]喜欢chazidian.com，就把chazidian.com复制到QQ个人资料中！Lesson 23 One man's meat is another man's poison [00:05.50]23 各有所爱 [00:11.00]Do you understand the title?I'm sure you will after listening. [00:14.47]理解此文的标题吗？我确信你一定会的。 [00:17.95]While listening first pay attention to this question. [00:20.72]听录音注意以下这个问题。 [00:23.48]What was it about snails [00:25.61]由于蜗牛的什么, [00:27.74]that made the writer collect them for his friend on that day in particular? [00:34.18]作者那天才特别为他的朋友收集蜗牛? [00:40.62]People become quite illogical [00:42.89]人们往往变得不合情理, [00:45.17]when they try to decide what can be eaten and what cannot be eaten [00:48.35]决定什么能吃而什么不能吃. [00:51.54]If you lived in the Mediterranean,for instance, [00:53.86]比如,如果你住在地中海地区, [00:56.19]you would consider octopus a great delicacy. [00:58.72]你会把章鱼视作美味佳肴 [01:01.26]You would not be able to understand why some people find it repulsive. [01:04.29]同时不能理解为什么有人一见章鱼就恶心. [01:07.32]On the other hand, [01:08.90]另一方面, [01:10.48]your stomach would turn at the idea of frying potatoes in animal fat [01:13.56]你一想到动物油就会反胃, [01:16.64]the normally accepted practice in many northern countries. [01:19.43]但这在北方许多国家却是一种普通的烹饪方法. [01:22.21]The sad truth is that most of us [01:24.19]遗憾的是,我们中的大部分人, [01:26.18]have been brought up to eat certain foods [01:28.40]生来就只吃某几种食品, [01:30.62]and we stick to them all our lives. [01:32.80]而且一辈子都这样. [01:34.98]No creature has received more praise and abuse [01:37.46]没有一种生物所受到的赞美和厌恶 [01:39.94]than the common garden snail. [01:42.02]会超过花园里常见的蜗牛了. [01:44.10]Cooked in wine, [01:45.57]蜗牛加酒烧煮后, [01:47.05]snails are a great luxury in various parts of the world. [01:50.08]便成了世界上许多地方的一道珍奇的名菜. [01:53.11]There are countless people who, [01:55.03]有不计其数的人们 [01:56.95]ever since their early years, [01:58.84]从小的时候， [02:00.74]have learned to associate snails with food. [02:02.87]就知道蜗牛可做菜. [02:05.00]My friend,Robert,lives in a country where snails are despised. [02:08.56]但我的朋友罗伯特却住在一个厌恶蜗牛的国家 [02:12.13]As his flat is in a large town,he has no garden of his own [02:15.35]他住在大城市里的一所公寓,没有自己的花园. [02:18.58]For years he has been asking me to collect snails from my garden [02:21.56]多年来,他一直让我把我园子里的蜗牛收集起来 [02:24.54]and take them to him. [02:26.27]给他捎去. [02:28.01]The idea never appealed to me very much, [02:30.19]一开始,他的这一想法没有引起我多大兴趣 [02:32.37]but one day,after a heavy shower, [02:34.40]后来有一天,一场大雨后, [02:36.42]I happened to be walking in my garden [02:38.54]我在花园里漫无目的地散步, [02:40.65]when I noticed a huge number of snails [02:43.02]突然注意到许许多多蜗牛 [02:45.38]taking a stroll on some of my prize plants. [02:47.76]在我的一些心爱的花木上慢悠悠地蠕动着. [02:50.14]Acting on a sudden impulse, [02:52.17]我一时冲动, [02:54.21]I collected several dozen,put them in a paper bag, [02:57.14]逮了几十只,装进一只纸袋里, [03:00.06]and took them to Robert. [03:02.13]带着去找罗伯特. [03:04.19]Robert was delighted to see me and equally pleased with my little gift [03:07.43]罗伯特见到我很高兴,对我的薄礼也感到满意. [03:10.67]I left the bag in the hall [03:12.71]我把纸袋放在门厅里, [03:14.74]and Robert and I went into the living room [03:16.96]与罗伯特一起进了起居室 [03:19.18]where we talked for a couple of hours. [03:21.22]在那里聊了好几个钟头 [03:23.26]I had forgotten all about the snails [03:25.23]我把蜗牛的事已忘得一干二净, [03:27.20]when Robert suddenly said that I must stay to dinner. [03:29.99]罗伯特突然提出一定要我留下来吃晚饭, [03:32.77]Snails would,of course,be the main dish. [03:35.11]蜗牛当然是道主菜. [03:37.44]I did not fancy the idea [03:39.52]我并不喜欢这个主意, [03:41.60]and I reluctantly followed Robert out of the room. [03:43.92]所以我勉强跟着罗伯特走出了起居室. [03:46.25]To our dismay,we saw that there were snails everywhere: [03:49.07]使我们惊愕的是门厅里到处爬满了蜗牛