新概念英语第三册 less23_new

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[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