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# 各有所爱

## 课文学习台 {#study}

### 第1段

People become quite illogical when they try to decide what can be eaten and what cannot be eaten. If you lived in the Mediterranean, for instance, you would consider octopus a great delicacy. You would not be able to understand why some people find it repulsive. 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. The sad truth is that most of us have been brought up to eat certain foods and we stick to them all our lives.

中文理解：在决定什么能吃而什么不能吃的时候，人们往往变得没有逻辑可言。比如，如果你住在地中海地区，你会把章鱼视作是美味佳肴，同时不能理解为什么有人一见章鱼就恶心。另一方面，你一想到动物油炸土豆就会反胃，但这在北方许多国家却是一种普通的烹饪方法。遗憾的事实是，我们中的大部分人，从小就被培养成习惯吃某几种食物，而且一辈子都这样。

* **for instance**：例如；例子要证明前面的判断；可换内容，不必换这个常用表达。

* **be able to**：能够 / 无法；结合时间判断是一般能力还是某次实际做到；unable 带否定。

* **On the other hand**：另一方面 / 相比之下；先找共同的比较维度，再呈现差别。

* **brought up**：引起 / 提出或养育；根据宾语分辨意思，避免把 up 与 about 当可替换小词。

#### 这一段的读法与用法

注释：①illogical = unreasonable。②instance = example。③repulsive = disgusting。 ④stick = stay (with), remain (with)。

### 第2段

No creature has received more praise and abuse than the common garden snail. Cooked in wine, snails are a great luxury in various parts of the world. There are countless people who, ever since their early years, have learned to associate snails with food. My friend, Robert, lives in a country where snails are despised. As his flat is in a large town, he has no garden of his own. For years he has been asking me to collect snails from my garden and take them to him. The idea never appealed to me very much, but one day, after a heavy shower, 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. Acting on a sudden impulse, I collected several dozen, put them in a paper bag, and took them to Robert. Robert was delighted to see me and equally pleased with my little gift. I left the bag in the hall and Robert and I went into the living room where we talked for a couple of hours. I had forgotten all about the snails when Robert suddenly said that I must stay to dinner. Snails would, of course, be the main dish. I did not fancy the idea and I reluctantly followed Robert out of the room. To our dismay, we saw that there were snails everywhere: they had escaped from the paper bag and had taken complete possession of the hall! I have never been able to look at a snail since then.

中文理解：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。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。有不计其数的人们从小就知道蜗牛可做菜。但我的朋友罗伯特却住在一个厌恶蜗牛的国家中。他住在大城市里的一所公寓里，没有自己的花园。多年来，他一直让我把我园子里的蜗牛收集起来给他捎去。一开始，他的这一想法没有引起我多大兴趣。后来有一天，一场大雨后，我在花园里漫无目的地散步，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。我心血来潮，逮了好几打，装进一只纸袋里，带着去给罗伯特。罗伯特见到我很高兴，对我的薄礼也感到满意。我把纸袋放在门厅里，与罗伯特一起进了起居室，在那里聊了两三个小时。我把蜗牛的事忘得一干二净，罗伯特突然提出一定要留我下来吃晚饭，这才提醒了我。蜗牛当然是道主菜。我并不喜欢这个主意，所以我勉强跟着罗伯特走出了起居室。使我们惊愕的是，门厅里到处爬满了蜗牛：它们从纸袋里逃了出来，爬得满厅都是！打那起，我再也不能看一眼蜗牛了。

* **ever since**：到目前为止 / 从那时起；它们常与完成时一起出现；回到原句看动作还是状态延续。

* **been able to**：能够 / 无法；结合时间判断是一般能力还是某次实际做到；unable 带否定。

* **look at**：期待 / 照顾 / 寻找 / 看；介词一变意思就变；look forward to 的 to 后接名词或 -ing。

#### 这一段的读法与用法

注释：①various = different。②associate = connect。③appealed to = attracted。 ④taking a stroll = having a walk。⑤that 引导的宾语从句说明“我们看到”的内容。冒号后的 they had escaped… 是进一步解释蜗牛为何到处都是的分句，they 是主语，不是引导从句的连接词；saw 是实义动词，that 从句不是表语从句。

#### Summary 摘要

The writer collected several dozen snails, put them in a paper bag and took them to Robert who was delighted to see him, and pleased with the snails. The writer left the bag in the hall and he and Robert went into the living room and talked for a couple of hours. He had forgotten the snails until Robert invited him to dinner, and he followed Robert into the hall to find snails everywhere. They had escaped from the bag. (80 words)

#### Composition 作文 Snails, Snails, Snails! 大蜗牛！

\[1]The snails had escaped from the paper bag and they were everywhere—on the walls, on the ceiling, on the carpet, and even on the large hall mirror. When we began to look carefully, we found that they were even in coat pockets in the clothes hanging on the clothes hooks in the hall. It was disgusting! Snails move slowly, but it's amazing how far they can travel in a couple of hours!

\[2]It took Robert and me ages to collect them. He fetched a pair of steps for me and ladders for himself, and we collected them in two buckets. There were snail marks everywhere, too, and it took hours to clear up the mess—remember, there were several dozen of them. Snails may not be fast, but we had been talking for a couple of hours, and they can travel. Even now I am sure we didn't find them all: some are still crawling round Robert's house.

\[3]The ones that we did not find were lucky! Robert was amused, but I wasn't. He decided to cook the snails and invited me to stay. I said before that I didn't fancy the idea, so I left him to his meal for one. I just couldn't look at the snails and have never been able to face them since then. (220 words)

## 学完这一课

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