Lesson 23 One man’s meat is another man’s poison
People become quite illogical when 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想到 frying potatoes in animal fat – the normally accepted practice吃法 in many northern countries. The sad truth is讓人遺憾的是 that most of us have been brought up to eat certain foods and we stick to them all our lives.
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自…以來 their early years, have learned to associate snails with food. My friend, Robert, lives in a country where snails are despised. As由于 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幾十個(gè), 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一切 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驚愕, 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.
New words and expressions
poison 毒藥
illogical 不合邏輯的
octopus 章魚
delicacy 佳肴
repulsive 令人反感的
stomach 胃
turn 翻胃
fry 油炸
fat （動(dòng)物、植物）油
abuse 責(zé)罵
snail 蝸牛
luxury 奢侈品
associate 聯(lián)想到
despise 鄙視
appeal 引起興致
shower 陣雨
stroll 溜達(dá)
impulse 沖動(dòng)
dozen 一打
fancy 喜愛
Notes on the text
Fancy meeting you here.
l 人名（女）
Hellen美神
Jamie“我愛”（法）感性頑皮
Jessica“財(cái)富”（希伯來）
l poison sb. 毒死某人
├poisonous有毒的，含有毒素的
├venom毒液
├toxic含有毒成分的
├polluted污染的
└gas毒氣，汽油（美）
┌octopus章魚
├shark鯊魚，高利貸者
├whale鯨魚
└herring鱈魚
l delicious好吃的
├delicacy n.佳肴
├sweet甜的
├spicy味重的
└tasty味道好的
l repulsive惡心（跟胃有關(guān)的）
├disgusting惡心（短時(shí)的感覺）
├boring（時(shí)間長）
├tedious冗長的
└sick惡心（表極度討厭）
You make me sick.
┌I’m sick.病了
└I feel sick.感到惡心
My stomach would turn at the idea of this kind of food.反胃
l You have abused my bicycle.濫用，不珍惜
├abuse one’s power濫用職權(quán)
└abuse sb.漫罵
┌extravagant浪費(fèi)
└luxury奢侈品
People become quite unreasonable when we try to decide what can be done and what cannot be done.
l medium中間
├territory地區(qū)，地域
├ocean海洋
└→Mediterranean地中海
If you live in Beijing you would consider（食物）a great delicacy.
l 可放句尾
├for change換換中味
├for free免費(fèi)地
├for sale待售
├for good永遠(yuǎn)的
└for fun為了好玩
I wanna a job for change.
┌play soccer足球
├play tennis
├play baseball
└play cricket板球
樂器加the球不加the因樂器更珍貴，不與人共用
l 重點(diǎn)語言點(diǎn)find
I find that he is not responsible.負(fù)責(zé)任
I find the movie interesting.
I find it an important factor.因素
I find out＋句子（我發(fā)現(xiàn)，我認(rèn)為）
l The sad truth is＋從句（讓人遺憾的是）
The good truth is that…
┌for example由下代替
├say,
└so to speak,
No farmer has known經(jīng)歷 more joys and sorrows悲傷 than my father.
┌refuse /z/ 拒絕refusal n.
└refuse /s/ 廢品 n.
┌arrive v.
└arrival n.
Cooking in the kitchen, my brother was singing a song.
They come from various parts of the world.
l 補(bǔ)充習(xí)語
1. Have you got the picture?
你明白了嗎？
2. You have my word.相信我吧
3. I will see to it.我會(huì)留意的
4. You are most understanding.
你真的善解人意
5. He has cold feet.腿嚇軟了
6. I’m itching for sth. 癢癢
I’m dying for…很想去…
7. I’ve got the clues.線索
我明白些了
8. I’m flattered.我受龐若驚
9. keep fit.保持健康
10. Boys will be boys.本性難改，孩子就是孩子
l It reminds me of my childhood.使想起
I always associate聯(lián)想 Beijing with China.
l despise鄙視＝discount
├look down on sb.瞧不起（口）
├pour scorn on極力諷刺
├sneer at斜視
└discount輕視
l appeal引起興致
American movies appeal to me.我喜歡…
Your idea never appeal to me.可用于抽象
l stroll→street rool
└溜達(dá)→在街上滾
I fancy your idea.喜歡
I was caught in the rain.淋雨
l as ever象往常一樣
└as usual通常
feel bored of討厭
Please warp it up in newspaper.包起來…
shop of his own = his own shop
I happened to be walking…
happen后加不定式“碰巧做…”
when放中間無逗號(hào)表“就在那時(shí)”＝the moment＋句子
l one or two一兩個(gè)
├a couple of兩三個(gè)
├a few幾個(gè)
├m(xù)ore than 10十幾個(gè)
├tens of（非正式）十幾個(gè)
├decade十個(gè)
└several dozen (of)幾十個(gè)
┌It’s my pleasure to do sth.
├It’s my honor to do sth.（正式）
├Nice to do.
├I’m delighted to see you.
└I’m very pleased with your gift.見到禮物非常高興
I know all about the writer.一切
┌l(fā)ittle gift小禮物
└small gift鉆石類
l dine out出去吃
├go Dutch各付各帳
├fifty fifty五五分成
└It’s my treat.我請(qǐng)了
┌main dish主菜
└cold dish冷菜
┌Follow me, please.
├This way, please.
└After you.
take complete possession of完全占有
（不指全部空間）
不＝occupy占據(jù)
┌the idea of一想到
└the sight of一看到
He stayed up沒睡 all night yesterday, little thinking沒想到that he was in very bad health.
Exercise
*little thinking沒有想到
1. People are quite illogical when it comes to deciding what…
*it comes to doing開始做某事
*come to do除上面用法只加do
2. Most of us have been brought up to eat certain kinds of food.
3. No creature has been praised or abused more often than…
4. Having left the bag in the hall, I accompanied Robert into the living room.
*Robert and I went也可
5. We saw the snails escape from the paper bag…
6. On the other hand, you would feel sick at the idea…
*feel sick感到惡心
7. Snails would, of course, be the main course.
*course菜
*seven course豐盛的一頓飯
8. – I went into the living room where we talked for two hours or so.
*round the clock整天
*two hours or so大約
9. There are numerous people, who…
*numerable可數(shù)的情的
*numerous非常多的
*numerical數(shù)字的
*numbered注上編碼的
People become quite illogical when 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想到 frying potatoes in animal fat – the normally accepted practice吃法 in many northern countries. The sad truth is讓人遺憾的是 that most of us have been brought up to eat certain foods and we stick to them all our lives.
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自…以來 their early years, have learned to associate snails with food. My friend, Robert, lives in a country where snails are despised. As由于 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幾十個(gè), 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一切 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驚愕, 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.
New words and expressions
poison 毒藥
illogical 不合邏輯的
octopus 章魚
delicacy 佳肴
repulsive 令人反感的
stomach 胃
turn 翻胃
fry 油炸
fat （動(dòng)物、植物）油
abuse 責(zé)罵
snail 蝸牛
luxury 奢侈品
associate 聯(lián)想到
despise 鄙視
appeal 引起興致
shower 陣雨
stroll 溜達(dá)
impulse 沖動(dòng)
dozen 一打
fancy 喜愛
Notes on the text
Fancy meeting you here.
l 人名（女）
Hellen美神
Jamie“我愛”（法）感性頑皮
Jessica“財(cái)富”（希伯來）
l poison sb. 毒死某人
├poisonous有毒的，含有毒素的
├venom毒液
├toxic含有毒成分的
├polluted污染的
└gas毒氣，汽油（美）
┌octopus章魚
├shark鯊魚，高利貸者
├whale鯨魚
└herring鱈魚
l delicious好吃的
├delicacy n.佳肴
├sweet甜的
├spicy味重的
└tasty味道好的
l repulsive惡心（跟胃有關(guān)的）
├disgusting惡心（短時(shí)的感覺）
├boring（時(shí)間長）
├tedious冗長的
└sick惡心（表極度討厭）
You make me sick.
┌I’m sick.病了
└I feel sick.感到惡心
My stomach would turn at the idea of this kind of food.反胃
l You have abused my bicycle.濫用，不珍惜
├abuse one’s power濫用職權(quán)
└abuse sb.漫罵
┌extravagant浪費(fèi)
└luxury奢侈品
People become quite unreasonable when we try to decide what can be done and what cannot be done.
l medium中間
├territory地區(qū)，地域
├ocean海洋
└→Mediterranean地中海
If you live in Beijing you would consider（食物）a great delicacy.
l 可放句尾
├for change換換中味
├for free免費(fèi)地
├for sale待售
├for good永遠(yuǎn)的
└for fun為了好玩
I wanna a job for change.
┌play soccer足球
├play tennis
├play baseball
└play cricket板球
樂器加the球不加the因樂器更珍貴，不與人共用
l 重點(diǎn)語言點(diǎn)find
I find that he is not responsible.負(fù)責(zé)任
I find the movie interesting.
I find it an important factor.因素
I find out＋句子（我發(fā)現(xiàn)，我認(rèn)為）
l The sad truth is＋從句（讓人遺憾的是）
The good truth is that…
┌for example由下代替
├say,
└so to speak,
No farmer has known經(jīng)歷 more joys and sorrows悲傷 than my father.
┌refuse /z/ 拒絕refusal n.
└refuse /s/ 廢品 n.
┌arrive v.
└arrival n.
Cooking in the kitchen, my brother was singing a song.
They come from various parts of the world.
l 補(bǔ)充習(xí)語
1. Have you got the picture?
你明白了嗎？
2. You have my word.相信我吧
3. I will see to it.我會(huì)留意的
4. You are most understanding.
你真的善解人意
5. He has cold feet.腿嚇軟了
6. I’m itching for sth. 癢癢
I’m dying for…很想去…
7. I’ve got the clues.線索
我明白些了
8. I’m flattered.我受龐若驚
9. keep fit.保持健康
10. Boys will be boys.本性難改，孩子就是孩子
l It reminds me of my childhood.使想起
I always associate聯(lián)想 Beijing with China.
l despise鄙視＝discount
├look down on sb.瞧不起（口）
├pour scorn on極力諷刺
├sneer at斜視
└discount輕視
l appeal引起興致
American movies appeal to me.我喜歡…
Your idea never appeal to me.可用于抽象
l stroll→street rool
└溜達(dá)→在街上滾
I fancy your idea.喜歡
I was caught in the rain.淋雨
l as ever象往常一樣
└as usual通常
feel bored of討厭
Please warp it up in newspaper.包起來…
shop of his own = his own shop
I happened to be walking…
happen后加不定式“碰巧做…”
when放中間無逗號(hào)表“就在那時(shí)”＝the moment＋句子
l one or two一兩個(gè)
├a couple of兩三個(gè)
├a few幾個(gè)
├m(xù)ore than 10十幾個(gè)
├tens of（非正式）十幾個(gè)
├decade十個(gè)
└several dozen (of)幾十個(gè)
┌It’s my pleasure to do sth.
├It’s my honor to do sth.（正式）
├Nice to do.
├I’m delighted to see you.
└I’m very pleased with your gift.見到禮物非常高興
I know all about the writer.一切
┌l(fā)ittle gift小禮物
└small gift鉆石類
l dine out出去吃
├go Dutch各付各帳
├fifty fifty五五分成
└It’s my treat.我請(qǐng)了
┌main dish主菜
└cold dish冷菜
┌Follow me, please.
├This way, please.
└After you.
take complete possession of完全占有
（不指全部空間）
不＝occupy占據(jù)
┌the idea of一想到
└the sight of一看到
He stayed up沒睡 all night yesterday, little thinking沒想到that he was in very bad health.
Exercise
*little thinking沒有想到
1. People are quite illogical when it comes to deciding what…
*it comes to doing開始做某事
*come to do除上面用法只加do
2. Most of us have been brought up to eat certain kinds of food.
3. No creature has been praised or abused more often than…
4. Having left the bag in the hall, I accompanied Robert into the living room.
*Robert and I went也可
5. We saw the snails escape from the paper bag…
6. On the other hand, you would feel sick at the idea…
*feel sick感到惡心
7. Snails would, of course, be the main course.
*course菜
*seven course豐盛的一頓飯
8. – I went into the living room where we talked for two hours or so.
*round the clock整天
*two hours or so大約
9. There are numerous people, who…
*numerable可數(shù)的情的
*numerous非常多的
*numerical數(shù)字的
*numbered注上編碼的