TextLesson23Onemansmeatisanothermanspoison各有所爱Peoplebecomequiteillogicalwhentheytrytodecidewhatcanbeeatenandwhatcannotbeeaten.IfyoulivedintheMediterranean,forinstanee,youwouldconsideroctopusagreatdelicacy.Youwouldnotbeabletounderstandwhysomepeoplefinditrepulsive.Ontheotherhand,yourstomachwouldturnattheideaoffryingpotatoesinanimalfat-thenormallyacceptedpracticeinmanynortherncountries.Thesadtruthisthatmostofushavebeenbroughtuptoeatcertainfoodsandwesticktothemallourlives.Nocreaturehasreceivedmorepraiseandabusethanthecommongardensnail.Cookedinwine,snailsareagreatluxuryinvariouspartsoftheworld.Therearecountlesspeoplewho,eversincetheirearlyyears,havelearnedtoassociatesnailswithfood.Myfriend,Robert,livesinacountrywheresnailsaredespised.Ashisflatisinalargetown,hehasnogardenofhisown.Foryearshehasbeenaskingmetocollectsnailsfrommygardenandtakethemtohim.Theideaneverappealedtomeverymuch,butoneday,afteraheavyshower,IhappenedtobewalkinginmygardenwhenInoticedahugenumberofsnailstakingastrollonsomeofmyprizeplants.Actingonasuddenimpulse,Icollectedseveraldozen,puttheminapaperbag,andtookthemtoRobert.Robertwasdelightedtoseemeandequallypleasedwithmylittlegift.IleftthebaginthehallandRobertandIwentintothelivingroomwherewetalkedforacoupleofhours.IhadforgottenallaboutthesnailswhenRobertsuddenlysaidthatImuststaytodinner.Snailswould,ofcourse,bethemaindish.IdidnotfancytheideaandIreluctantlyfollowedRobertoutoftheroom.Toourdismay,wesawthatthereweresnailseverywhere:theyhadescapedfromthepaperbagandhadtakencompletepossessionofthehall!Ihaveneverbeenabletolookatasnailsincethen.Languagepoints(Attention:Thefollowingpointsarenotcoveredbythevideo.ItisbetterforyoutowatchthevideoorlistentotheMP3firstandtrytotakenotesonyourown.Thenyoumaycheckheretogetmoredetails.)1. Ontheotherhand,yourstomachwouldturnattheideaoffryingpotatoesinanimalfatontheotherhand转折连接词，表示而另一方面attheideaof:at介词搭配作状语，表示当就;一就attheideaof一想至Uatthesightof一看至Uatthementionof提至Uatthenewsof一听至U消息atthetouchof一触摸到东西atthesoundof一听至U声音atthethoughtof一想到Eg.:Iwasgladatthethoughtofgettingsomethingtheeat.Ialwaysloveatthementionofghoststory.2, thenormallyacceptedpracticeinmanynortherncountriespractice表示习俗，做法habit表示个人习惯custom社会的风俗或习俗E.g.:Earlytobedandearlytoriseisgoodhabit.ssecondItisnowquitecommonpracticeformarriedwomennottotaketheirhusbandname.thecustomofgivingpresentatChristmas3，Thesadtruthisthatmostofushavebeenbroughtuptoeatcertainfoodsthat引导表语从句，说明truth的内容bringup抚养JoeisborninEngland,butbroughtupinFrance.Shewasbroughtuptobelievethatmoneyisthemost(great)importantthinginlife.4, westicktothemallourlives.stickto=keepto;notgiveupEg.:Westicktothemallourlives.ImademydecisionandIamgoingtosticktoit.sticktotheideasticktotheplaninsistondoingsth.坚持做某事persistindoingsth.坚持做某事5, Nocreaturehasreceivedmorepraiseandabusethanthecommongardensnail.比较级表达最高级的概念Nobodyismorebeautifulthanyou.Heismoreintelligentthananyoneelseinmyclass.Thecommongardensnailoftenreceivesmorepraiseandabusethanothercreatures.6, Therearecountlesspeoplewho,eversincetheirearlyyears,havelearnedtoassociatesnailswithfood.countless:无数的，数不尽的(=numerous)who引导定语从句associatesth.withsth.把某物与某物相联系7, Actingonasuddenimpulse,Icollectedseveraldozen,puttheminapaperbag,andtookthemtoRobert.onasuddenimpulse一时的，冲动的Actingonasuddenimpulse,hewentshoppingtobuyseveraldresses.Robertwasdelightedtoseemeandequallypleasedwithmylittlegift.=Robertwasnotonlydelightedtoseeme,butalsopleasedwithmylittlegift.8, IhappenedtobewalkinginmygardenwhenInoticedahugenumberofsnailstakingastrollonsomeofmyprizeplants.happenedtodo恰巧，碰巧Ihappenedtobeoutwhenhecalled.Webothhappenedtobetravellingonthesameplane.happen/chanceIthappenedthatIwasoutwhenhecalled.ItchancedthatIwasoutwhenhecalled.9，IhadforgottenallaboutthesnailswhenRobertsuddenlysaidthatImuststaytodinner.when,表示正在这时突然，主句通常使用过去进行时，过去完成时等搭配；位于句中Hewashavingabathwhenthetelephonesuddenlyrang.Wehadnot.likethiswhen.camein.Wewereabouttostartwhenitrained.ExercisesMultiplechoices1Inacountrywheresnailsareeaten,youwouldexpect.a. tofindagreatmanysnailsinpeoplesgardensb. tofindthatpeoplecookedtheminwinec. snailstobesopopularthattheyarealuxuryonlytherichcanaffordd. peopletobeamazedbyanyonewhorefusedtoeatthem2Theideaofcollectingsnailsneverappealedtothewriterverymuchuntil.a. thesightofthesnailsmadehimthinkofRobertb. aheavyshowerofrainledhimtolookfortheminhisgardenc. asuddenimpulsemadehimdecidetovisitthecountrywhereRobertlivedd. hefeltobligedtoremovethemfromhisprizeplantsTranslation3，Thesightofbloodalwaysturnsherstomach.她每次见到血总是感到反胃。4，非常可悲的是种族歧视至今存在。Itissadthatracialdiscriminationstillhappenstoday.5，在长大成人的过程中她就被教育要服从权威。Duringtheprocessofgrowingtobeanadult,shehaslearnedtoobeytotheauthority.6，你如果要开车，最好只喝软饮料。ifyouwanttodrive,youwouldratheronlyhavesoftdrink.改写为定语从句7Thehotelisanartisticbuilding.Wellstayinit.Thehotelisanartisticbuildingwherewellstay.8Perhapstheyvheeardoftheplace.Wewenttheref