新概念第三册第23课

Eating snails never appeals to me. interest attract



stroll n. 散步slow walking for pleasure go for a stroll/ take a stroll = go for a walk/ take a walk










associate v. 联想到 There are countless people who, ever since their early years, have learned to associate snails with food.(l.11) 有不计其数的人们从小就知道蜗牛可做菜。 associate with = connect with = link with = be bound up with 与…联系在一起 Chinese will associate red with merry while Americans link it with danger. What do you want people to associate with your brand? 你希望人们通过你的品牌联想到什么？

stomach n. 胃 turn v. 反胃 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.(l.5)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 烹任卑劣的；可鄙的 Despicable Me





appeal v. 引起兴致 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.(l.13) 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。 我对吃蜗牛从来没兴趣。


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.(l.14)后来有一天，一场大雨后，我在 花园里漫无目的散步，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。 happen to do 碰巧做 In the evening or at night the streets are empty, and if you do happen to see a group of relaxed, happy people, they are usually foreigners.
aroma [ə'romə] n. 芳香 platter ['plæ tɚ] n. 大浅盘


burst [bɝst] vi. 爆炸




repulsive adj. (very unpleasant) disgusting adj. 令人厌恶的 You would not be able to understand why some people find it repulsive. (l.4) 你不能理解为什么有人一见章鱼就恶心。 If you describe something or someone as repulsive, you mean that they are horrible and disgusting and you want to avoid them. Never in her life had she tasted anything more repulsive. 她一生中从来没有品尝过比这更令人恶心的味道 了。
People become quite illogical when they try to decide what can be eaten and what cannot be eaten. (l.1)

在决定什么能吃而什么不能吃的时候，人们往往变得不 合情理。
There are some people who will use any kind of argument, no matter how illogical, so long as they can score off an opponent. 有些人为了要驳倒对方; 不惜用任何不合逻辑的辩论。




despise v. 鄙视 My friend, Robert, lives in a country where snails are despised.(l.11) 但我的朋友罗伯特却住在一个厌恶蜗牛的国家中.
regarded as worthless = looked down upon
Lesson 23 One Man's Meat is Another Man's Poison





poison n. 毒药 One man’s meat is another man’s poison. (title) (used to say that sth. one person likes may not be liked by someone else) = There’s no accounting for taste. What’s your poison? (a very humorous way of asking someone which alcoholic drink he/she would like) drug n.毒品 take/use drugs 吸毒 Jaycee Chan, 32, also known as Fang Zuming, was arrested for housing others to take drugs, along with Ko Chen-tung, 23, a movie star from Taiwan also known as Kai Ko, Beijing police confirmed in a statement released late on Monday.


snail n. 蜗牛
How could you catch the train at a snail’s pace?(extremely slow) luxury n. 奢侈品,珍品 Cooked in wine, snails are a great luxury in various parts of the world.(l.10) 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。 By all accounts he leads a life of considerable luxury. 从方方面面来讲，他都过着极为奢侈的生活。 A week by the sea is a luxury they can no longer afford. 去海边一周成了一种奢侈，他们再也负担不起。



abuse n. 辱骂，责骂 No creature has received more praise and abuse than the common garden snail.(l.9) 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。 child abuse 虐待儿童 victims of sexual and physical abuse 性虐待和肉体摧残的受害者们 I was left shouting abuse as the car sped off. 当车加速离去时，我在那里破口大骂。
水煮 油炸 烧烤 火锅 馒头 烤(肉) 烤（面包） 蒸 炖 (放在水里)焯一下

A.fry
B. boil
C.bleach [blitʃ] G.stew [stjuː] I.barbecue
D.

steam E.bake F.roast H.steamed-bread
J.hot pot




fat n. （动物、植物）油 When you use oil or fat for cooking, use as little as possible. 当你用油烹饪时，要尽可能少放。 I could eat what I liked without getting fat. 我可以吃我喜欢的东西而不发胖。 (adj. 肥的,胖 的)
turn one’s stomach 让人觉得反胃 I have no stomach for the job. 对(做…)不感兴趣 appetite n. 食欲



I have lost my appetite. Exercise will improve your appetite for food.





octopus n. 章鱼(a sea creature with 8 tentacles) ink fish n. 乌贼，墨鱼 If you lived in the Mediterranean, for instance, you would consider octopus a great delicacy. (l.3) 比如，如果你住在地中海地区，你会把章鱼视作是美味 佳肴。



Restaurant worker Baek Mun-soo said he likes the fresh taste of live octopus tentacles. ['təntəklz] 饭店工人门敏洙说他喜欢吃新鲜的活章鱼的触手。



delicacy n. 佳肴
Snails are considered a delicacy in France. delicious adj. 味道美的 epicure [‘ɛpɪkjʊr] ：a person who takes interest in the pleasure of food and drink and regards cooking as an art Smoked salmon ['sæmən] was considered an expensive delicacy. There are societies that regard worms as a delicacy because that’s how they’ve been raised.



illogical adj. 不合逻辑的，无章法的 il- (否定前缀)
logical legal legible literate illogical illegal adj. [法] 非法的 illegible adj. 难辨认的 illiterate adj. 文盲的；不识字的


有的地方把虫子视为美味，因为他们就是被灌输着这种 意识养大的。




（口语） 称赞美食 The smell is making me hungry. The aroma makes my mouth water. So delicious! I licked the platter clean! I am so full I could burst. I made a pig of myself.