Lesson 23 One mans meat is another mans

Lesson 23 One man’s meat is another man’s poison

Language points n n n n 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. Your stomach would turn at the idea of frying potatoes in animal fat—the normally accepted practice in many northern countries. --虚拟语气, 表示假设 Octopus-n. 章鱼 Delicacy-. 美味, 佳肴 Repulsive-adj. 令人厌恶的 Accepted Practice -. 公认的惯例, 习惯

The sad truth is that most of us have been brought up to eat certain foods and we stick to them all our lives. n Bring up-照料，教育（小孩）；抚养 n She was brought up to respect the old and help the weak. n Stick to-停留, 固守, 坚持 --stick to a post坚守岗位 --stick to one's words遵守诺言 n

There are countless people who, ever since their early years, have learned to associate snails with food. n Countless-adj. 无数的, 数不尽的 n Years --College years, wandering years n Associate-由. . . 联想到. . . , 把. . . 联系起来 --associate one thing with another 把某一事与另一事联系起来 --We associate China with the Greet Wall. 我们想起中国, 就联想到长城。 n

My friend, Robert, lives in a country where nails are despised. n Despise-vt. 轻视 --No one will despise you. 没有人鄙视你。 --Don't cheat at examination, or your classmates will despise you. 考试不要作弊, 否则同班同学会轻视你的。 n n As his flat is in a large town, he has no garden of his own.

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. n Appeal to-v. 引起兴趣, 投合. . . 的心意 --Bright colours appeal to small children. 小孩喜欢鲜艳的颜色。 n Take a stroll, take a shower, take a walk, take a break n

Acting on a sudden impulse, I collected several dozen, put them in a paper bag, and took them to Robert. n Impulse-冲动： --bought a hat on impulse. 心血来潮买了一顶帽子 --act on impulse凭冲动行事 n n Robert was delighted to see me and equally pleased with my little gift.

Snails would, of course, be the main dish. n Dish-n. 盘菜, 盘装食品; 一道菜 --one‘s favourite dish爱吃的菜 n I did not fancy the idea and I reluctantly followed Robert out of the room. n Fancy-喜爱；喜欢 --He doesn't fancy this place at all. 他一点儿也不喜欢这地方。 n

n n To our dismay, we saw that there were snails everywhere: they had escaped from the paper bag and had taken compete possession of the hall! take possession of获得, 占有; 占据, 占领 comparative n No creature have received more praise and abuse than the common garden snail. --Nothing is more precious than time. n Robert was delighted to see me and equally pleased with my little gift. --He is good with words and equally creatively with his hands. n

questions 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. How do people behave when they try to decide what can and what cannot be eaten? If you lived in Mediterranean, what food would you consider a delicacy? Do some people find octopus repulsive/ In many northern countries, what do we normally fry potatoes in? What have most of us been brought up to do? And how long do we stick to certain foods? Which creature has received a lot of praise and abuse? How are snails usually cooked? Where does Robert live? Why hasn’t he got a garden?

11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. How long has Robert been asking you to collect snails for him? What were you doing when you noticed the snails? How many of the snails did you collect? Where did you leave the bag of snails when you went to see Robert? What did Robert invite you to do? Did you fancy the idea? Why didn’t you fancy the idea? When you and Robert went to the hall, where were the snails? What had the snails escaped from? What have you never been able to do since?

Story-retelling 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Friend Robert—lives in country—snails despised His flat—large town—no garden For years—ask me—collect snails Idea never appealed—one day—heavy shower—huge numbers of snails—stroll—prize plants Collected several dozen—paper bag—took to Robert Delighted-equally pleased Left nag—living room—talked Have forgotten snails—must stay to dinner—snail main dish Didn’t fancy idea—followed Robert out Dismay—snails everywhere—escaped from paper bag—take possession of

Key to summery writing 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Collected several dozen—paper bag—took to Robert He—delighted—equally pleased Bag n hall—living room—talked couples of hours Forgot snails—Robert invited me to dinner Followed Robert—hall—snails everywhere Escaped—paper bag—crawling all over

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