新概念英语三23课

TextLesson23Oneman’smeatisanotherman’spoison各有所爱Peoplebecomequiteillogicalwhentheytrytodecidewhatcanbeeatenandwhatcannotbeeaten.IfyoulivedintheMediterranean,forinstance,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一想到atthesightof一看到atthementionof一提到atthenewsof一听到......消息atthetouchof一触摸到......东西atthesoundof一听到......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.Itisnowquitecommonpracticeformarriedwomennottotaketheirhusband’ssecondname.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.tofindagreatmanysnailsinpeople’sgardensb.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7．Thehotelisanartisticbuilding.We'llstayinit.Thehotelisanartisticbuildingwherewe’llstay.8．Perhapsthey’veheardoftheplace.Wewentthereforourholidayslasttime.Perhapsthey’veheardoftheplacewherewespentourholidayslasttime.