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1、TextLesson23Onemansmeatisanothermanspoison各有所爱Peoplebecomequiteillogicalwhentheytrytodecidewhatcanbeeatenandwhatcannotbeeaten.IfyoulivedintheMediterranean,forinstanee,youwouldconsideroctopusagreatdelicacy.Youwouldnotbeabletounderstandwhysomepeoplefinditrepulsive.Ontheotherhand,yourstomachwouldturnat
2、theideaoffryingpotatoesinanimalfat-thenormallyacceptedpracticeinmanynortherncountries.Thesadtruthisthatmostofushavebeenbroughtuptoeatcertainfoodsandwesticktothemallourlives.Nocreaturehasreceivedmorepraiseandabusethanthecommongardensnail.Cookedinwine,snailsareagreatluxuryinvariouspartsoftheworld.Ther
3、earecountlesspeoplewho,eversincetheirearlyyears,havelearnedtoassociatesnailswithfood.Myfriend,Robert,livesinacountrywheresnailsaredespised.Ashisflatisinalargetown,hehasnogardenofhisown.Foryearshehasbeenaskingmetocollectsnailsfrommygardenandtakethemtohim.Theideaneverappealedtomeverymuch,butoneday,aft
4、eraheavyshower,IhappenedtobewalkinginmygardenwhenInoticedahugenumberofsnailstakingastrollonsomeofmyprizeplants.Actingonasuddenimpulse,Icollectedseveraldozen,puttheminapaperbag,andtookthemtoRobert.Robertwasdelightedtoseemeandequallypleasedwithmylittlegift.IleftthebaginthehallandRobertandIwentintothel
5、ivingroomwherewetalkedforacoupleofhours.IhadforgottenallaboutthesnailswhenRobertsuddenlysaidthatImuststaytodinner.Snailswould,ofcourse,bethemaindish.IdidnotfancytheideaandIreluctantlyfollowedRobertoutoftheroom.Toourdismay,wesawthatthereweresnailseverywhere:theyhadescapedfromthepaperbagandhadtakencom
6、pletepossessionofthehall!Ihaveneverbeenabletolookatasnailsincethen.Languagepoints(Attention:Thefollowingpointsarenotcoveredbythevideo.ItisbetterforyoutowatchthevideoorlistentotheMP3firstandtrytotakenotesonyourown.Thenyoumaycheckheretogetmoredetails.)1. Ontheotherhand,yourstomachwouldturnattheideaoff
7、ryingpotatoesinanimalfatontheotherhand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, thenormallyacc
8、eptedpracticeinmanynortherncountriespractice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
9、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pers
10、istindoingsth.坚持做某事5, Nocreaturehasreceivedmorepraiseandabusethanthecommongardensnail.比较级表达最高级的概念Nobodyismorebeautifulthanyou.Heismoreintelligentthananyoneelseinmyclass.Thecommongardensnailoftenreceivesmorepraiseandabusethanothercreatures.6, Therearecountlesspeoplewho,eversincetheirearlyyears,havele
11、arnedtoassociatesnailswithfood.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.Robertwasdelightedtoseemeandequal
12、lypleasedwithmylittlegift.=Robertwasnotonlydelightedtoseeme,butalsopleasedwithmylittlegift.8, IhappenedtobewalkinginmygardenwhenInoticedahugenumberofsnailstakingastrollonsomeofmyprizeplants.happenedtodo恰巧,碰巧Ihappenedtobeoutwhenhecalled.Webothhappenedtobetravellingonthesameplane.happen/chanceIthappen
13、edthatIwasoutwhenhecalled.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.ExercisesMultiplechoi
14、ces1Inacountrywheresnailsareeaten,youwouldexpect.a. tofindagreatmanysnailsinpeoplesgardensb. tofindthatpeoplecookedtheminwinec. snailstobesopopularthattheyarealuxuryonlytherichcanaffordd. peopletobeamazedbyanyonewhorefusedtoeatthem2Theideaofcollectingsnailsneverappealedtothewriterverymuchuntil.a. th
15、esightofthesnailsmadehimthinkofRobertb. 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。Itissadthatracialdiscri
16、minationstillhappenstoday.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