练习材料：Lesson 23-1 One man’s meat is another man’s poison 时长：1‘25s
People become quite illogical when they try to decide what can be eaten and what cannot be eaten.
ˈpiːpl bɪˈkʌm kwaɪt ɪˈlɒʤɪkəl wɛn ðeɪ traɪ tuː dɪˈsaɪd wɒt kæn biː ˈiːtn ænd wɒt ˈkænɒt biː ˈiːtn.
If you lived in the Mediterranean, for instance, you would consider octopus a great delicacy.
ɪf juː lɪvd ɪn ðə ˌmɛdɪtəˈreɪnjən, fɔːr ˈɪnstəns, juː wʊd kənˈsɪdər ˈɒktəpəs ə greɪt ˈdɛlɪkəsi.
You would not be able to understand why some people find it repulsive.
juː wʊd nɒt biː ˈeɪbl tuː ˌʌndəˈstænd waɪ sʌm ˈpiːpl faɪnd ɪt rɪˈpʌlsɪv.
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.
ɒn ði ˈʌðə hænd, jɔː ˈstʌmək wʊd tɜːn æt ði aɪˈdɪə ɒv ˈfraɪɪŋ pəˈteɪtəʊz ɪn ˈænɪməl fæt -- ðə ˈnɔːməli əkˈsɛptɪd ˈpræktɪs ɪn ˈmɛni ˈnɔːðən ˈkʌntriz.
The sad truth is that most of us have been brought up to eat certain foods and we stick to them all our lives.
ðə sæd truːθ ɪz ðæt məʊst ɒv ʌs hæv biːn brɔːt ʌp tuː iːt ˈsɜːtn fuːdz ænd wiː stɪk tuː ðɛm ɔːl ˈaʊə lɪvz.
No creature has received more praise and abuse than the common garden snail.
nəʊ ˈkriːʧə hæz rɪˈsiːvd mɔː preɪz ænd əˈbjuːs ðæn ðə ˈkɒmən ˈgɑːdn sneɪl.
Cooked in wine, snails are a great luxury in various parts of the world.
kʊkt ɪn waɪn, sneɪlz ɑːr ə greɪt ˈlʌkʃəri ɪn ˈveərɪəs pɑːts ɒv ðə wɜːld.
There are countless people who, ever since their early years, have learned to associate snails with food.
ðeər ɑː ˈkaʊntlɪs ˈpiːpl huː, ˈɛvə sɪns ðeər ˈɜːli jɪəz, hævlɜːnt tuː əˈsəʊʃɪɪt sneɪlz wɪð fuːd.
My friend, Robert, lives in a country where snails are despised.
maɪ frɛnd, ˈrɒbət, lɪvz ɪn ə ˈkʌntri weə sneɪlz ɑː dɪsˈpaɪzd.
As his flat is in a large town, he has no garden of his own.
æz hɪz flæt ɪz ɪn ə lɑːʤ taʊn, hiː hæz nəʊ ˈgɑːdn ɒv hɪz əʊn.
For years he has been asking me to collect snails from my garden and take them to him.
fɔː jɪəz hiː hæz biːn ˈɑːskɪŋ miː tuː kəˈlɛkt sneɪlz frɒm maɪ ˈgɑːdn ænd teɪk ðɛm tuː hɪm.
任务配置：L0+L4
知识笔记：
repulsive
1. causing a feeling of strong dislike; very unpleasant 令人厌恶的；令人反感的；十分讨厌的
a repulsive sight/smell/habit 令人厌恶的情景╱气味╱习惯
2.( physics 物) causing repulsion (= a force that pushes away) 引起排斥的；斥力的
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