练习材料

Lesson 23-1 One man’s meat is another man’s poison

People become quite illogical when they try to decide what can be eaten and what cannot be eaten. 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. 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. The sad truth is that most of us have been brought up to eat certain foods and we stick to them all our lives.

　　No creature has received more praise and abuse than the common garden snail. Cooked in wine, snails are a great luxury in various parts of the world. There are countless people who, ever since their early years, have learned to associate snails with food. My friend, Robert, lives in a country where snails are despised. As his flat is in a large town, he has no garden of his own. For years he has been asking me to collect snails from my garden and take them to him.

/ˈlɛsən/ 23-1 /wʌn/ /mænz/ /mit/ /ɪz/ /əˈnʌðər/ /mænz/ /ˈpɔɪzən/ 

/ˈpipəl/ /bɪˈkʌm/ /kwaɪt/ /ɪˈlɑʤɪkəl/ /wɛn/ /ðeɪ/ /traɪ/ /tu/ /ˌdɪˈsaɪd/ /wʌt/ /kæn/ /bi/ /ˈitən/ /ænd/ /wʌt/ /ˈkænɑt/ /bi/ /ˈitən/. /ɪf/ /ju/ /laɪvd/ /ɪn/ /ðə/ /ˌmɛdətəˈreɪniən/, /fɔr/ /ˈɪnstəns/, /ju/ /wʊd/ /kənˈsɪdər/ /ˈɑktəˌpʊs/ /ə/ /greɪt/ /ˈdɛləkəsi/. /ju/ /wʊd/ /nɑt/ /bi/ /ˈeɪbəl/ /tu/ /ˌʌndərˈstænd/ /waɪ/ /sʌm/ /ˈpipəl/ /faɪnd/ /ɪt/ /riˈpʌlsɪv/. /ɑn/ /ði/ /ˈʌðər/ /hænd/, /jʊər/ /ˈstʌmək/ /wʊd/ /tɜrn/ /æt/ /ði/ /aɪˈdiə/ /ʌv/ /ˈfraɪɪŋ/ /pəˈteɪtoʊz/ /ɪn/ /ˈænəməl/ /fæt/ -- /ðə/ /ˈnɔrməli/ /ækˈsɛptɪd/ /ˈpræktəs/ /ɪn/ /ˈmɛni/ /ˈnɔrðərn/ /ˈkʌntriz/. /ðə/ /sæd/ /truθ/ /ɪz/ /ðæt/ /moʊst/ /ʌv/ /ʌs/ /hæv/ /bɪn/ /brɔt/ /ʌp/ /tu/ /it/ /ˈsɜrtən/ /fudz/ /ænd/ /wi/ /stɪk/ /tu/ /ðɛm/ /ɔl/ /ˈaʊər/ /lɪvz/.

/noʊ/ /ˈkriʧər/ /hæz/ /rəˈsivd/ /mɔr/ /preɪz/ /ænd/ /əˈbjus/ /ðæn/ /ðə/ /ˈkɑmən/ /ˈgɑrdən/ /sneɪl/. /kʊkt/ /ɪn/ /waɪn/, /sneɪlz/ /ɑr/ /ə/ /greɪt/ /ˈlʌgʒəri/ /ɪn/ /ˈvɛriəs/ /pɑrts/ /ʌv/ /ðə/ /wɜrld/. /ðɛr/ /ɑr/ /ˈkaʊntləs/ /ˈpipəl/ /hu/, /ˈɛvər/ /sɪns/ /ðɛr/ /ˈɜrli/ /jɪrz/, /hæv/ /lɜrnd/ /tu/ /əˈsoʊsiət/ /sneɪlz/ /wɪð/ /fud/. /maɪ/ /frɛnd/, /ˈrɑbərt/, /lɪvz/ /ɪn/ /ə/ /ˈkʌntri/ /wɛr/ /sneɪlz/ /ɑr/ /dɪˈspaɪzd/. /æz/ /hɪz/ /flæt/ /ɪz/ /ɪn/ /ə/ /lɑrʤ/ /taʊn/, /hi/ /hæz/ /noʊ/ /ˈgɑrdən/ /ʌv/ /hɪz/ /oʊn/. /fɔr/ /jɪrz/ /hi/ /hæz/ /bɪn/ /ˈæskɪŋ/ /mi/ /tu/ /kəˈlɛkt/ /sneɪlz/ /frʌm/ /maɪ/ /ˈgɑrdən/ /ænd/ /teɪk/ /ðɛm/ /tu/ /hɪm/.

任务配置

L0+L4

知识笔记

1. 朗读（L0）：Mediterranean/ˌmɛdətəˈreɪniən/注意eɪ的音。

2. 其他：

octopus noun

oc·​to·​pus | \ ˈäk-tə-pəs  , -ˌpu̇s\

plural octopuses or octopi\ ˈäk-​tə-​ˌpī  \

Definition of octopus

1 : any of a genus (Octopus) of cephalopod mollusks that have eight muscular arms equipped with two rows of suckers

broadly : any octopod excepting the paper nautilus

2 : something that resembles an octopus especially in having many centrally directed branches

an octopus of a corporation which lends, buys, produces, and sells

— Atlantic

练习感悟

今天文章讲了饮食差异，不同地方的人们喜欢不同的食物，然后是蜗牛的喜欢与不喜欢两极分化。这个作者的朋友喜欢吃蜗牛然而他住的地方不吃，于是引出了下文的故事。朗读基本跟两三遍就能流畅，一些注意过的语调也能模仿，不过最近有点放水，感觉好像退步了，每天多用点心吧。