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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.

?pi?pl b??k?m kwa?t ??l???k?l w?n ee? tra? tu? d??sa?d w?t k?n bi? ?i?tn ?nd w?t ?k?n?t bi? ?i?tn. ?f ju? l?vd ?n e? ?m?d?t??re?nj?n, f??r ??nst?ns, ju? w?d k?n?s?d?r ??kt?p?s ? gre?t ?d?l?k?si. ju? w?d n?t bi? ?e?bl tu? ??nd??st?nd wa? s?m ?pi?pl fa?nd ?t r??p?ls?v. ?n ei ??e? h?nd, j?? ?st?m?k w?d t??n ?t ei a??d?? ?v ?fra??? p??te?t??z ?n ??n?m?l f?t -- e? ?n??m?li ?k?s?pt?d ?pr?kt?s ?n ?m?ni ?n??e?n ?k?ntriz. e? s?d tru?θ ?z e?t m??st ?v ?s h?v bi?n br??t ?p tu? i?t ?s??tn fu?dz ?nd wi? st?k tu? e?m ??l ?a?? l?vz.

n?? ?kri??? h?z r??si?vd m?? pre?z ?nd ??bju?s e?n e? ?k?m?n ?gɑ?dn sne?l. k?kt ?n wa?n, sne?lz ɑ?r ? gre?t ?l?k??ri ?n ?ve?r??s pɑ?ts ?v e? w??ld. ee?r ɑ? ?ka?ntl?s ?pi?pl hu?, ??v? s?ns ee?r ???li j??z, h?v l??nt tu? ??s?????t sne?lz w?e fu?d. ma? fr?nd, ?r?b?t, l?vz ?n ? ?k?ntri we? sne?lz ɑ? d?s?pa?zd. ?z h?z fl?t ?z ?n ? lɑ?? ta?n, hi? h?z n?? ?gɑ?dn ?v h?z ??n. f?? j??z hi? h?z bi?n ?ɑ?sk?? mi? tu? k??l?kt sne?lz fr?m ma? ?gɑ?dn ?nd te?k e?m tu? h?m.

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知識(shí)點(diǎn):animal fat 動(dòng)物油；be brought? up to eat certain foods and we stick to them all our lives ;

學(xué)習(xí)感悟

今天的短文雖不是科普文，但有幾個(gè)生詞，主要是原語音語速快，朗讀了多遍才較為熟練，時(shí)長(zhǎng)仍舊有放水。