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新概念英语第三册Lesson23 One man's meat is another man's poison
What was it about snails that made the writer collect them for his friend on that in particular?
People become
illogical when they try to decide
can be
and what
cannot be eaten.
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THE ARROGANT SNAIL
FRENCH FOOD
Ifyou
in the Mediterranean,for instance,you would
octopus a greatdelicacy
You would not be able to
why some people find itrepulsive.
On the
hand,your stomach would turn at the idea of frying potatoes in animal fat-the
(normal)accepted practice in many
(north)countries.
The sad
(true)is that most of us have been brought up to eat
foods and we
to them
all our lives.
No creature has received more
and abuse than the
garden snail.
_(cook)in wine,snails are a great luxury in
(variety)parts of the world
☆
There are
(count)people woho,ever since their early years
(learn)to associate snails
food.
My friend,Robert,lives in a country
snails are despised.
As his flat is in a large town,he has no.
of his own.
For years he has been asking me to
snails from my gardenand
them to him.
Thenever appealed to me very much,but one day,after
shower,I happened to be walking in
my garden when Inoticed a huge mumber ofsnails
(take)a stroll on some of my prize plants
(act)on a sudden impulse,I_
several dozen,them in a paper bag,and took them to Robert.
☆
Robert was
(delight)to see me and equally
wth▣ay little gift
I the bag in the hall and Robert and I went into the living room
we talked for a couple of
hours.I had
(forget)all about the snails when Robert
(sudden)said that I must stay to
dinner.Snails would,ofcourse,be the
(mainly)dish.
I did not fancy the idea and I reluctantly
Robert out of the room.
To ourdismay,we saw that there were snails
they had
_from the paper bag and had taken
(completely)possession of the hall!
I have never been able to
a snail since then
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