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.

任务配置：L0+L4

词音：illogical，Mediterranean，octopus，delicacy，repulsive，stomach，normally，northern，creature，luxury，associate.

词义：illogical  不合逻辑的；不合常理的；delicacy  美味；佳肴；精美；精密；repulsive  排斥的；令人厌恶的；snail  蜗牛；luxury  奢侈品；奢华；享受；despised  轻视；鄙视。

练习感悟：

课文的长度又长了，连完之后听自己的发音，把声音放大发现，在声音小的时候听不出和原文的区别有多大，但把声音放大，就感觉单词的发音有不少地方不到位，还是有不少进步空间的。

一句话，就是干。