练习材料：
Lesson 23-1 Oneman’s meat is another man’s poison
People becomequite illogical when they try to decide what can be eaten and what cannot beeaten. If you lived in the Mediterranean, for instance, you would consideroctopus a great delicacy. You would not be able to understand why some peoplefind it repulsive. On the other hand, your stomach would turn at the idea offrying potatoes in animal fat -- the normally accepted practice in manynorthern countries. The sad truth is that most of us have been brought up toeat certain foods and we stick to them all our lives.
No creature hasreceived 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 countlesspeople who, ever since their early years, have learned to associate snails withfood. My friend, Robert, lives in a country where snails are despised. As hisflat is in a large town, he has no garden of his own. For years he has beenasking me to collect snails from my garden and take them to him.
wʌn mænz miːt ɪz əˈnʌðə mænz ˈpɔɪzn
ˈpiːpl bɪˈkʌm kwaɪtɪˈlɒʤɪkəl wɛn ðeɪ traɪ tuː dɪˈsaɪd wɒt kæn biː ˈiːtn ænd wɒt ˈkænɒt biː ˈiːtn. ɪfjuː lɪvd ɪn ðə ˌmɛdɪtəˈreɪnjən, fɔːr ˈɪnstəns, juː wʊd kənˈsɪdər ˈɒktəpəs ə greɪtˈdɛlɪkəsi. juː wʊd nɒt biː ˈeɪbl tuː ˌʌndəˈstænd waɪ sʌm ˈpiːpl faɪnd ɪt rɪˈpʌlsɪv.ɒn ði ˈʌðə hænd, jɔː ˈstʌmək wʊd tɜːn æt ði aɪˈdɪə ɒv ˈfraɪɪŋ pəˈteɪtəʊz ɪn ˈænɪməlfæt -- ðə ˈnɔːməli əkˈsɛptɪd ˈpræktɪs ɪn ˈmɛni ˈnɔːðən ˈkʌntriz. ðə sæd truːθ ɪzðæt məʊst ɒv ʌs hæv biːn brɔːt ʌp tuː iːt ˈsɜːtn fuːdz ænd wiː stɪk tuː ðɛm ɔːlˈaʊə lɪvz.
nəʊ ˈkriːʧə hæz rɪˈsiːvd mɔː preɪz ænd əˈbjuːs ðæn ðə ˈkɒmən ˈgɑːdn sneɪl. kʊkt ɪn waɪn, sneɪlz ɑːr ə greɪt ˈlʌkʃəri ɪn ˈveərɪəs pɑːts ɒv ðə wɜːld. ðeər ɑː ˈkaʊntlɪs ˈpiːpl huː, ˈɛvə sɪns ðeər ˈɜːli jɪəz, hæv lɜːnt tuː əˈsəʊʃɪɪt sneɪlz wɪð fuːd. maɪ frɛnd, ˈrɒbət, lɪvz ɪn ə ˈkʌntri weə sneɪlz ɑː dɪsˈpaɪzd. æz hɪz flæt ɪz ɪn ə lɑːʤ taʊn, hiː hæz nəʊ ˈgɑːdn ɒv hɪz əʊn. fɔː jɪəz hiː hæz biːn ˈɑːskɪŋ miː tuː kəˈlɛkt sneɪlz frɒm maɪ ˈgɑːdn ænd teɪk ðɛm tuː hɪm.
任务配置：L0+L1+ L4
知识笔记：
单词：1、illogical：不合逻辑，2、octopus：章鱼，3、delicacy：美味，精致，灵敏，4、repulsive：丑恶，辞退的，5、stomach：胃，肠胃，6、praise：称赞，赞扬，7、abuse：虐待，谩骂，辱骂，滥用，8、luxury：奢华，奢侈，9、despise：讨厌，轻视，鄙视，10、
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练习感悟：文章的难度确实挺大的，现在想像之前那样轻松过关的可能性确实越来越小了，不过我也能感觉得出来 ，相对于第一遍读的时候，现在还是要轻松许多的