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.
ˈlɛsn 23-1 wʌn mænz miːt ɪz əˈnʌðə mænz ˈpɔɪzn
ˈpiːpl bɪˈkʌm kwaɪt ɪˈlɒʤɪkəl wɛn ðeɪ traɪ tuː dɪˈsaɪd wɒt kæn biː ˈiːtn ænd wɒt ˈkænɒt biː ˈiːtn. ɪf juː lɪvd ɪn ðə ˌmɛdɪtəˈreɪnjən, fɔːr ˈɪnstəns, juː wʊd kənˈsɪdər ˈɒktəpəs ə greɪt ˈdɛlɪkəsi. 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 ˈænɪməl fæt -- ðə ˈnɔːməli əkˈsɛptɪd ˈpræktɪsɪn ˈmɛni ˈnɔːðən ˈkʌntriz. ðə sæd truːθ ɪz ðæt məʊst ɒv ʌs hæv biːn brɔːt ʌp tuː iːt ˈsɜːtn fuːdz ænd wiː stɪk tuː ðɛm ɔːl ˈaʊə lɪvz.
nəʊ ˈkriːʧə hæz rɪˈsiːvd mɔː preɪz ænd əˈbjuːs ðæn ðə ˈkɒmən ˈgɑːdn sneɪl. kʊkt ɪn waɪn, sneɪlz ɑːr ə greɪt ˈlʌkʃəri ɪn ˈveərɪəspɑːts ɒv ðə wɜːld. ðeər ɑː ˈkaʊntlɪs ˈpiːpl huː, ˈɛvə sɪns ðeər ˈɜːli jɪəz, hæv lɜːnt tuː əˈsəʊʃɪɪt sneɪlz wɪð fuːd. maɪfrɛnd, 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 hiːhæz biːn ˈɑːskɪŋ miː tuː kəˈlɛkt sneɪlz frɒm maɪ ˈgɑːdn ænd teɪk ðɛm tuː hɪm.
任务配置：L0+L4
笔记：illogical不合逻辑的 、 instance情况，例子、octopus章鱼、delicacy 佳肴、repulsive令人厌恶的、 luxury奢华的，奢侈品、countless数不胜数
感悟：最近很多烦心事，负能量太多，要调整下心态，走出困境，度过难关。