练习材料：

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.

/ˈpipəl/ /bɪˈkʌm/ /kwaɪt/ /ɪˈlɑʤɪkəl/ /wɛn/ /ðeɪ/ /traɪ/ /tu/ /ˌdɪˈsaɪd/ /wʌt/ /kæn/ /bi/ /ˈitən/ /ænd/ /wʌt/ /ˈkænɑt/ /bi/ /ˈitən/. /ɪf/ /ju/ /lɪvd/ /ɪn/ /ðə/ /ˌmɛdətəˈreɪniən/, /fɔr/ /ˈɪnstəns/, /ju/ /wʊd/ /kənˈsɪdər/ /ˈɑktəˌpʊs/ /ə/ /greɪt/ /ˈdɛləkəsi/. /ju/ /wʊd/ /nɑt/ /bi/ /ˈeɪbəl/ /tu/ /ˌʌndərˈstænd/ /waɪ/ /sʌm/ /ˈpipəl/ /faɪnd/ /ɪt/ /riˈpʌlsɪv/. /ɑn/ /ði/ /ˈʌðər/ /hænd/, /jʊər/ /ˈstʌmək/ /wʊd/ /tɜrn/ /æt/ /ði/ /aɪˈdiə/ /ʌv/ /ˈfraɪɪŋ/ /pəˈteɪtoʊz/ /ɪn/ /ˈænəməl/ /fæt/ -- /ðə/ /ˈnɔrməli/ /ækˈsɛptɪd/ /ˈpræktəs/ /ɪn/ /ˈmɛni/ /ˈnɔrðərn/ /'kʌntriz/. /ðə/ /sæd/ /truθ/ /ɪz/ /ðæt/ /moʊst/ /ʌv/ /ʌs/ /hæv/ /bɪn/ /brɔt/ /ʌp/ /tu/ /it/ /ˈsɜrtən/ /fudz/ /ænd/ /wi/ /stɪk/ /tu/ /ðɛm/ /ɔl/ /ˈaʊər/ /laɪvz/.

/noʊ/ /ˈkriʧər/ /hæz/ /rəˈsivd/ /mɔr/ /preɪz/ /ænd/ /əˈbjus/ /ðæn/ /ðə/ /ˈkɑmən/ /ˈgɑrdən/ /sneɪl/. /kʊkt/ /ɪn/ /waɪn/, /sneɪlz/ /ɑr/ /ə/ /greɪt/ /ˈlʌgʒəri/ /ɪn/ /'vɛriəs/ /pɑrts/ /ʌv/ /ðə/ /wɜrld/. /ðɛr/ /ɑr/ /ˈkaʊntləs/ /ˈpipəl/ /hu/, /ˈɛvər/ /sɪns/ /ðɛr/ /ˈɜrli/ /jɪrz/, /hæv/ /lɜrnd/ /tu/ /əˈsoʊsiət/ /sneɪlz/ /wɪð/ /fud/. /maɪ/ /frɛnd/, /ˈrɑbərt/, /lɪvz/ /ɪn/ /ə/ /ˈkʌntri/ /wɛr/ /sneɪlz/ /ɑr/ /dɪˈspaɪzd/. /æz/ /hɪz/ /flæt/ /ɪz/ /ɪn/ /ə/ /lɑrʤ/ /taʊn/, /hi/ /hæz/ /noʊ/ /ˈgɑrdən/ /ʌv/ /hɪz/ /oʊn/. /fɔr/ /jɪrz/ /hi/ /hæz/ /bɪn /ˈæskɪŋ/ /mi/ /tu/ /kəˈlɛkt/ /sneɪlz/ /frʌm/ /maɪ/ /ˈgɑrdən/ /ænd/ /teɪk/ /ðɛm/ /tu/ /hɪm/.

任务配置：L0+L4

知识笔记：

illogical adj.不合逻辑的

octopus /ˈɑktəˌpʊs/n.章鱼

delicacy /ˈdɛləkəsi/n.美味，佳肴

Mediterranean n.地中海

repulsive adj.令人反感的

turn v.反胃

fat n.（动物、植物）油

at the idea of...想到......

stick to 坚持

abuse /əˈbjus/ n.恶言

countless adj.不计其数的

dispise v.鄙视

flat n.公寓

for years 多年来

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