新概念英語第三冊逐句精講語言點 第23課 各有所愛 (2)

　　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.

　　4.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.

　　另一方面，你一想到動物油炸土豆就會反胃，但這在北方許多國家卻是一種普通的烹任方法。

　　語言點:句子結構分析:破折號之后的內容都是進一步解釋說明“動物油炸土豆”的情況。

　　5.The sad truth is that most of us have been brought up to eat certain foods and we stick to them all our lives.

　　不無遺憾的是，我們中的大部分人，生來就只吃某幾種食品，而且一輩子都這樣。

　　語言點1:句子結構分析:that引導表語從句，解釋說明truth到底是什么。to eat certain foods充當表語從句的主語us的補足語。

　　語言點2:stick to(doing)sth.的意思是“堅持(做)某事”

　　6.No creature has received more praise and abuse than the common garden snail.

　　沒有一種生物所受到的贊美和厭惡會超過花園里常見的蝸牛了。

　　語言點:句子結構分析:這個句子看上去有些別扭，但如果把句子用肯定的語氣來翻譯就比較容易理解了，即花園里最常見的蝸牛是受到贊美和厭惡最多的生物了。”