{
  "title": "One man's meat is another man's poison",
  "title_zh": "各有所爱",
  "body": {
    "type": "narrative",
    "paragraphs": [
      {
        "en": "People become quite illogical when they try to decide what can be eaten and what cannot be eaten.",
        "zh": "在决定什么能吃而什么不能吃的时候，人们往往变得不合情理。"
      },
      {
        "en": "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.",
        "zh": "比如，如果你住在地中海地区，你会把章鱼 视作美味佳肴，同时不能理解为什么有人一见章鱼就恶心。"
      },
      {
        "en": "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.",
        "zh": "另一方面，你一想到动物油炸土豆就会反胃，但这在 北方许多国家却是一种普通的烹饪方法。"
      },
      {
        "en": "The sad truth is that most of us have been brought up to eat certain foods and we stick to them all our lives.",
        "zh": "不无遗憾的是，我们中的大部分人，生来就只吃某几种食品，而且一辈子都这样。"
      },
      {
        "en": "No creature has received more praise and abuse than the common garden snail.",
        "zh": "没有一种生物所受到的赞美和厌恶会超过花园里常见的蜗牛了。"
      },
      {
        "en": "Cooked in wine, snails are a great luxury in various parts of the world.",
        "zh": "蜗牛加酒烧煮后，便成了世界上许多地方的一道珍奇的名菜。"
      },
      {
        "en": "There are countless people who, ever since their early years, have learned to associate snails with food.",
        "zh": "有不计其数的人们从小就知道蜗牛可做菜。"
      },
      {
        "en": "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.",
        "zh": "但我的朋友罗伯特却住在一个厌恶蜗牛的国家中。他住在大城市里的一所公寓里，没有自已的花园。"
      },
      {
        "en": "For years he has been asking me to collect snails from my garden and take them to him.",
        "zh": "多年来，他一直让我把我园子里的蜗牛收集起来给他捎去。"
      },
      {
        "en": "The idea never appealed to me very much, but one day, after a heavy shower, I happened to be walking in my garden when I noticed a huge number of snails taking a stroll on some of my prize plants.",
        "zh": "一开始，他的这一想法没有引起我多大兴趣。后来有一天，一场大雨后，我在花园里漫无目的地散步，突然注意到许许多多蜗牛在我的一些心爱的花木上慢悠悠地蠕动着。"
      },
      {
        "en": "Acting on a sudden impulse, I collected several dozen, put them in a paper bag, and took them to Robert.",
        "zh": "我一时冲动，逮了几十只，装进一只纸袋里，带着去找罗伯特。"
      },
      {
        "en": "Robert was delighted to see me and equally pleased with my little gift.",
        "zh": "罗伯特见到我很高兴，对我的薄礼也感到满意。"
      },
      {
        "en": "I left the bag in the hall and Robert and I went into the living room where we talked for a couple of hours.",
        "zh": "我把纸袋放在门厅里，与罗伯特一起逬了起居室，在那里聊了好几个钟头。"
      },
      {
        "en": "I had forgotten all about the snails when Robert suddenly said that I must stay to dinner.",
        "zh": "我把蜗牛的事已忘得一干二净，罗伯特突然提出一定要我留下来吃晚饭，这才提醒了我。"
      },
      {
        "en": "Snails would, of course, be the main dish. I did not fancy the idea and I reluctantly followed Robert out of the room.",
        "zh": "蜗牛当然是道主菜。我并不喜欢这个主意，所以我勉强跟着罗伯特走出了起居室。"
      },
      {
        "en": "To our dismay, we saw that there were snails everywhere: they had escaped from the paper bag and had taken complete possession of the hall!",
        "zh": "使我们惊愕的是门厅里到处爬满了蜗牛：它们从纸袋里逃了岀来，爬得满厅都是！"
      },
      {
        "en": "I have never been able to look at a snail since then.",
        "zh": "从那以后，我再也不能看一眼蜗牛了。"
      }
    ]
  },
  "subtitles": [
    {
      "timestamp": null,
      "en": "[ti:One Man's Meat is Another Man's Poison]",
      "zh": "各有所爱"
    },
    {
      "timestamp": null,
      "en": "Lesson 23",
      "zh": "第二十三课"
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "00:02.28",
      "en": "One man's meat is another man's poison",
      "zh": "各有所爱"
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "00:11.55",
      "en": "What was it about snails that made the writer collect them for his friend on that day in particular?",
      "zh": "究竟是什么让那位作者在那天特别要为他的朋友收集这些蜗牛呢？"
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "00:20.29",
      "en": "People become quite illogical when they try to decide what can be eaten and what cannot be eaten.",
      "zh": "在决定什么能吃而什么不能吃的时候，人们往往变得不合情理。"
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "00:28.51",
      "en": "If you lived in the Mediterranean, for instance, you would consider octopus a great delicacy.",
      "zh": "比如，如果你住在地中海地区，你会把章鱼 视作美味佳肴，"
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "00:35.92",
      "en": "You would not be able to understand why some people find it repulsive.",
      "zh": "同时不能理解为什么有人一见章鱼就恶心。"
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "00:41.78",
      "en": "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.",
      "zh": "另一方面，你一想到动物油炸土豆就会反胃，但这在 北方许多国家却是一种普通的烹饪方法。"
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "00:53.91",
      "en": "The sad truth is that most of us have been brought up to eat certain foods and we stick to them all our lives.",
      "zh": "不无遗憾的是，我们中的大部分人，生来就只吃某几种食品，而且一辈子都这样。"
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "01:03.19",
      "en": "No creature has received more praise and abuse than the common garden snail.",
      "zh": "没有一种生物所受到的赞美和厌恶会超过花园里常见的蜗牛了。"
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "01:09.56",
      "en": "Cooked in wine, snails are a great luxury in various parts of the world.",
      "zh": "蜗牛加酒烧煮后，便成了世界上许多地方的一道珍奇的名菜。"
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "01:15.43",
      "en": "There are countless people who, ever since their early years, have learned to associate snails with food.",
      "zh": "有不计其数的人们从小就知道蜗牛可做菜。"
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "01:24.20",
      "en": "My friend, Robert, lives in a country where snails are despised.",
      "zh": "但我的朋友罗伯特却住在一个厌恶蜗牛的国家中。"
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "01:30.31",
      "en": "As his flat is in a large town, he has no garden of his own.",
      "zh": "他住在大城市里的一所公寓里，没有自已的花园。"
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "01:35.31",
      "en": "For years he has been asking me to collect snails from my garden and take them to him.",
      "zh": "多年来，他一直让我把我园子里的蜗牛收集起来给他捎去。"
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "01:42.46",
      "en": "The idea never appealed to me very much, but one day, after a heavy shower,",
      "zh": "一开始，他的这一想法没有引起我多大兴趣。后来有一天，一场大雨后，"
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "01:49.17",
      "en": "I happened to be walking in my garden when I noticed a huge number of snails taking a stroll on some of my prize plants.",
      "zh": "我在花园里漫无目的地散步，突然注意到许许多多蜗牛在我的一些心爱的花木上慢悠悠地蠕动着。"
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "01:58.55",
      "en": "Acting on a sudden impulse, I collected several dozen, put them in a paper bag, and took them to Robert.",
      "zh": "我一时冲动，逮了几十只，装进一只纸袋里，带着去找罗伯特。"
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "02:07.01",
      "en": "Robert was delighted to see me and equally pleased with my little gift.",
      "zh": "罗伯特见到我很高兴，对我的薄礼也感到满意。"
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "02:13.03",
      "en": "I left the bag in the hall and Robert and I went into the living room where we talked for a couple of hours.",
      "zh": "我把纸袋放在门厅里，与罗伯特一起逬了起居室，在那里聊了好几个钟头。"
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "02:20.56",
      "en": "I had forgotten all about the snails when Robert suddenly said that I must stay to dinner.",
      "zh": "我把蜗牛的事已忘得一干二净，罗伯特突然提出一定要我留下来吃晚饭，这才提醒了我。"
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "02:27.73",
      "en": "Snails would, of course, be the main dish.",
      "zh": "蜗牛当然是道主菜。"
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "02:31.79",
      "en": "I did not fancy the idea and I reluctantly followed Robert out of the room.",
      "zh": "我并不喜欢这个主意，所以我勉强跟着罗伯特走出了起居室。"
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "02:37.90",
      "en": "To our dismay,",
      "zh": "使我们惊愕的是"
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "02:39.70",
      "en": "we saw that there were snails everywhere:",
      "zh": "门厅里到处爬满了蜗牛："
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "02:42.97",
      "en": "they had escaped from the paper bag",
      "zh": "它们从纸袋里逃了岀来，"
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "02:45.40",
      "en": "and had taken complete possession of the hall! I have never be able to look at a snail since then.",
      "zh": "爬得满厅都是！从那以后，我再也不能看一眼蜗牛了。"
    }
  ],
  "book": 3,
  "lesson": 23
}