一、【Text】课文
二、【New words and expressions】生词和短语
●stroll n. 溜达，散步
●impulse n. 冲动
●dozen n. 12个，一打
●fancy v.喜爱，喜欢
■poison n. 毒药
poison n.& vt.
He was poisoned by pesticide.
give poison to sb/ give poison to sth.使某人或某事中毒
hate each other like poison 彼此互相恨透
name one’s poison
Name your poison,please. 说出你要喝点什么酒啊。
What’s your poison? 你要喝什么酒？
■illogical adj. 不合逻辑的，无章法的
■octopus n. 章鱼
■delicacy n. 美味，佳肴
Eg.: He considered chicken to be a great delicacy.
delicate adj. 美味的，可口的，清淡的
delicious adj. 味道美的
■repulsive adj. 令人反感的，令人生厌的
disgusting adj.
The dish is repulsive.
■stomach n. 胃
■turn v. 感到恶心，翻胃
■fry v. 油炸
fry v.: be cooked in hot oil
fried egg 煎鸡蛋
fried bread
fring pan 煎锅
fry up 加热
Fry up the food, please.
fry in one's own fat 自作自受
have other fish to fry 另有要事要做
Eg: Hello,Lucy, let's go have dinner.
That's good idea, but I have other fish to fry. Thank you very much.
■fat n. （动物、植物）油
put on fat 长胖，发胖
fat adj. 胖的 运用此adj.时常很不礼貌，因此用large, heavy, overweight 替代。
■abuse n. 辱骂，责骂
Don’t abuse your authority.
He greeted his wife with a stream of abuse. 他骂妻子的声音不绝于耳。
■snail n. 蜗牛
■luxury n. 奢侈品，珍品
The diamond ring is a luxury to me.
luxurious adj. 奢侈的，奢华的
a luxurious hotel
■associate v. 联想到
associate v. connect in one’s mind
A with B 把……跟……联想到一起= connect with.
Eg: I can't associate you with your wife.
Can you associate snails with delicious food.
associate with ==connect with==link with == be bound up with
■despise v. 鄙视
despise vt. regard as worthless
Eg.: We despise him for a coward. 我们把他看作一个懦夫。
look down upon 鄙视，瞧不起
Eg: Don't look down upon anyone.
■appeal v. 引起兴致
appeal to sb 引起某人兴趣
Eg: Eating snails never appeals to me.
appeal 上诉，呼吁
appeal for sth. 为某事而上诉
■shower n. 阵雨
■stroll n. 溜达，散步
stroll n. slow walking for pleasure in street or in garden.
go for a stroll; take a stroll; == go for a walk; take a walk
stroller 散步的人
stroll vi.
He is strolling along the road.
ramble 海岸，林中的漫步
The couple are irambling in the forest.
roam 不安定的漂泊，徘徊
The tramp roams every day.
wander 流浪，徘徊
He has nothing to do, so he is wandering along the street.
■impulse n. 冲动
impulse : a sudden wish to do sth.
on impulse 冲动的
He rushed out to catch up (with) the lady on impulse.
be driven by impulse to do sth. 情不自禁的做某事
Why did you do it?
I should say I was driven by impulse to do it like this.
impulsive adj. 冲动的
impulsively adv. 冲动地
■dozen n. 12个，一打
dozen: agroup of twelve
by the dozen 成打的
dozens of 许多的
two dozen eggs，a dozen roses. (其用法和hundred, thousand 一样)
a dozen of the (these ) roses 这些玫瑰中的一打
数词 +dozen +物品：……打……（物品）
Speak nineteen to the dozen 说个不停
Eg.: The old lady is speaking nineteen to the dozen.
■fancy v.喜爱，喜欢
Eg.: I don’t fancy living in the cold room.
fancy 想像，设想（=image） （表示一种惊讶的心情）（其后接动名词做宾语）
Fancy meeting you here. 没想到在这儿见到你。
fancy oneself 自以为是，自命不凡
Do you fancy yourself?
人们在决定吃什么或者不吃什么的时候，往往变得不合情理。
it comes to sth …………
it comes to doing sth ……
用于when 引导的时间状语从句
Eg.:He never complains when it comes to helping his wife with the house work.
for instance == for example
consider (to be)...
on the other hand 转折连接词，表示而另一方面
at the idea of: at 介词搭配作状语，表示当......就......；一......就......
at the idea of 一想到
at the sight of 一看到
at the mention of 一提到
三、【课文精析】
Key sentence:
People become quite illogical when they try to decide what can be eaten and what cannot be eaten.
当涉及到或谈及到叙述客观事实的时候
at the news of 一听到......消息
at the touth of 一触摸到......东西
at the sound of 一听到......声音
at the thought of 一想到
Eg.: I was glad at the thought of getting something te eat.
I always love at the mention of ghost story.
stick to + 名词==insist on doing sth == persist in doing sth
practice 表示习俗，做法
habit表示个人习惯
custom社会的风俗或习俗
Eg.: Early to bed and early to rise is good habit.
It is now quite common practice for married women not to take their husband’s second name.
The practice of closing shops on Sundays.
My practice to study English is to read everyday.
the custum of giving present at Christmas
Social customs vary greatly from country to country.
in many northern countries.
that引导表语从句，说明truth的内容
bring up抚养
Eg.: Joe is born in England, but brought up in France.
She was brought up to beliee that money is the most (great) important thing in life.
他从小到大一直认为金钱是生活中最重要的东西。
被动语态形式，表自小长大，在成长的过程当中已经习惯于......
I’ve been brought up to eat fish, just because my mother is fond of fish as well.
He has been brought up to eat fring potatoes just because his parents are fond of that.
He gave much attention to bring up his children.
stick to = keep to; not give up
Eg.: We stick to them all our lives.
I made my decision and I am going to stick to it. (to介词)
stick to the idea
stick to the plan
insist on doing sth. 坚持做某事
persist in doing sth. 坚持做某事
Key sentence:
The sad truth is that most of us have been brought up to eat certain foods and…
Key sentence:
People become quite illogical when they try to decide what can be eaten and what cannot be eaten.
Key sentence:
No creature has received more praise and abuse than the common garden snail.
比较级表达最高级的概念
Nobody is more beautiflu than you.
He is more intelligent than anyone else in my class.
The common garden snail often receive more praise and abuse than other creatures.
cooked过去分词做定语，与snails构成被动关系。
countless: 无数的，数不尽的 (=numerous)
who引导定语从句
associate sth. with sth. 把某物与某物相联系
Key sentence:
People there, don’t consider snails to be a great dilicacy.
no garden of his own 没有自己的庭院
Robert is forn of snails very much.
The idea never interested me very much...
happened to do 恰巧，碰巧
I happened to be out when he called.
We both happened to be travelling on the same plane.
happen / chance
It happened that I was out when he called.
It chanced that I was out when he called.
when
表示正在这时突然，通常使用过去进行时，过去完成时等搭配；位于句中
He was having a bath when the telephine suddenly rang.
We had not ... like this when ... came in.
We were about to start when it rained.
snails (that were ) taking a stroll...
现在分词做定语，修饰snails
on a sudden impulse 一时的，冲动的
Acting on a sudden impulse, he went shopping to buy several dresses.
Robert was delighted to see me and equally pleased with my little gift. ==Robert was not only delighted to see me, but also
pleased with my little gift.
be delighted to do
be pleased to do
●skeleton n. 骷髅
●seemingly adv. 表面上地
●respectable adj. 体面的，雅观的
●conceal v. 隐藏，隐瞒
●vivid adj. 生动的
●dramatic adj. 令人激动的，扣人心弦的
●ruin v. 毁坏
●heroine n. 女主人公
●fiction n. 小说
●varying adj. 不同的
●medicine n. 医学
●guestroom n. （家庭中的）来客住房
●unpack vt. （从箱中）取出
when特殊用法，表示就在这个时候
reluctantly: unwillingly 不情愿的
使我们感到惊愕的是
Eg.: Before we came back, all the snails had already escaped from the paper bag and had taken complete possession of the hall.
占据，占有
The soldiers took possession of enemies’ fort.
The terrorists took possession of the embassy.恐怖分子占领了大使馆。
We often read in novels how a seemingly respectable person or family has some terrible secret which has been concealed from
strangers for years. The English language possesses a vivid saying to describe this sort of situation. The terrible secret is called
'a skeleton in the cupboard '. At some dramatic moment in the story the terrible secret becomes known and a reputation is ruined.
The reader's hair stands on end when he reads in the final pages of the novel that the heroine, a dear old lady who had always
been so kind to everybody, had, in her youth, poisoned every one of her five husbands.
It is all very well for such things to occur in fiction. To varying degrees, we all have secrets which we do not want even our
closest friends to learn, but few of us have skeletons in the cupboard. The only person I know who has a skeleton in the cupboard
is George Carlton, and he is very proud of the fact. George studied medicine in his youth. Instead of becoming a doctor, however,
he became a successful writer of detective stories. I once spent an uncomfortable weekend which I shall never forget at his house.
George showed me to the guestroom which, he said, was rarely used. He told me to unpack my things and then come down to
dinner. After I had stacked my shirts and underclothes in two empty drawers, I decided to hang one of the two suits I had brought
with me in the cupboard. I opened the cupboard door and then stood in front of it petrified. A skeleton was dangling before my
eyes. The sudden movement of the door made it sway slightly and it gave me the impression that it was about to leap out at me.
Dropping my suit, I dashed downstairs to tell George. This was worse than 'a terrible secret'; this was a real skeleton ! But
George was unsympathetic. 'Oh, that,' he said with a smile as if he were talking about an old friend. 'That's Sebastian. You forget
that I was a medical student once upon a time.'
to our dismay
take possession
