learn to: 慢慢懂得（to gradually understand）.
An excellent teacher must learn to tolerate their mistakes when they learn to speak English.
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.
egg
炸
煮
煎
炒
蒸
炖
Luxury
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Luxury must be comfortable, otherwise it is not luxury. 奢华必须舒适，否则并非奢华。
People become quite illogical when they try to decide what can be eaten and what cannot be eaten .
For years he has been asking me to collect snails from my garden and take them to him .
Review : I've been coming up here night after night for weeks now.
There are countless people who, ever since their early years, have learned to associate snails with food.
Childhood years Teenage years Adult years Retirement years
家长们在为他们的孩子该学什么，不该学什么的问题上失去理性。 Parents become quite illogical when they try to decide what their children can learn and what they can't.
If you lived in the Mediterranean, for instance, you would consider octopus a great delicacy.
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live ~ ~ where ~ ~ is / are despised.
我们一家人诚实守信。 I live in a family where dishonest is despised.
她住的房子一尘不染。
She lives in a house where a little dirt is despised.
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 .
了如指掌 全部告知
Snails would , of course , be the main dish . I did not fancy the idea and I reluctantly followed Robert out of the room.
I didn’t fancy the idea: [ B，I ] = feel like.
At the idea of:
at the idea of = at the thought of at the sight of 一看见 at the news of 一听到 - - -的消息
Fish and chips：
Frying potatoes:
Mouth waters at the idea of …… Salivate ：垂涎三尺 Saliva ：
Acting on a sudden impulse, I collected several dozen, put them in a paper bag, and took them to Robert. Acting on: 根据 - - -做事
Acting on your recommendation
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.
托福范文（35）：参加现场表演比在家看电视好? Attending a live performance is more enjoyable than watching the same evenprogram could make us more excited and surprised than a live performance.
真正古怪的人从不有意引人注意: True eccentrics never deliberately set out to draw attention to themselves (L31) 这次展览引起报界广泛注意: This exhibition received a great deal of attention in the press(L 31)
I had forgotten all about the snails when Robert suddenly said that I must stay to dinner.
all about: all the details relating to it.
know all about Tell you all about it
The sad truth is that most of us have been brought up to eat certain foods and we stick to them all our lives. Brought up to： 生性胆小 生性软弱 I was brought up to be timid. I was brought up to be coward.
No …….. more …..than …… = the most --Nothing is more shameless than fooling the public.
否定意义的词+比较级: He never felt better.
No festival program has received more praise and abuse than spring festival gala. 托福范文（110）： 是否选择和朋友在一起度过休闲时光？ Do you prefer to spend your time alone or with friends? Nothing could give us more information and pleasure than spending my time with my friends.
What we will learn from the next weeks - - -
可以用这种手段吸引成百万人的注意力: to capture the attention of millions of people in this way.(L 26)
以引起过路人的怜悯: Beggars almost sell themselves as human being to arouse the pity of passers-by.（L 27）
Studying abroad really appeals to me. 留学很吸引我 He appealed to me for help. 他向我求援。
吸引- - 呼吁，恳求
关于
“引”
[ L 9 ]
时尚杂志总是很吸引我。
Fashion magazines never fail to fascinate me. 这件事引起了老师的注意。 [ L 21 ] This attracted the attention of the teacher.
He has been coming to Shanghai for 15 years.
在过去的14年里，他常常去上海。
现在完成进行时中的谓语动词为非延续性动词， 强调一段时间内反复在做的事。
• He knocked the door for three hours.
• 他敲了三小时的门。（早已不在敲） • He has knocked the door for three hours. • 他敲门敲了三小时了。
be fond of - - find ……attractive be passionate about
be tempted by sth
fall for
Side dish 小菜
Main dish
dessert 甜点
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! I have never been able to look at a snail since then.
描述景点 If you went to ________,you would consider---描述人物 If you talked to ________, you would consider ---谈论书 If you read _______,you would consider-------