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Lesson 23? One mans meat is another mans poison? 各有所爱 P114 About the title One mans meat is another mans poison Use to say that sth one person likes may not be liked by someone else poison n.毒药  Name your poison, please. = What’s your poison? A humorous way of asking someone which alcoholic he /she would like你们要喝什么酒。 Drug take/ use drugs 吸毒 Drug rehabilitation center 戒毒所 Narcotic 催眠药 麻醉剂 毒品（a drug causing sleep or taking away pain） Word origin: Narcissus was said to be a beautiful young man in Greek mythology who feel in love with his own reflection when he saw his face in a pool of water. Because he became very unhappy as a result, he gradually became so weak that he died. A flower grew up in the place where he died, which was called narcissus after him. 那喀赛斯（希腊神话中相传因爱上自己水中的倒影，致憔悴而死后华为水仙花的美少年） Narcissism 自恋 自我陶醉 poison vt.毒害, 败坏, 使中毒 He was poisoned by pesticide.（n.杀虫剂, 农药, 防疫药） give poison to sb/sth 使某人或某物中毒 hate each other like poison 彼此互相狠透了 Poisonous adj 有毒的 ---mushroom/snakes Edible adj 可食用的 （一） People become quite illogical when they try to decide what can be eaten and what cannot be eaten. ①Parents become quite illogical when they try to decide what children can learn and what they can not nowadays. ②illogical adj不合逻辑的, 无章法的 il-否定前缀 e.g legal - illegal legible - illegible Her handwriting was so tiny that it was barely legible. literate-illiterate legitimate –illegitimate 私生的 If you lived in the Mediterranean, for instance, you would consider octopus a great delicacy. 1 consider sth宾语+ (to be) sth/adj宾语补足语 e.g He considered chicken to be a great delicacy. 2 delicacy n.美味, 佳肴 E.g Snails are considered a delicacy in France Ambrosia n.人间美食(In ancient stories, the food offered to God) Glutton a person eats a lot 馋鬼 Big-eater 大饭桶 Over-eater 暴饮暴食者 A big mouth 多嘴多舌的人 delicate adj.美味的, 可口的, 清淡的 delicious adj.美味的 3 Octopus a sea creature with 8 tentacles 触须 Ink-fish 乌贼 they are called devilfish Oc