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159 GETTING AWAY FROM OCTOPUS FOR BREAKFAST, LUNCH AND DINNER
一日三餐杜絕章魚
I never used to mind the occasional bit of octopus, as you know, we had those wonderful dinners at Anemos in Charlotte Street in London, you remember?
我過去從來不介意偶爾來一點章魚，你知道的。還記得我們在倫敦夏洛特街上的艾黎墨斯餐廳里吃的那些令人回味無窮的晚餐嗎？
But here in Greece, they seem to be occupy every bit of the beach front, I get the impression, and the odor of the friend stuff is almost omnipresent.
但現在在希臘，人們每天都吃章魚！勞拉情緒激動地大聲說道。我印象中賣油炸魷魚的餐館好像占據了整個海灘，那油炸玩意兒的氣味簡直是無所不在。
I can tell you offhand that I find that quite offensive. Now, my darling, tomorrow let's hire a boat and have our lunch offshore, what do you think?
我可以不加思索地告訴你這實在是太討厭了！親愛的，明天我們租一條船去近海吃午餐好嗎？
What about our offspring? The kids, I mean, Robin enquired.
那我們的子孫后代怎么辦呢？我是指孩子們怎么辦呢？羅賓問道。
Ah, they don't care about us, anyway, Laura replied in an offhand way.
喔，實際上他們并不在意我們，勞拉不加考慮地馬上回答道。
It's my olfactory sense that I'm worried about. I need an odorless lunch experience, I've made up my mind, and the odds of getting one onshore aren't good at all, so let's just get away!
我擔心的是我的嗅覺。我決心要體驗一頓沒有氣味的午餐，而看來在岸上得到這頓午餐的幾率一點也不大，所以我們還是走吧！
That's odd, Robin mused. I don't mind the smell at all.
這太奇怪了，羅賓沉思了一會說道，我一點兒也不介意這種氣味。
But perhaps it has something to do with my occupation of working at the Billingsgate fish market.
但這可能和我在比鄰斯門魚市的職業有關系。
Still, it does occur to me there, there was an odd occurrence like the before, wasn't there?
而且，即使在魚市這種現象對我來說也曾經出現過。對你來說，以前也曾發生過類似的奇怪事件，對嗎？
When we were in Spain, a few years ago. We were the occupants of a beachfront hut, all alone, it was out of season.
幾年前我們在西班牙的時候就是這樣。那是在旅游淡季，我們獨自居住在一座海濱小屋里。
I had an ominous feeling that you might not like the experience, not least because of the fishy odor everywhere.
當時我就有一種不祥的預感，覺得你可能不會喜歡這次旅行，而且原因最主要的是那兒到處都充滿魚的氣味。
I was right, but now we've made the same mistake again.
后來事實證明我是對的，但我們現在顯然又犯了同樣的錯誤。
Oh dear, what can we do! I wish I was omnipotent and able to whisk us all out of here to some tropical paradise that smells of nothing but honeydew!
親愛的，我們該怎么辦？我多么希望我無所不能，可以讓我們迅速離開這兒，去到某個除開蜂蜜露味兒以外就再沒有什么別的氣味的熱帶天堂！
