新概念英语3--（一天学一篇）--- 26

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课文26  征购大饼干筒
461. No one can avoid being influenced by advertisements.
        没有人能避免受广告的影响。
% h- _, \# h$ p+ u$ K) y; Q462. Much as we may pride ourselves on our good taste, we are no longer free to choose the things we want,
2 L8 r$ ~& D- M. d        尽管我们可以自夸自己的鉴赏力如何敏锐，但我们已经无法独立自主地选购自己所需的东西了。
5 ]8 N* L4 P' ^( I463. for advertising exerts a subtle influence on us.
        这是因为广告在我们身上施加着一种潜移默化的影响。
; S0 ]- `- e) Q; {+ ?* @: U464. In their efforts to persuade us to buy this or that product,
* e. ~% k# ~- W* Q& z) r        做广告的人在力图劝说我们买下这种产品或那种产品之前，
465. advertisers have made a close study of human nature and have classified all our little weaknesses.
) `0 @+ w8 {6 E1 v; o1 H        已经仔细地研究了人的本性，并把人的弱点进行了分类。
466. Advertisers discovered years ago that all of us love to get something for nothing.
        做广告的人们多年前就发现我们大家都喜欢免费得到东西。
  @6 n7 d9 X/ U# ?* |" u467. An advertisement which begins with the magic word FREE can rarely go wrong.
        凡是用“免费”这个神奇的词开头的广告很少会失败的。
. v' r2 i0 I8 C5 E468. These days, advertisers not only offer free samples, but free cars, free houses, and free trips round the world as well.
2 X/ [- F& H, A6 x. H        目前，做广告的人不仅提供免费样品，而且还提供免费汽车，免费住房，免费周游世界。
469. They devise hundreds of competitions which will enable us to win huge sums of money.
" a; H4 _1 p3 l, M# U- N% A; g        他们设计数以百计的竞赛，竞赛中有人可赢得巨额奖金。
8 x' Y4 U. W7 n: q* ?470. Radio and television have made it possible for advertisers to capture the attention of millions of people in this way.
5 }$ i) b' j. N$ N0 N        电台、电视使做广告的人可以用这种手段吸引成百万人的注意力。
471. During a radio programme, a company of biscuit manufacturers once asked listeners to bake biscuits and send them to their factory.
        有一次，在电台播放的节目里，一个生产饼干的公司请听众烘制饼干送到他们的工厂去。
4 t, G) ]9 \. b' d7 a3 |2 [472. They offered to pay $10 a pound for the biggest biscuit baked by a listener.
; l6 a  k$ i0 y& X        他们愿意以每磅10美元的价钱买下由听众烘制的最大的饼干。
473. The response to this competition was tremendous.
        这次竞赛在听众中引起极其热烈的反响。
474. Before long, biscuits of all shapes and sizes began arriving at the factory.
        不久，形状各异，大小不一的饼干陆续送到工厂。
- B9 a' F/ V4 [# L4 Z$ R475. One lady brought in a biscuit on a wheelbarrow.
$ }! n) Y8 r! k. Q9 {) n, W) ?- Y* M% O' i        一位女士用手推车运来一个饼干，
476. It weighed nearly 500 pounds.
        重达500磅左右。
! x& Y! x- a. S& }/ O477. A little later, a man came along with a biscuit which occupied the whole boot of his car.
. \3 _# H0 Z1 |# a3 W( N# g3 ~        相隔不一会儿，一个男子也带来一个大饼干，那个饼干把汽车的行李箱挤得满满的。
6 r# F3 s0 @/ f, M478. All the biscuits that were sent were carefully weighed.
6 K# Z3 z+ _0 ~0 Z, j        凡送来的饼干都仔细地称量。
* q4 g; {. Y) y4 ~% e: s5 g479. The largest was 713 pounds.
( `$ d0 U, Q: v- A* `/ P        最重的一个达713磅，
480. It seemed certain that this would win the prize.
3 }  w) ~+ Y! Q: D; |  O& U        看来这个饼干获奖无疑了。
481. But just before the competition closed, a lorry arrived at the factory with a truly colossal biscuit which weighed 2,400 pounds.
# g. p; |( `5 h        但就在竞赛截止时间将到之际，一辆卡车驶进了工厂，运来了一个特大无比、重达2,400磅的饼干。
! ]" w% X" d. O; c$ n482. It had been baked by a college student who had used over 1,000 pounds of flour, 800 pounds of sugar, 200 pounds of fat, and 400 pounds of various other ingredients.
        它是由一个大学生烘制的，用去1,000多磅的面粉、800磅食糖、200磅动物脂肪及400磅其他各种原料。
483. It was so heavy that a crane had to be used to remove it from the lorry.
  I) v; I/ ], X1 |        饼干份量太重了，用了一台起重机才把它从卡车上卸下。
484. The manufacturers had to pay more money than they had anticipated, for they bought the biscuit from the student for $24,000.
9 l( ^) M- M4 I1 a# |8 |        饼干公司不得不付出比他们预计多得多的钱，因为为买下那学生烘制的饼干他们支付了24,000美元。