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
  L9 \, n% B% p8 A* B461. No one can avoid being influenced by advertisements.
0 J& ?0 u/ @8 p, A        没有人能避免受广告的影响。
462. Much as we may pride ourselves on our good taste, we are no longer free to choose the things we want,
! _# _& [& ~3 r* c5 i        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。
9 L  i& A) C- J* T. E463. for advertising exerts a subtle influence on us.
" i( M8 C. P3 L& J8 ~& l9 o* h        这是因为广告在我们身上施加着一种潜移默化的影响。
464. In their efforts to persuade us to buy this or that product,
& a0 t. q! j/ R8 _        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，
. J) ~4 [' M& I. s465. advertisers have made a close study of human nature and have classified all our little weaknesses.
! c$ ]; a9 D2 ?8 S8 |' b- _        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.
' N# l9 C6 l' v/ ^) h8 h        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。
7 A$ x% w1 r' {7 z467. An advertisement which begins with the magic word FREE can rarely go wrong.
) X; ]4 v$ Y: \7 G7 N        凡是用“免费”这个神奇的词开头的广告很少会失败的。
+ i9 B& A$ S, X4 D4 Q468. These days, advertisers not only offer free samples, but free cars, free houses, and free trips round the world as well.
; f( n+ {6 f& A# B        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。
" i- ?" C% R5 ]9 L469. They devise hundreds of competitions which will enable us to win huge sums of money.
% v# g( |; V) U. f6 S) I) Z$ v) ?        他们设计数以百计的竞赛，竞赛中有人可赢得巨额奖金。
470. Radio and television have made it possible for advertisers to capture the attention of millions of people in this way.
& i% v( r8 t0 O  }0 P, K0 }        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。
472. They offered to pay $10 a pound for the biggest biscuit baked by a listener.
        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.
$ q0 ?+ a4 T' d2 ~* Q        这次竞赛在听众中引起极其热烈的反响。
; c' y, \- g3 d1 n' w5 G474. Before long, biscuits of all shapes and sizes began arriving at the factory.
. n4 ]% o8 j6 o' g2 J        不久，形状各异，大小不一的饼干陆续送到工厂。
' t/ g1 C+ p5 ?( _4 j5 V9 g475. One lady brought in a biscuit on a wheelbarrow.
        一位女士用手推车运来一个饼干，
6 o" h+ ^; @4 S  l4 x* P476. It weighed nearly 500 pounds.
        重达500磅左右。
$ y& B9 e% f0 n; _477. A little later, a man came along with a biscuit which occupied the whole boot of his car.
        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。
8 i& z" {# d9 I. o$ s478. All the biscuits that were sent were carefully weighed.
        凡送来的饼干都仔细地称量。
% Y; r# B( I% L: Y479. The largest was 713 pounds.
- A' L. k* t6 N% q% j& Q9 z- ~        最重的一个达713磅，
480. It seemed certain that this would win the prize.
, [3 D) d  ~; b2 v0 f        看来这个饼干获奖无疑了。
; [* y7 C/ G: ]' b) V* P6 E. R481. But just before the competition closed, a lorry arrived at the factory with a truly colossal biscuit which weighed 2,400 pounds.
        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。
+ m8 S* N$ {: V482. 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.
        饼干份量太重了，用了一台起重机才把它从卡车上卸下。
- K5 l; R7 u) r7 Z484. The manufacturers had to pay more money than they had anticipated, for they bought the biscuit from the student for $24,000.
        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。