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。
  q& u8 D  ]8 C: H- n! `462. Much as we may pride ourselves on our good taste, we are no longer free to choose the things we want,
' p) O; L- Y) j5 `' [        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。
463. for advertising exerts a subtle influence on us.
5 i0 U1 _, y. z$ g6 q6 l        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,
) @6 x* c8 ^) N  C( O! k        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.
2 J$ A; o8 c: {& _+ V        已经仔细地研究了人的本性，并把人的弱点进行了分类。
" T/ a& ^( r3 P' s8 i2 _466. Advertisers discovered years ago that all of us love to get something for nothing.
0 w4 b9 ~6 V8 H# Q& b0 g        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。
3 W+ P, a% q4 q) J' ?467. 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。
4 z2 k) b9 i+ @! Y/ f468. These days, advertisers not only offer free samples, but free cars, free houses, and free trips round the world as well.
1 }8 L  k7 p/ v$ [! A; }1 L        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.
. B- G" I' p8 r! G% a8 m. l0 I        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.
* K+ I+ P( g) T        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。
4 z5 c" d$ T# ^" W* U% K/ y% V2 D471. 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。
, S& k! n( _" d472. They offered to pay $10 a pound for the biggest biscuit baked by a listener.
* ~/ K1 F6 ?; n        他们愿意以每磅10美元的价钱买下由听众烘制的最大的饼干。
473. The response to this competition was tremendous.
        这次竞赛在听众中引起极其热烈的反响。
5 F8 e! B$ E, H+ h3 G474. 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。
475. One lady brought in a biscuit on a wheelbarrow.
7 ?( G4 J8 c1 F2 a  }3 J) z) H( s5 f        一位女士用手推车运来一个饼干，
; s5 c0 Y" V4 R; w476. It weighed nearly 500 pounds.
5 ?/ B, r( c( `3 b6 s8 m        重达500磅左右。
: z% n# \( w2 p; D) B477. A little later, a man came along with a biscuit which occupied the whole boot of his car.
7 \2 N9 Z+ e5 _) M4 V: }! b) Q( A) @        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。
2 n+ _3 v. y' ~% X478. All the biscuits that were sent were carefully weighed.
        凡送来的饼干都仔细地称量。
7 Z, _8 \0 `' C: D& z% l479. The largest was 713 pounds.
8 V7 h# @2 _; A  k        最重的一个达713磅，
7 C$ I# l  k( C/ s# h$ L480. It seemed certain that this would win the prize.
3 i. D# k3 Z1 Y, q* j! V! q        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.
% A0 }3 }. X' Y  }% Y4 j5 ?  k        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。
! `8 r: `0 x* o1 E, E' u4 i+ 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。
/ Q3 p. C, i7 D8 M1 F7 g, M+ m& n483. It was so heavy that a crane had to be used to remove it from the lorry.
) x8 g( }  a) \  Y        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.
4 F; I) f1 I  ?: X        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。