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
! }( K" n6 N4 `  B5 O0 P* }  w& s461. No one can avoid being influenced by advertisements.
. A, Y) N' e" i) f8 X        没有人能避免受广告的影响。
. P* j$ E' M9 n* H/ V8 \( D6 J. D$ S462. Much as we may pride ourselves on our good taste, we are no longer free to choose the things we want,
! E3 `2 @4 G2 A$ F* x1 ^% P) ?        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.
2 }- W! n. a/ F: c% B" R        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,
0 g/ v9 l1 ?; _) h% @6 l# n1 \        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，
1 V, I: i4 ~  h, N465. advertisers have made a close study of human nature and have classified all our little weaknesses.
2 S/ Q$ C: Q! g2 c8 f6 |& F7 X        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.
8 q5 B- f. f) t( L        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。
2 W, ~3 l$ X1 p  ?- }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。
: s+ l+ Y$ F8 Z) z1 `4 V7 x468. These days, advertisers not only offer free samples, but free cars, free houses, and free trips round the world as well.
- o9 s  `% h# t" Y' _/ I8 N        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。
3 ]8 M! ?. F: x469. They devise hundreds of competitions which will enable us to win huge sums of money.
1 A' v) Q+ W- ^! ^( @        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.
        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。
! a  O" }% C- s6 [# J& Z471. During a radio programme, a company of biscuit manufacturers once asked listeners to bake biscuits and send them to their factory.
, H2 e8 p3 N6 _* x' b/ C0 I        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。
" J% v, X6 u6 ?7 h/ o7 b# t0 E473. The response to this competition was tremendous.
  u1 @  \, }2 A        这次竞赛在听众中引起极其热烈的反响。
  r: w9 h. _, a0 }! H  d5 N2 y474. Before long, biscuits of all shapes and sizes began arriving at the factory.
& }8 {1 D& T3 Y- z  j" B8 S3 s        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.
0 a, \  _& ^- u4 A# C7 }2 ?3 `        一位女士用手推车运来一个饼干，
476. It weighed nearly 500 pounds.
3 k: t( \/ Z& s        重达500磅左右。
& w9 t: i( g& B4 j; M  Q- S477. 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。
9 b1 T! @! \0 S  C; b7 }478. All the biscuits that were sent were carefully weighed.
$ b( }- e& ?8 H% a- s/ c  D) Q4 a1 R        凡送来的饼干都仔细地称量。
9 U7 Y7 K9 Q- A479. The largest was 713 pounds.
        最重的一个达713磅，
480. It seemed certain that this would win the prize.
        看来这个饼干获奖无疑了。
& A' M3 E$ e) ]/ T481. 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。
6 a+ C, }4 ]" b: i% b1 R/ A482. 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.
* D4 \& w; Y: y        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.
) W; L6 i4 h5 ~8 W+ \, q) h9 l$ w        饼干份量太重了，用了一台起重机才把它从卡车上卸下。
. P. \4 e5 y8 Z' f* b484. 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。