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* a) ?8 l2 t/ V- d461. No one can avoid being influenced by advertisements.
        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,
: y) I  h. w" l7 I+ O        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。
  k+ @9 t. h+ y7 P0 d2 a463. 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。
, R  I+ X  v+ E$ z464. In their efforts to persuade us to buy this or that product,
        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，
- [$ _& ~/ L4 d" \8 ?$ t- E9 s465. advertisers have made a close study of human nature and have classified all our little weaknesses.
' [  o4 E$ Q; T8 e- m9 i5 S        已经仔细地研究了人的本性，并把人的弱点进行了分类。
6 R* o; n' D) E+ |/ C' U, B466. 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 P  c! O  _7 [, Q0 @467. An advertisement which begins with the magic word FREE can rarely go wrong.
+ |8 b$ ^. p: v) |" Z: G4 W( O( f& G; Z        凡是用“免费”这个神奇的词开头的广告很少会失败的。
468. These days, advertisers not only offer free samples, but free cars, free houses, and free trips round the world as well.
        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。
' a) g$ E, p6 L. l$ j7 e8 }) z8 f$ e469. They devise hundreds of competitions which will enable us to win huge sums of money.
        他们设计数以百计的竞赛，竞赛中有人可赢得巨额奖金。
1 i8 a* f' B5 ?$ O" y1 r3 P470. 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。
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 $10 a pound for the biggest biscuit baked by a listener.
        他们愿意以每磅10美元的价钱买下由听众烘制的最大的饼干。
; ^( b& s. i. i3 }* G: e: ^5 D8 l( K473. The response to this competition was tremendous.
2 K2 Z& E9 g6 s! W2 ~        这次竞赛在听众中引起极其热烈的反响。
0 d  B3 u1 N! {$ [. m% o+ Q474. 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。
, `; Z& u/ D+ f$ c' z475. One lady brought in a biscuit on a wheelbarrow.
8 C7 ?# j' z3 @        一位女士用手推车运来一个饼干，
476. It weighed nearly 500 pounds.
% O& Z( \5 |3 b1 [/ T        重达500磅左右。
477. A little later, a man came along with a biscuit which occupied the whole boot of his car.
9 B' r) m7 \$ j3 E        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。
! z6 {0 ^' c- g5 s3 K1 F7 Y3 F478. All the biscuits that were sent were carefully weighed.
        凡送来的饼干都仔细地称量。
479. The largest was 713 pounds.
- X! r8 z# n9 J' o  h        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。
481. 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。
+ Z+ D" J  q- ?  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.
        饼干份量太重了，用了一台起重机才把它从卡车上卸下。
( D  D# L; F1 Z8 b+ q' H6 ]484. 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。