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.
$ ^  w* r( u5 G1 J4 v  L) r% D        没有人能避免受广告的影响。
8 u$ ^* y% M. y; L' q9 e/ q) d462. Much as we may pride ourselves on our good taste, we are no longer free to choose the things we want,
2 O9 r+ i6 t7 k+ r        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.
        这是因为广告在我们身上施加着一种潜移默化的影响。
! s4 `# r$ T/ S9 R5 i5 }464. 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，
9 m1 x. W5 V3 \& ~5 C465. advertisers have made a close study of human nature and have classified all our little weaknesses.
        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。
2 D2 q  i  t: [467. An advertisement which begins with the magic word FREE can rarely go wrong.
3 W4 ?6 V* v' C, F4 u. ~4 `        凡是用“免费”这个神奇的词开头的广告很少会失败的。
* n3 S) K  h0 x% s! h7 ~468. These days, advertisers not only offer free samples, but free cars, free houses, and free trips round the world as well.
" P; |+ T0 L$ c9 d5 T        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.
        他们设计数以百计的竞赛，竞赛中有人可赢得巨额奖金。
/ ?! g3 k# _) n1 m/ f470. Radio and television have made it possible for advertisers to capture the attention of millions of people in this way.
9 Y8 J. V7 j+ r" F        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.
0 y2 O. N( c  \        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 $10 a pound for the biggest biscuit baked by a listener.
        他们愿意以每磅10美元的价钱买下由听众烘制的最大的饼干。
473. The response to this competition was tremendous.
# X2 n. g$ `1 \# Z        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。
475. One lady brought in a biscuit on a wheelbarrow.
        一位女士用手推车运来一个饼干，
7 h' V' h% W! }: [476. It weighed nearly 500 pounds.
1 `( M0 S6 d+ l        重达500磅左右。
5 I5 M' ]6 \8 C" j; w7 g477. A little later, a man came along with a biscuit which occupied the whole boot of his car.
4 F# _9 [) Q/ ]- p1 \/ m        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。
478. All the biscuits that were sent were carefully weighed.
7 W* {1 c9 \9 z" t/ d        凡送来的饼干都仔细地称量。
* L% z) F5 W2 u. `* {479. The largest was 713 pounds.
        最重的一个达713磅，
: H+ V% O2 T6 J480. It seemed certain that this would win the prize.
, h& A4 A) s7 v3 @  j        看来这个饼干获奖无疑了。
; X4 K9 z% H/ O481. But just before the competition closed, a lorry arrived at the factory with a truly colossal biscuit which weighed 2,400 pounds.
' [7 A. x) u; w0 v        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。
# T( V$ n' O7 L# u$ K9 R8 ~" t, q482. 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。
5 m9 j; X. }* C! x5 S4 O  S. f484. The manufacturers had to pay more money than they had anticipated, for they bought the biscuit from the student for $24,000.
1 G! x9 Q1 D5 u/ U1 Q        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。