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。
9 P: i  r' B: ?+ c8 H5 C7 e% p462. Much as we may pride ourselves on our good taste, we are no longer free to choose the things we want,
        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。
5 a! ]5 L% b6 c2 }463. for advertising exerts a subtle influence on us.
9 r- O1 r0 T$ d2 X* 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,
! f% B" E+ u" q( [9 [        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.
        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.
% g' L8 V5 G: r7 h" Y3 v" `" _( P        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。
467. An advertisement which begins with the magic word FREE can rarely go wrong.
1 R3 L! F, S1 z$ d        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。
' M" a: s0 g$ t. s469. They devise hundreds of competitions which will enable us to win huge sums of money.
% T% o  I; b' @2 l/ K* s7 J" j# X. e        他们设计数以百计的竞赛，竞赛中有人可赢得巨额奖金。
' L2 M% D" K- G470. 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。
0 B3 x6 L0 S  Y3 n5 k% U471. 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。
1 Y9 K' n9 l5 [2 O, ^" G6 [472. They offered to pay $10 a pound for the biggest biscuit baked by a listener.
% L. n! g3 `0 ^; ^4 N% a6 N( x        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。
4 Q4 b( V& f; S6 I' B473. The response to this competition was tremendous.
        这次竞赛在听众中引起极其热烈的反响。
- n/ [" v6 L# j. ~474. Before long, biscuits of all shapes and sizes began arriving at the factory.
$ S( M; U. e, N! N# s        不久，形状各异，大小不一的饼干陆续送到工厂。
) R) M- ~) @2 t5 W; W+ M475. One lady brought in a biscuit on a wheelbarrow.
        一位女士用手推车运来一个饼干，
3 w1 M- G( U2 h" o' g1 v; J476. It weighed nearly 500 pounds.
        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.
        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.
! P3 g& M' K+ G' s/ a        凡送来的饼干都仔细地称量。
& V# [7 d" K, z479. The largest was 713 pounds.
        最重的一个达713磅，
480. It seemed certain that this would win the prize.
, f- i# F" s7 b& s9 h/ s" J) l        看来这个饼干获奖无疑了。
# n6 G' [: E: ^) C: L8 N" z481. 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。
482. 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。
5 s% f0 T4 Z& p# I$ \483. It was so heavy that a crane had to be used to remove it from the lorry.
5 [6 ~( g' J5 C' Q) j# t' r        饼干份量太重了，用了一台起重机才把它从卡车上卸下。
" U9 Y$ O/ \0 q; ~" G, Q$ i1 f4 ~484. The manufacturers had to pay more money than they had anticipated, for they bought the biscuit from the student for $24,000.
) N. q1 e' T# F4 y+ \# `        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。