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.
5 z$ H' b7 g$ Y4 v. L        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,
        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 D3 `, D0 Z  ^/ `( c& Q        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+ H* t, x7 l0 H        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.
- n# ~: O* c' y( N4 c# g        已经仔细地研究了人的本性，并把人的弱点进行了分类。
1 s% K7 V- |( w* p466. 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。
467. An advertisement which begins with the magic word FREE can rarely go wrong.
) M9 j+ y2 n3 k5 L( Y        凡是用“免费”这个神奇的词开头的广告很少会失败的。
4 Y3 T0 f& J8 Z6 J% k7 [* ^& k468. 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。
- d; k  R$ G; M. w' I469. They devise hundreds of competitions which will enable us to win huge sums of money.
0 |: i& v4 f! y  p; P  X        他们设计数以百计的竞赛，竞赛中有人可赢得巨额奖金。
. N2 a, s% r: G' }- X470. 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。
) U: E3 O, }0 Q) A472. They offered to pay $10 a pound for the biggest biscuit baked by a listener.
$ j  d3 Y# ^+ ^7 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。
9 p" K3 ]4 u. i473. The response to this competition was tremendous.
, b9 q6 c6 V! M3 i6 u        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。
+ ]% \) D; l/ ^  ~/ r: s3 _6 n475. One lady brought in a biscuit on a wheelbarrow.
0 ?1 I% _; H) B        一位女士用手推车运来一个饼干，
& u" D  k6 Z0 E& a" k476. It weighed nearly 500 pounds.
        重达500磅左右。
  j- F6 L% }8 D8 o477. 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。
0 r' j8 R6 K$ U8 K9 |2 O478. All the biscuits that were sent were carefully weighed.
) F" P  l! k% s4 a( B        凡送来的饼干都仔细地称量。
4 \( e; V1 T# U: ?3 B$ C479. The largest was 713 pounds.
        最重的一个达713磅，
0 q& G* U1 ?& T! q# C480. It seemed certain that this would win the prize.
        看来这个饼干获奖无疑了。
1 D' Q0 v! E6 M7 u& X7 G4 b( [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。
# u% d6 k# a6 w$ ~. x+ K3 x482. 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.
9 b, V5 C) T& r1 b  r& w! s        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.
        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。