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
( p) O% S2 \! d6 U461. No one can avoid being influenced by advertisements.
/ T' m, H) y7 g$ Q; U5 K" T6 q6 k        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.
6 q- d8 y* r8 ~  Q; J! a/ \        这是因为广告在我们身上施加着一种潜移默化的影响。
  |- p$ r/ K, t" z7 B5 ^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，
' r  p2 `. n8 i465. 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。
2 i; d* `/ A- `4 ^3 K466. 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.
        凡是用“免费”这个神奇的词开头的广告很少会失败的。
5 ?( g) J+ d0 P468. These days, advertisers not only offer free samples, but free cars, free houses, and free trips round the world as well.
7 \; r7 B4 o# B, v) U        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。
1 U; `* V* T/ P7 w469. They devise hundreds of competitions which will enable us to win huge sums of money.
; y( }+ p, m9 a2 C& t        他们设计数以百计的竞赛，竞赛中有人可赢得巨额奖金。
! G, }, d" b) \& W/ {/ I: `470. Radio and television have made it possible for advertisers to capture the attention of millions of people in this way.
  _0 j+ b3 [2 E  N+ y        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。
  m3 U! \7 Y$ ^8 k+ P* Z- r, E471. 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。
% n5 S. f0 ]% Q* W472. They offered to pay $10 a pound for the biggest biscuit baked by a listener.
6 ^& N$ q4 I4 _% z        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.
        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，
476. 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.
        凡送来的饼干都仔细地称量。
479. The largest was 713 pounds.
        最重的一个达713磅，
- G2 L4 p6 l# [* o480. It seemed certain that this would win the prize.
        看来这个饼干获奖无疑了。
+ Q% c) U; G4 F* ^2 u481. But just before the competition closed, a lorry arrived at the factory with a truly colossal biscuit which weighed 2,400 pounds.
5 f, ]8 T" }9 p0 a: T- h' k, y        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。
483. It was so heavy that a crane had to be used to remove it from the lorry.
& m3 b( g1 I7 e4 v( \( T        饼干份量太重了，用了一台起重机才把它从卡车上卸下。
5 w" H8 k9 g  Q9 b+ S# q/ G) b484. The manufacturers had to pay more money than they had anticipated, for they bought the biscuit from the student for $24,000.
! x5 k8 }  O9 ?( u- P  m        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。