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
" A# l. i; b, ^7 m1 b" z; J3 d4 g461. No one can avoid being influenced by advertisements.
, H! f. k' ^) }. C5 k% q        没有人能避免受广告的影响。
% A- H+ g$ K9 H! D462. Much as we may pride ourselves on our good taste, we are no longer free to choose the things we want,
1 F4 ]' I0 ?& W' C" I        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。
- l' f% _  B" _& [7 m4 d463. for advertising exerts a subtle influence on us.
5 {" x$ v5 P! b/ Z8 u9 K7 r1 l        这是因为广告在我们身上施加着一种潜移默化的影响。
8 v* ?! a; ^" C1 K+ O: T: W464. In their efforts to persuade us to buy this or that product,
" A1 e# w7 Z* Y+ }        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。
% R3 [" W) y. n1 i$ C% K  Y( P7 H466. 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。
/ x5 T5 b2 D5 U; |# o468. These days, advertisers not only offer free samples, but free cars, free houses, and free trips round the world as well.
1 W: z. x: K9 p/ ~        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.
% V* W1 K9 i7 n5 R7 p+ R        他们设计数以百计的竞赛，竞赛中有人可赢得巨额奖金。
7 e- @2 D4 r+ w0 k. d  z) l470. 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.
( b6 ~7 @: q$ L$ \; m5 d        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。
0 S' N2 E6 u4 Z0 V472. They offered to pay $10 a pound for the biggest biscuit baked by a listener.
        他们愿意以每磅10美元的价钱买下由听众烘制的最大的饼干。
# E- [  C- [0 C- {4 ?9 t4 q2 ]% l473. The response to this competition was tremendous.
        这次竞赛在听众中引起极其热烈的反响。
- v8 ?) ?; [0 P474. Before long, biscuits of all shapes and sizes began arriving at the factory.
        不久，形状各异，大小不一的饼干陆续送到工厂。
1 z7 E0 W3 g3 T0 D6 _* n3 W475. One lady brought in a biscuit on a wheelbarrow.
3 r  V2 J( r. G9 P  v# g: V        一位女士用手推车运来一个饼干，
476. It weighed nearly 500 pounds.
" |3 o( C, M7 ~" S8 }' [2 T6 |4 B5 V        重达500磅左右。
477. A little later, a man came along with a biscuit which occupied the whole boot of his car.
        相隔不一会儿，一个男子也带来一个大饼干，那个饼干把汽车的行李箱挤得满满的。
478. All the biscuits that were sent were carefully weighed.
) x6 _; V, X9 V) j: }% Y+ l        凡送来的饼干都仔细地称量。
) ^. y# O6 `, n7 E$ k4 k479. The largest was 713 pounds.
& v. D' f. K$ i0 v        最重的一个达713磅，
# [8 }! O) `4 T) z2 M* x' a480. It seemed certain that this would win the prize.
5 L. ^, c# v# R. }        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。
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.
$ E# |7 J' c3 Z0 L1 h7 v        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。
% p- ]4 h- L: o8 z, T9 m483. It was so heavy that a crane had to be used to remove it from the lorry.
0 r+ Z' h) B5 \( U$ J; X7 T2 H& ^1 |        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.
1 H( C7 R. H; \, 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。