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
2 G/ T1 S+ q" k4 z& c# h( ^461. No one can avoid being influenced by advertisements.
, r# l. Y! Q7 x- k! N        没有人能避免受广告的影响。
9 X( }6 ^1 B- E462. Much as we may pride ourselves on our good taste, we are no longer free to choose the things we want,
* {! |; F1 {% ^# Y; }( ^8 c        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。
, \1 ^  H$ R) {8 ]' a- h463. 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。
( w- h8 F2 Q0 I  I464. In their efforts to persuade us to buy this or that product,
' ]/ I5 X  Z1 \/ w        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.
' _) m8 ^: [3 x; k        已经仔细地研究了人的本性，并把人的弱点进行了分类。
% N4 e% S) D8 f0 T* k, R466. Advertisers discovered years ago that all of us love to get something for nothing.
% [$ @' ]) }1 h4 ~0 a        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。
+ s) f& p$ U4 l% q1 W0 x, q7 i467. 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。
7 b6 a# `" B4 P7 R0 G468. 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。
( z- ~; f& |; Y3 K; g& d469. They devise hundreds of competitions which will enable us to win huge sums of money.
! `: Y  m' D( q: n9 j: b        他们设计数以百计的竞赛，竞赛中有人可赢得巨额奖金。
$ @* a8 N- E: W3 [5 P6 O2 q% k# a470. 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.
" p* J/ i' U3 P& W- H1 c. I        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 $10 a pound for the biggest biscuit baked by a listener.
        他们愿意以每磅10美元的价钱买下由听众烘制的最大的饼干。
- [, s/ t' y# f8 Q473. The response to this competition was tremendous.
        这次竞赛在听众中引起极其热烈的反响。
1 A: T. v( h& U8 L/ s474. Before long, biscuits of all shapes and sizes began arriving at the factory.
- z* Z/ \$ [9 l' E4 P0 l        不久，形状各异，大小不一的饼干陆续送到工厂。
6 ~& n8 }  N5 b" L0 k. v; H475. One lady brought in a biscuit on a wheelbarrow.
        一位女士用手推车运来一个饼干，
476. It weighed nearly 500 pounds.
        重达500磅左右。
. Q% \& s  D/ P" V477. A little later, a man came along with a biscuit which occupied the whole boot of his car.
        相隔不一会儿，一个男子也带来一个大饼干，那个饼干把汽车的行李箱挤得满满的。
478. All the biscuits that were sent were carefully weighed.
        凡送来的饼干都仔细地称量。
& i. d. E6 t. [% f# \+ y7 z/ Z5 ^: E479. The largest was 713 pounds.
5 O9 N2 b; ^9 R3 Y* `* S$ _: R1 J# T        最重的一个达713磅，
9 i5 t. @/ _5 p8 M7 b# a) Z0 d480. It seemed certain that this would win the prize.
        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.
% X0 g; @/ Z+ F1 h% {        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.
4 t6 G9 ]) y" ]4 Z        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。
' ^: v2 m5 J7 @+ `483. It was so heavy that a crane had to be used to remove it from the lorry.
* S" O0 |: s$ d: z* X        饼干份量太重了，用了一台起重机才把它从卡车上卸下。
! e6 P6 E* i. s4 ]9 F+ c% J484. 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。