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.
0 m5 r+ x2 o% s+ c  B. V: D        没有人能避免受广告的影响。
) g8 Q* h& N) [* @1 u) n0 E* D+ Z462. Much as we may pride ourselves on our good taste, we are no longer free to choose the things we want,
7 u  `4 j& p5 I/ r$ ~! U9 K        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.
. K6 B- e, o* v# a1 ?# {: @" z        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,
        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- S( P( g1 B" g: w  ?, B3 i        已经仔细地研究了人的本性，并把人的弱点进行了分类。
* N* n5 ~. c2 A/ T466. 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。
- W# ^5 e' n  M% ~' h467. An advertisement which begins with the magic word FREE can rarely go wrong.
  F( G$ ~' m+ ^& S8 _        凡是用“免费”这个神奇的词开头的广告很少会失败的。
0 s( B9 m* \- a$ U$ P% E, x0 ~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。
( ~- L. J7 J! ?1 t469. They devise hundreds of competitions which will enable us to win huge sums of money.
        他们设计数以百计的竞赛，竞赛中有人可赢得巨额奖金。
' ~- x  D1 u: w# x8 P4 S470. 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。
0 s. }6 a+ i) L$ y/ H+ Q& o8 a472. They offered to pay $10 a pound for the biggest biscuit baked by a listener.
" T" a7 j8 }5 r/ N5 B0 h+ t; ?        他们愿意以每磅10美元的价钱买下由听众烘制的最大的饼干。
473. The response to this competition was tremendous.
8 W+ B3 @' Z* r% |- l        这次竞赛在听众中引起极其热烈的反响。
! ]& M0 e9 n: j. i( l% h" f474. Before long, biscuits of all shapes and sizes began arriving at the factory.
        不久，形状各异，大小不一的饼干陆续送到工厂。
475. One lady brought in a biscuit on a wheelbarrow.
+ L, K4 f) Q* M( r  w        一位女士用手推车运来一个饼干，
476. It weighed nearly 500 pounds.
        重达500磅左右。
; |( \5 h, A1 }) m+ k6 h477. A little later, a man came along with a biscuit which occupied the whole boot of his car.
+ G: I! Y( ^% N- y5 j        相隔不一会儿，一个男子也带来一个大饼干，那个饼干把汽车的行李箱挤得满满的。
478. All the biscuits that were sent were carefully weighed.
9 o. Q' o% Y$ H7 O        凡送来的饼干都仔细地称量。
479. The largest was 713 pounds.
( c- `5 j% g# K8 h* x        最重的一个达713磅，
9 J% i) U" q0 o% [480. It seemed certain that this would win the prize.
' a  ^( ]) c/ `        看来这个饼干获奖无疑了。
/ r# j, |. [0 }* d1 m: j! o481. 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.
! {& o) H+ {5 @0 a( |        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.
$ ?3 j6 V) s/ [2 y- a! z        饼干份量太重了，用了一台起重机才把它从卡车上卸下。
7 Z. z+ g& r9 Q* I% X- T' l+ v* N" }484. The manufacturers had to pay more money than they had anticipated, for they bought the biscuit from the student for $24,000.
1 U& I0 s- a* K* c2 t7 V        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。