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
* H. q! |/ @1 |2 w461. No one can avoid being influenced by advertisements.
/ u* X4 t5 s& b8 F        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,
. i, ]4 e5 D# y" [# V1 G8 ?9 `        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.
) g+ f! h/ v1 @) V) C        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,
& B8 @$ D9 E3 O1 o! G( D        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，
. h' B7 }- Q8 `- D7 K465. advertisers have made a close study of human nature and have classified all our little weaknesses.
8 W- R7 y$ e; {# M        已经仔细地研究了人的本性，并把人的弱点进行了分类。
3 c; h) Z2 S+ H% [% J; V2 Z9 ?466. Advertisers discovered years ago that all of us love to get something for nothing.
% f, \5 n" J) w0 E        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.
0 y; O% o% y' ]& k. b6 [; P4 p* [        凡是用“免费”这个神奇的词开头的广告很少会失败的。
) O0 Z/ B& y8 E# W468. These days, advertisers not only offer free samples, but free cars, free houses, and free trips round the world as well.
' ]2 V1 g( X2 w! J2 N5 k        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。
% }2 z7 D, w+ F* n6 R# `2 k$ W469. 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。
/ D8 v& l" O$ b2 g, n470. Radio and television have made it possible for advertisers to capture the attention of millions of people in this way.
$ S9 W) P3 s+ H6 ]        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.
2 H2 u# {8 K/ y; x        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 $10 a pound for the biggest biscuit baked by a listener.
        他们愿意以每磅10美元的价钱买下由听众烘制的最大的饼干。
) a& B7 |$ w8 y  G% f' G473. The response to this competition was tremendous.
        这次竞赛在听众中引起极其热烈的反响。
; j( n7 d" Q! ]3 n474. 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.
, c- S  ^  L7 ]        一位女士用手推车运来一个饼干，
476. It weighed nearly 500 pounds.
% p, S7 j% ~( e- z( R  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。
- F" Q1 `1 w' Y4 L  L, _478. All the biscuits that were sent were carefully weighed.
8 O* K( ^' D$ I1 J, ?        凡送来的饼干都仔细地称量。
. T" [6 Y* x3 x+ W' r2 f. g# x! J479. The largest was 713 pounds.
7 t4 z+ a5 V3 w, ^9 B8 `$ C        最重的一个达713磅，
; m/ X/ v5 M: F# J: K480. 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.
        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.
( B- Q6 \- n! v# P; u* m        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.
        饼干份量太重了，用了一台起重机才把它从卡车上卸下。
: O- m9 u/ x7 p# G' X; T484. 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。