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1、新概念英语第三册第26课:Wanted a large biscuit tinLesson 26 Wanted: a large biscuit tin征购大饼干筒Listen to the tape then answer the question below.听录音，然后回答以下问题。Listen who the prize for biggest biscuit?No one can avoid being influenced by advertisements. Much as we may pride ourselves on our good taste, we are no l
2、onger free to choose the things we want, for advertising exerts a subtle influence on us. In their efforts to persuade us to buy this or that product, advertisers have made a close study of human nature and have classified all our little weaknesses.Advertisers discovered years ago that all of us lov
3、e to get something for nothing. An advertisement which begins with the magic word FREE can rarely go wrong. These days, advertisers not only offer free samples, but free cars, free houses, and free trips round the world as well. They devise hundreds of competitions which will enable us to win huge s
4、ums of money. Radio and television have made it possible for advertisers to capture the attention of millions of people in this way.During a radio programme, a company of biscuit manufacturers once asked listeners to bake biscuits and send them to their factory. They offered to pay $10 a pound for t
5、he biggest biscuit baked by a listener. The response to this competition was tremendous. Before long, biscuits of all shapes and sizes began arriving at the factory. One lady brought in a biscuit on a wheelbarrow. It weighed nearly 500 pounds. A little later, a man came along with a biscuit which oc
6、cupied the whole boot of his car. All the biscuits that were sent were carefully weighed. The largest was 713 pounds. It seemed certain that this would win the prize. But just before the competition closed, a lorry arrived at the factory with a truly colossal biscuit which weighed 2,400 pounds. It h
7、ad 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. It was so heavy that a crane had to be used to remove it from the lorry. The manufacturers had to pay more money than they had anticipated,
8、 or they bought the biscuit from the student for $24,000.参考译文没有人能避免受广告的影响。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。这是因为广告在我们身上施加着一种潜 移默化的影响。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，已经仔细地研究了人的本性，并把人的弱点进行了分类。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。凡是用“免费”这个神奇的词开头的广告很少会失败的。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。他们设计数以百计的竞赛，竞赛中有人
9、可赢得巨额奖金。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。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。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。这次竞赛在 听众中引起极其热烈的反响。不久，形状各异，大小不一的饼干陆续送到工厂。一位女士用手推车运来一个饼干，重达500磅左右。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。凡送来的饼干都仔细地称量。最重的一个达713磅，看来这个饼干获奖无疑了。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。它是由一个大学生烘制
10、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。饼干份量太重了，用了一台起重机才把它从卡车上卸下。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。New words and expressions 生词和短语influencev. 影响pridev. 骄傲tasten. 鉴赏力exertv. 施加subtleaj. 微妙的，难以捉摸的advertisern. 做广告的人classifyv. 分类magicadj. 有奇妙作用samplen. 样品devisev. 设计，想出capturev. 吸引，赢得man
11、ufacturern. 生产厂家，制造商wheelbarrown. 独轮手推车bootn. （汽车尾部的）行李箱ingredientn. 配料cranen. 起重机anticipatev. 预期，预料Notes on the text课文注释1 No one can avoid being influenced by advertisements.没有人能避免受广告的影响。avoid一词需接动名词作宾语，being influenced是动名词一般式的被动形式2 Much as we may pride ourselves.，尽管我们可以自夸 ，虽然我们可以为.而感到自豪。这是一个让步状语从句
12、，连词much as可以译成 虽然很. 3 get something for nothing，免费得到。4 go wrong，出差错，出毛病。5 the response to this competition，对这一竞赛的反响。Lesson 26 课后练习和答案Exercises and Answer新概念英语第三册第1课:A Puma at large Lesson 1 A puma at large逃遁的美洲狮 Listen to the tape then answer the question 新概念英语第三册第33课:A day to remember Lesson 33 A day to remember难忘的一天 Listen to the tape then answer the questio 新概念英语第三册第17课:The longest suspe Lesson 17 The longest suspension bridge in the world世界上最长的吊桥 Listen to t 新概念英语第三册第10课:The loss of the T Lesson 10 The loss of the Titanic泰坦尼克号的沉没 Listen to the tape then answer 第 7 页 共 7 页
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