Wanted:a Large Biscuit Tin 急需大餅干筒
No one can avoid being influenced by advertisements. Much as we may pride ourselves on our good taste, we are no longer free to choose the things we wants, 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 love 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 sums 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 the 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 weighted nearly 500 pounds. A little later, a man came along with a biscuit which occupied 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 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. 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. For they bought the biscuit from the student for $24,000.
7.They devise hundreds of competitions which will enable us to win huge sums of money.
他們設(shè)計數(shù)以百計的競賽，競賽中有人可贏得巨額獎金。
語言點1:句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:which引導(dǎo)定語從句，修飾competitions。
語言點2:enable sb.to do sth.“使某人能夠做某事”。
8.Radio and television have made it possible for advertisers to capture the attention of millions of people in this way.
電臺、電視使做廣告的人可以用這種手段吸引成百萬人的注意力。
語言點:句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:請?zhí)貏e注意，it在本句中充當(dāng)?shù)氖切问劫e語，真正的賓語位于其后—to capture the attention of millions of people。
9.During a radio programme, a company of biscuit manufacturers once asked listeners to bake biscuits and send them to their factory.
有一次，在之聲播放的節(jié)目里，一個生產(chǎn)餅干的公司請聽眾烘制餅干送到他們的工廠去。
語言點:句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:of biscuit manufacturers作company的后置定語。To bake biscuits作listeners的賓語補(bǔ)足語。To their factory作them(指“餅干”)的賓語補(bǔ)足語。
No one can avoid being influenced by advertisements. Much as we may pride ourselves on our good taste, we are no longer free to choose the things we wants, 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 love 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 sums 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 the 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 weighted nearly 500 pounds. A little later, a man came along with a biscuit which occupied 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 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. 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. For they bought the biscuit from the student for $24,000.
7.They devise hundreds of competitions which will enable us to win huge sums of money.
他們設(shè)計數(shù)以百計的競賽，競賽中有人可贏得巨額獎金。
語言點1:句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:which引導(dǎo)定語從句，修飾competitions。
語言點2:enable sb.to do sth.“使某人能夠做某事”。
8.Radio and television have made it possible for advertisers to capture the attention of millions of people in this way.
電臺、電視使做廣告的人可以用這種手段吸引成百萬人的注意力。
語言點:句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:請?zhí)貏e注意，it在本句中充當(dāng)?shù)氖切问劫e語，真正的賓語位于其后—to capture the attention of millions of people。
9.During a radio programme, a company of biscuit manufacturers once asked listeners to bake biscuits and send them to their factory.
有一次，在之聲播放的節(jié)目里，一個生產(chǎn)餅干的公司請聽眾烘制餅干送到他們的工廠去。
語言點:句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:of biscuit manufacturers作company的后置定語。To bake biscuits作listeners的賓語補(bǔ)足語。To their factory作them(指“餅干”)的賓語補(bǔ)足語。