新概念英语第三册逐句精讲:第17课|新概念英语第三册逐句精讲:第26课急需大饼干筒

lesson26 Wanted:a Large Biscuit Tin 急需大饼干筒
　　新概念3课文内容：
　　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.
　　新概念英语3逐句精讲：　
　　1.No one can avoid being influenced by advertisements.
没有人能避免受广告的影响。
　　语言点:no one表示否定，意思是“一个人也没有”。
　　2.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.
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。
　　语言点:句子结构分析:much as表示“尽管”，相当于even if/although，引导让步状语从句，强调一个先决条件后，再引出一个转折“但是…”,往往是否定前一句的结果。For引导原因状语从句，交代为何“我们已经无法独立自主地选购自己所需的东西了”。
　　3.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.
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。
　　语言点:句子结构分析:in their efforts to persuade us to buy this or that product作目的状语。
　　4. 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。
　　语言点:句子结构分析:that引导宾语从句，交代discovered的内容。
　　5. 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。
　　语言点:句子结构分析:which引导定语从句，修饰advertisement。
　　6. 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。
　　语言点:句子结构分析:not only…but…as well构成并列结构。
　　7.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。
　　语言点1:句子结构分析:which引导定语从句，修饰competitions。
语言点2:enable sb.to do sth.“使某人能够做某事”。
　　8.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。
　　语言点:句子结构分析:请特别注意，it在本句中充当的是形式宾语，真正的宾语位于其后—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，在之声播放的节目里，一个生产饼干的公司请听众烘制饼干送到他们的工厂去。
　　语言点:句子结构分析:of biscuit manufacturers作company的后置定语。To bake biscuits作listeners的宾语补足语。To their factory作them(指“饼干”)的宾语补足语。
　　10. 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的饼干。
　　语言点1:句子结构分析:baked by a listener是过去分词短语，充当biscuit的后置定语。
　　语言点2:固定搭配:offer to pay…for…的意思是“愿意为…付…”。
　　11. The response to this competition was tremendous.
　　这次竞赛在听众中引起极其热烈的反响。
　　语言点:句子结构分析:to this competition是介词短语，作后置定语，修饰response。
　　12. 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。
　　语言点:arrive at的本意是“到达”，因为“饼干”是不会自己到达的，所以在此引申为“被送到”。
　　13. One lady brought in a biscuit on a wheelbarrow.
　　一位女士用手推车运来一个饼干。
　　语言点:句子结构分析:on a wheelbarrow是介词短语，作方式状语。
　　14. It weighted nearly 500 pounds.
　　重达500磅左右。
　　语言点:句子结构分析: nearly 500 pounds表示“500磅左右”。英语中表示时间，重量等的短语可充当状语。
　　15. 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。
　　语言点:句子结构分析:which引导定语从句，修饰biscuit，即“…的饼干”。
　　16. All the biscuits that were sent were carefully weighed.
　　凡送来的饼干都仔细地称量。
　　语言点1:句子结构分析:that引导定语从句，意为“…的饼干”。
　　语言点2:weigh既可表示“重达…”,也可用被动语态形式，表示“被称重”。
　　17. The largest was 713 pounds.
　　最重的一个达 713磅。
　　语言点:句子结构分析:本句是一个省略句，可还原为The largest biscuit was 713 pounds.
　　18. It seemed certain that this would win the prize.
　　看来这个饼干获奖无疑了。
　　语言点:句子结构分析:it seemed certain that…是固定搭配，表示“…确定无疑”。It为形式主语，真正的主语是that引导的从句that would win the prize.即“…已经是确定无疑的了”。
　　19. 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。
　　语言点:句子结构分析:just before强调时间即将截止。with a truly colossal biscuit作方式状语。Which引导定语从句，修饰biscuit。
　　20. 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.
　　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。
　　语言点:句子结构分析:who引导定语从句，修饰a college student。
　　21. 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。
　　语言点:so heavy指出原因，that引出结果，形成完整的结果状语从句。Sth. had to be used to 强调“不得不用某物做…”。
　　22. 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。
　　语言点:句子结构分析:more than结构再度出现，一般用来强调“超过，更多”。For引导原因状语从句，交代“为什么比预期的多”。

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