Lesson26 征購大餅干筒
Procuring Big Biscuit Barrels
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沒有人能避免受廣告的影響。
No one can avoid themselves from affected ? by advertisements.
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盡管我們可以自夸自己的鑒賞力如何敏銳,
Though we can vouching ourselves’ acute ? taste,
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但我們已經(jīng)無法獨立自主地選購自己所需的東西了。
we cannot procure things we need ? independently.
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這是因為廣告在我們身上施加著一種潛移默化的影響。
That’s because advertisements affect us potentially. ?
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做廣告的人在力圖勸說我們買下這種產(chǎn)品或那種產(chǎn)品之前,已經(jīng)仔細地研究了人的本性,并把人的弱點進行了分類。
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Before those who making advertisements tried to persuade us buying this or that products, they have researched our natural instincts attentively,and categorize our weakness.
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做廣告的人們多年前就發(fā)現(xiàn)我們大家都喜歡免費得到東西。
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Many years ago people who make ? advertisements discovered that we all like things we can get free.
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凡是用“免費”這個神奇的詞開頭的廣告很少會失敗的。
It’s seldom for the advertisements which ? start with “free” have failed.
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目前,做廣告的人不僅提供免費樣品,而且還提供免費汽車,免費住房,免費周游世界。
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Nowadays, people who make advertisements not only supply free samples, but also offer cars, houses and traveling around the world freely.
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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。
They designed hundreds of competitions, ? and someone can win huge amount of money in it.
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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。
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Video and television make people who make advertisement can attract millions of people’s attention through this measure.
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有一次,在電臺播放的節(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。
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Once there was a company which produce biscuits invite audience bake biscuits and send them to their factory in a program on TV.
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他們愿意以每磅10美元的價錢買下由聽眾烘制的最大的餅干。
They would like to buy the largest ? biscuit for 10 dollars per pound.
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這次競賽在聽眾中引起極其熱烈的反響。
This competition got a very fervent ? reaction among audience.
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不久,形狀各異,大小不一的餅干陸續(xù)送到工廠。
Biscuits in different shape and different ? size were sent to the factory soon.
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一位女士用手推車運來一個餅干,重達500磅左右。
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A lady transported a biscuit with a ? handcart, which weights almost 500 pounds.
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相隔不一會兒,一個男子也帶來一個大餅干,那個餅干把汽車的行李箱擠得滿滿的。
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A few moments later, a man also brought a big biscuit, which saturate the car trunk fully.
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凡送來的餅干都仔細地稱量。
All the biscuits sent were weight ? attentively.
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最重的一個達713磅,看來這個餅干獲獎無疑了。
The heaviest one weight up to 713 pounds, ? which seems to be the prized one undoubtedly.
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但就在競賽截止時間將到之際,
But just before the expiration of the ? competition reached,
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一輛卡車駛進了工廠,運來了一個特大無比、重達2,400磅的餅干。
A truck entered the factory, and ? delivered a biscuit Leviathan which weights 2400 pounds.
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它是由一個大學(xué)生烘制的,用去1,000多磅的面粉、800磅食糖、200磅動物脂肪及400磅其他各種原料。
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It’s baked by a college student, consuming more than thousand pounds flour, 800 pound sugar, 200 pound animal axunge and 400 pound other ingredients.
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餅干份量太重了,用了一臺起重機才把它從卡車上卸下。
The biscuit was so heave that even using ? a crane to unsnatch it from the truck.
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餅干公司不得不付出比他們預(yù)計多得多的錢,
The biscuit company have to pay money far ? more than they budgeted.
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因為為買下那學(xué)生烘制的餅干他們支付了24,000美元。
because they pay 24,000 dollars in ? purchasing the biscuit that student baked.