Lesson 26 Wanted a large biscuit tin 征购大饼干筒

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1、Lesson26Wanted:alargebiscuittin征购大饼干筒Listentothetapethenanswerthequestionbelow.听录音，然后回答以下问题。Listenwhotheprizeforbiggestbiscuit?   Noonecanavoidbeinginfluencedbyadvertisements.Muchaswemayprideourselvesonourgoodtaste,wearenolongerfreetochoosethethingswewant,foradvertisingexertsasubtleinfluen

2、ceonus.Intheireffortstopersuadeustobuythisorthatproduct,advertisershavemadeaclosestudyofhumannatureandhaveclassifiedallourlittleweaknesses.   Advertisersdiscoveredyearsagothatallofuslovetogetsomethingfornothing.AnadvertisementwhichbeginswiththemagicwordFREEcanrarelygowrong.Thesedays,advert

3、isersnotonlyofferfreesamples,butfreecars,freehouses,andfreetripsroundtheworldaswell.Theydevisehundredsofcompetitionswhichwillenableustowinhugesumsofmoney.Radioandtelevisionhavemadeitpossibleforadvertiserstocapturetheattentionofmillionsofpeopleinthisway.   Duringaradioprogramme,acompanyofbi

4、scuitmanufacturersonceaskedlistenerstobakebiscuitsandsendthemtotheirfactory.Theyofferedtopay$10apoundforthebiggestbiscuitbakedbyalistener.Theresponsetothiscompetitionwastremendous.Beforelong,biscuitsofallshapesandsizesbeganarrivingatthefactory.Oneladybroughtinabiscuitonawheelbarrow.Itweigh

5、ednearly500pounds.Alittlelater,amancamealongwithabiscuitwhichoccupiedthewholebootofhiscar.Allthebiscuitsthatweresentwerecarefullyweighed.Thelargestwas713pounds.Itseemedcertainthatthiswouldwintheprize.Butjustbeforethecompetitionclosed,alorryarrivedatthefactorywithatrulycolossalbiscuitwhichw

6、eighed2,400pounds.Ithadbeenbakedbyacollegestudentwhohadusedover1,000poundsofflour,800poundsofsugar,200poundsoffat,and400poundsofvariousotheringredients.Itwassoheavythatacranehadtobeusedtoremoveitfromthelorry.Themanufacturershadtopaymoremoneythantheyhadanticipated,ortheyboughtthebiscuitfrom

7、thestudentfor$24,000.Newwordsandexpressions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    manufa