新概念英语第三册：Lesson26重点句型解析

新概念英语第三册：Lesson26 重点句型解析Who won the prize for the biggest biscuit?

1、No one can avoid being influenced by advertisements.

= Advertisements always exerts influence on everybody.

No, avoid 双重否定

-- No students can avoid being influenced by their teachers.

2、Much as we may pride ourselves on our good taste, we are no longer free to

choose the things we want, for advertising exerts a subtle influence on us.

Much as we may pride ourselves o n our good taste, …

= Although we may pride ourselves on our good taste very much,…

引导让步状语从句的词有：though, although, as

用as 引导让步状语从句时, 句子要采用倒装形式：

（adj./adv./n./v. 要用在as 之前）

1> adj.+ as + 主语+谓语

-- Rich as he is, he is not happy. 他虽然有钱, 但是他不幸福。

-- Tired as I was, I tried to help them.

2> adv.+ as + 从句

-- Much as I like you, I will not marry you.

-- Much as I hate do it, I must stay home and study English.

3> v.+ as + 主语+阻动词

-- Try as they may, they will never success.

-- Object as my parents may, I decide to do it. 采用不同的句子结

构、不同的词汇表达同一个语义：

3、No one can avoid being influenced by advertisements.

= Advertising exerts a subtle influence on us.

4、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.

Effort n. 努力, 成就（需要耗费精神或体力的事情, 不可数名词）-- It took a lot of effort to lift the box.

-- A great deal of effort has gone into this exhibition.

Effort n. 努力（可数名词）

Make every effort

-- We are making every effort to study English.

In one 's effort to do 为了干好某事

-- The company is selling off some of its buildings in their efforts to save money.

-- sell off 廉价卖清

-- In their effort to study English well, they spend a lot of time every

day.

本句= Advertisers make every effort in order to sell their products.

Close adj. 谨慎的, 彻底的, 严格的

Make a close(careful) study of … 对…做了仔细的研究

5、Advertisers discovered years ago that all of us love to get something for nothing.

Discover = find out

Get something for nothing = get something free

-- Free adj.adv. 免费的

6、An advertisement which begins with the magic word FREE can rarely go wrong.

Wrong adv. 错误, 不对

-- You've spelt the word wrong. 你把这个单词拼错了。

-- get it wrong 弄错( 意思), 误会

-- go wrong 弄错, 变坏了

-- The Big Ben rarely goes wrong.

7、These days, advertisers not only offer free samples, but free cars, free

houses, and free trips round the world as well.

these days n. 现在, 当前

Not only …but…as well

8、They devise hundreds of competitions which will enable us to win

huge sums of money.

Devise vt. 设计

-- They have devised the best way to have the party.

Enable sb to do sth 使某人能够做某事

-- Hard work will enable us to pass the examination, otherwise, no way.

9、Radio and television have made it possible for advertisers to capture the attention of millions of people in this way.

Make it possible for sb to do sth

-- His few material possessions make it possible for him to move form place to place with ease.

-- ease n. 容易, 不费力n. 舒适, 悠闲

-- The money he won made it possible for him to make a tour around the world.

Capture the attention of sb

= catch / receive / arrest / draw the attention of sb

10、During a radio programme, a company of biscuit manufacturers once asked listeners to bake biscuits and send them to their factory.

11、They offered to pay $10 a pound for the biggest biscuit baked by a

listener.

Baked…：过去分词短语做定语

12、The response to this competition was tremendous.

response = reaction 反应

13、Before long, biscuits of all shapes and sizes began arriving at the factory.

Before long（不久以后）= soon（adv. 立刻, 不久）= shortly （adv. 立刻, 不久）

biscuits of all shapes, biscuits of all sizes

shoes of all sizes

14、One lady brought in a biscuit on a wheelbarrow. It weighed nearly 500

pounds.

15、A little later, a man came along with a biscuit which occupied the whole

boot of his car.

Occupy（vt. 占有, 拥有, 占领, 占据）= take up 占据

16、All the biscuits that were sent were carefully weighed.

The largest was 713 pounds. It seemed certain that this would win the prize.

We （人称代词）后能加sure, 也能加certain（we are sure

that …）

It 后只能力口certa in （It is certa in that …）

17、But just before the competition closed, a lorry arrived at the factory with a truly colossal biscuit which weighed 2, 400 pounds.

Close = end

Colossal adj. 巨大的, 庞大的