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.

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

但就在競賽截止時間將到之際，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。

語言點:句子結構分析:just before強調時間即將截止。with a truly colossal biscuit作方式狀語。Which引導定語從句，修飾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.

它是由一個大學生烘制的，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。

語言點:句子結構分析:who引導定語從句，修飾a college student。

21. It was so heavy that a crane had to be used to remove it from the lorry.

餅干份量太重了，用了一臺起重機才把它從卡車上卸下。

語言點:so heavy指出原因，that引出結果，形成完整的結果狀語從句。Sth. had to be used to 強調“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.
餅干公司不得不付出比他們預計多得多的錢，因為為買下那學生烘制的餅干他們支付了24,000美元。

語言點:句子結構分析:more than結構再度出現，一般用來強調“超過，更多”。For引導原因狀語從句，交代“為什么比預期的多”。