（题目）
Wanted: a large
biscuit tin
wanted: 诚聘, 求购
help wanted section 招聘启事
托福听力真题：
A．He wants help improving his vocabulary.
B．He plans to read the entire newspaper.
C．He rarely has time to read the newspaper on Sunday.
D．He's interested in finding a job.
W: Since when do you read the Sunday Times?
M: Since I discovered its big help-wanted
section.
Q: What can be assumed about the man?
Answer: (D) He's interested in finding a job.
wanted: adj. 受通缉的；被征求的
（第一段）
No one can
avoid being influenced by advertisements.
知识点（1）
avoid v. 躲避，避免
avoid sb. like the plague 躲某人像躲瘟疫一样
avoid doing 避免做某事
造句1：没有人可以避免受到社会的影响。
No one can avoid being influenced by
society.
造句2：没有人可以避免受到金钱的引诱。
No one can avoid being tempted by
money.
造句3：没有人可以避免犯错误。
No one can avoid making mistakes.
知识点（2）
语法：双重否定，加强语气
No one can avoid being influenced by advertisements.
双重否定，加强语气
Everyone is influenced by advertisements. 肯定表达
Everyone admits that … 肯定表达
No one can deny that … 双重否定，加强语气
Everyone is attracted by … 肯定表达
No one can resist …双重否定，加强语气
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 on our good taste（让步状语从句）, we
are no longer free to choose the things we want（主句）, for
advertising exerts a subtle influence on
us.（原因状语从句）
知识点（1）
pride oneself on ... 对…很自豪
take pride in ...
be proud of ...
知识点（2）
语法：强调句；让步状语从句中，把被强调的词放到句首；书面语
Although we may
much pride ourselves on our good taste,
... Much as
（强调much）we may pride ourselves on our good taste,
…
（副词的强调句）
Although I much
admire Newton as a scientist, I don’t like him as a man.
Much as I admire Newton as a
scientist, I don’t like him as a man.
（形容词的强调句）
Although we may be
proud of our good taste,
... Proud as we
may be of our good taste, ...
（形容词的强调句）
Although she is
beautiful, I still don’t like her.
Beautiful as
she is, I still don’t like her. （形容词的强调句）
（动词的强调句；动词原形放在句首，原来的位置用助动词代替）
Although he
tries, he never seems able to do the work
beautifully.
Try as he does, he never seems
to do the work beautifully.
（名词的强调句；名词前的冠词去掉，名字放在句首）
Although he is a
child, he can make a living.
Child as he is, he can make a
living.
知识点（3）
be free to do … 自由的做某事
freely
be at liberty to do 自由的做某事
知识点（4）
advertising 广告宣传，不可数
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.
In their efforts to persuade us to buy this or that
product（时间状语）, advertisers have made a close study of human nature
and have classified all our little weaknesses.
知识点（1）
in sth. / doing 在…的过程之中
In trying to persuade us to buy
…
In seeking independence, they do not
sacrifice their human dignity.
知识点（2）
persuade sb. to do / into doing
说服某人做某事
talk sb. into doing 说服某人做某事
get sb. to do 说服某人做某事
表达“说服某人不要做某事”:
persuade sb. not to do / out of
doing
talk sb. out of doing
get sb. not to do
dissuade sb. from doing
造句：我劝他不要自杀 (commit suicide)
I persuaded him not to
commit / out of committing
suicide.
I talked him out of committing
suicide.
I got him not to commit
suicide.
I dissuaded him from
committing suicide.
知识点（3）
this or that product
这件或哪家商品（各种各样的商品）
one product or another 各种各样的商品
some product or other 各种各样的商品
(a) one or other product (b) that or this product
(c) some product or other (d) a product or two
知识点（4）
study … v.研究
make a study of ... 做研究
make a close study of …
discover 发现
make an interesting discovery of …
做出（有趣的）发现…
describe 描述
make a vivid description of …
做出（生动的）描述
investigate 调查
make a thorough investigation of …
做（深入的）调查
summarize 总结
make a comprehensive summary of…
做出（全面的）总结
analyze 分析
make a detailed analysis of …
做出（细致的）分析
知识点（5）
weakness 1. （不可数）懦弱, 软弱 2.（可数）弱点
So let us begin anew —remembering on both sides that civility is
not a sign of weakness, and sincerity is always
subject to proof. Let us never negotiate out of fear, but let us never
fear to negotiate. — John F. Kennedy
反义: strength 优点, 长处 [C]
strengths and weaknesses
For we know that our patchwork heritage is a
strength, not a weakness. We are a
nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus, and
nonbelievers.
（第二段）
Advertisers
discovered years ago that all of us love to get something for
nothing.
Advertisers discovered years ago（时间状语，前置） that all of
us love to get something for nothing.
（及物动词后，如果宾语长状语短，先写状语后写宾语）
知识点（1）
for nothing / for free / free of
charge adv. 免费……
no charge for … ……免费
be on the house 店主请客
An
advertisement which begins with the magic word FREE can rarely go
wrong.
An advertisement which begins with the magic word
FREE （定语从句）can rarely go wrong.
知识点（1）
begin with … 用…来开始
走遍美国
Let’s go into the kitchen, and maybe you can help me set the
table.
Sounds good to me. What are we having?
I prepared lamb chops, mashed potatoes, and a tossed green salad
to begin with.
Grandpa, you are a terrific guy!
end with … 用…来结束
知识点（2）
go wrong 出错，出问题，不顺利
These
days, advertisers not only offer free samples, but free cars, free
houses, and free trips round the world as well.
round / around the world 遍及世界
throughout the world 遍及世界
all over the world 遍及世界
the world over 世界各地
They
devise hundreds of competitions which will enable us to win huge sums of
money.
enable sb. to do ... 是某人能做某事
make it possible for sb. to do ...
是某人能做某事成为可能
Radio
and television have enabled advertisers to capture the attention of
millions of people in this way.
capture / attract / draw / catch
/ arrest / command / get + (one’s)
attention / the attention of …
吸引了…的注意力
（第三段）
During
a radio programme, a company of biscuit manufacturers once asked
listeners to bake biscuits and send them to their factory.
bake 烤（素）
baker 面包师
baker’s / bakery 面包房
roast 烤（肉）
roast turkey
Peking roast duck
grill / broil 烤（明火）
BBQ 野外烧烤
They
offered to pay $10 a pound for the biggest biscuit baked by a
listener.
for 等价交换
She paid me $30 for my bike.
She bought my bike for $30.
Advertisers discovered years ago that all of us love to get
something for nothing.
The manufacturers had to pay more money than they had
anticipated, for they bought the biscuit from the student
for $24,000.
The response
to this competition was tremendous.
the response to … is / was tremendous /
lukewarm …反响很剧烈/平淡
In 1908 Lord Northcliffe offered a prize of ₤1,000 to the first
man who would fly across the English Channel.
造句：学校提供了一笔 1000
美元的奖金给第一个能解决这个问题的学生。大家对这次比赛的反应很热烈/很平淡。
The university offered a prize of $1,000 to the first student who
would find a solution to the problem. The response to the
competition was tremendous / lukewarm.
Before
long, biscuits of all shapes and sizes began arriving at the
factory.
知识点（1）
before (very / too) long 不就之后
before much longer
shortly afterwards
a little later 不就之后
after a little / short time /
while 不就之后
知识点（2）
all sorts / kinds / types of
sth. 各种各样的
One lady
brought in a biscuit on a wheelbarrow.
It weighed nearly 500 pounds.
weigh … 系动词，有多重
be … (in weight) 有多重
be / stand … high / tall
有多高
rise to a height of … 高达
be … deep / in depth 有多深
extend to a depth of … 深达
be … long / in length 有多长
be … wide / across / in width
有多宽
A
little later, a man came along with a biscuit which occupied the whole
boot of his car.
along with … 与…在一起
along with
together with ... 在一起的…
coupled with ... 再加上…
accompanied by ... 被…陪伴着
followed by ... 还跟着…
besides ... 除了…
as well as ... 除了…之外
no less than ... …也
including ... 还包含…
(修饰主语，主语是单数，谓语动词用单数)
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.
But just before the competition closed（时间状语）, a lorry
arrived at the factory with a truly colossal biscuit which
weighed 2400 pounds.（伴随状语）
It
had been baked by a college student who had used over 1,000 pounds of
flour, 800 pounds of sugar, Two hundred pounds of fat, and four hundred
pounds of various other ingredients.
It
was so heavy that a crane had to be used to remove it from the
lorry.
造句：箱子太沉了，用了一辆卡车才把它运到目的地。
The box was so heavy that a lorry had to be used to carry it to
the destination.
造句：两年多来这条街上新开了很多商店。
In the past two years many shops have been set up in the
street.
英译汉：
A new government was organized after the war.
战后成立了新政府。
The
manufacturers had to pay more money than they had anticipated, for they
bought the biscuit from the student for $24,000.