新概念英語第三冊逐句精講語言點 第26課 急需大餅干筒 (1)

　　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.

　　1.No one can avoid being influenced by advertisements.

　　沒有人能避免受廣告的影響。

　　語言點:no one表示否定，意思是“一個人也沒有”。

　　2.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.

　　盡管我們可以自夸自己的鑒賞力如何敏銳，但我們已經(jīng)無法獨立自主地選購自己所需的東西了。這是因為廣告在我們身上施加著一種潛移默化的影響。

　　語言點:句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:much as表示“盡管”，相當于even if/although，引導讓步狀語從句，強調(diào)一個先決條件后，再引出一個轉(zhuǎn)折“但是…”,往往是否定前一句的結(jié)果。For引導原因狀語從句，交代為何“我們已經(jīng)無法獨立自主地選購自己所需的東西了”。

　　3.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.

　　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。

　　語言點:句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:in their efforts to persuade us to buy this or that product作目的狀語。