A young man hurried into his town library. He went up to one of the old librarians and said to her eagerly ,"Do you remember that you persuaded me to borrow a book about Greek history a week (21) "
"Yes, that’ s (22) . "answered the librarian.
"Do you remember the name of the (23) . me young man asked. The librarian (24) very proud, because she was always (25) to get young people to take out books about Greek history, and she (26) found one who was willing to accept her suggestions.
"Yes, "she answered. "Do you want to take it (27) again Did you think that it was so interesting"
"No, of course not." Said the young man, "but when I was taking it (28) . I met a girl on the bus. and I (29) her telephone number in the book. I want to (30) her, so may I look at the book again"
In England, factory holidays come mostly in the period between mid-July and mid-August. State schools usually only have six weeks off, from about mid-July to the end of August.
The coast is the most popular place for the English people to spend their holidays, but there are few seaside hotels. Food in British hotels and restaurants is reasonably cheap, but rooms am not. Few English peoplerent (出租，租金) houses for their holidays, but one of their traditional (传统的) ways of spending a summer is in a boarding-house (供膳宿舍). Some boarding house keepers provide all meals for their guests, others provide breakfast only.
The British may refuse to change the times at which they take their holidays, but they have shown themselves very ready to take to new places. Every year, more Englishmen, women and children go to some parts of Europe. Many take their cars, crossing the channel (海峡 ) by ship. When they get home again, they always talk about how they spent their holid
A. guests can buy all kinds of things
B. guests can have their cars kept
C. guests can live and eat without paying any money
D. guests can be provided with food and living rooms
Every year television stations receive hundreds of complaints about the loudness of advertisements. However, federal rules forbid the practice of making ads louder than the programming. In addition, television stations always operate at the highest sound level allowed for reasons of efficiency. According to one NBC executive, no difference exists in the peak sound level of ads and programming. Given this information, why do commercials sound so loud
The sensation of sound involves a variety of factors in addition to its peak level. Advertisers are skillful at creating the impression of loudness through their expert use of such factors. One major contributor to the perceived loudness of commercials is that much less variation in sound level occurs during a commercial. In regular programming the intensity of sound varies over a large range. However, sound levels in commercials tend to stay at or near peak levels.
Other "tricks of the trade" are also used.
A. how TV ads vary vocal sounds to attract attention
B. how the loudness of TV ads is overcome
C. how advertisers control the sound properties of TV ads
D. how the attention-getting properties of sounds are made use of in TV ads
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