B: What about advertising boards?
J:No.I prefer magazines and newspapers,and we haven’t got the money to do all three.So people will see the ad on TV and in the cinema.Then they’ll be able to read all about it when they’re sitting down, reading their newspapers and magazines.
H: I get the idea.Then customers can read the detailed product information and check the prices.
J: Exactly.
H:So no advertising boards. When do you want the advertising to start,Brian?
B:May the 1st.That gives us three months to run to August 1st when most people like to buy their new cars.
J:I see.So we’re talking about three months. And have you thought of a headline?
H: What about this one? “The new Century505 ----the car you always promised yourself.”
II.Reading comprehension.
A
A man once said how useless it was to put advertisements in the newspapers. “Last week,” said he, “my umbrella was stolen from a London Church. As it was a present, I spent twice its worth in advertising, but didn’t get it back.”
“How did you write your advertisement?” asked one of the listeners, a merchant.
“Here it is,” said the man, taking out of his pocket a slip cut from a newspaper. The other man took it and read. “ Lost from the City Church last Sunday evening, a black silk umbrella. The gentleman who finds it will receive ten shillings on leaving it at No. 10 Broad Street.”
“Now,” said the merchant, “I often advertise, and find that it pays me well. But the way in which an advertisement is expressed is of great importance. Let us try for your umbrella again, and if it fails, I’ll buy you a new one.” The merchant then took a slip of paper out of his pocket and wrote. “If the man who was seen to take an umbrella from the City Church last Sunday evening doesn’t wish to get into trouble, he will return the umbrella to No. 10 Broad Street. He is well known.”
This appeared in the paper, and on the following morning, the man was astonished when he opened the front door. In the doorway lay at least twelve umbrellas of all sizes and colours that had been thrown in, and his own was among them. Many of them had notes fastened to them saying that they had been taken by mistake, and begging the loser not to say anything about the matter.
1. The result of the first advertisement was that ______
A. the man got his umbrella back
B. the man wasted some money advertising
C. nobody found the missing umbrella
D. the umbrella was found somewhere near the Church
(Key:B)
2. “If it fails, I’ll buy you a new one .” suggested that____.
A. he was quite sure of success
B. he was not sure whether he would get the umbrella hack
C. he was rich enough to afford a new umbrella
D. he did not know what to do (Key:A)
3. This is a story about _____
A
