临摹句子1：No one can avoid being influenced by advertisements.
提炼出句型：No one can avoid being influenced by X.
造句示范：
a) No one can avoid being influenced by his or her parents.（场景：家庭对一个人的影响。）
b) No one can avoid being influenced by his or her peers.（英文中有 peer pressure 的表达，意思是 influence from members of one's peer group。）
No one can avoid being influenced by smartphones.（没人能避免智能手机的影响）
No one can avoid being influenced by their growing environment.（没人能避免成长环境带给他们的影响）
临摹句子2：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.
提炼出句型：Much as we may pride ourselves on X, we Y.（提炼句型的时候可以有一定的灵活性。）
造句示范：
a) Much as we may pride ourselves on our self-discipline, we often find it hard to break old habits.
b) Much as we may pride ourselves on the progress, we always have more to work on. /Much as we may pride ourselves on the progress, there is always more work to do.
Much as we may pride ourselves on self-discipline, we always spend much time on it. （尽管我们可以自夸自律性高，但我们总会在它身上花大量的时间）
Much as we may pride ourselves on reason, we often make a wrong choice.（尽管我们可以自夸有理智，但我们经常做出错误选择）
临摹句子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.
提炼出句型：In my/your/his/her/our/their effort(s) to do X, I/you/he/she/we/they Y. （注意两处一致性：1）从句中人称代词和主句主语的一致性；2）主句主语和谓语的一致性。另外，注意 an effort 是“一次努力”，efforts 是“多次努力”，effort 是“努力”，是抽象名词。）
造句示范：
a) In my effort to keep improving my English, I have made a habit of reading The Economist every day.（注意一致性：my, I, have made。）
b) In her effort to lose weight, Kate has been going to the gym on a regular basis.（注意一致性：her, Kate, has been。）
c) In their efforts to persuade people to buy products, businesses have established a routine of giving customers free samples. （注意一致性：their, businesses, have established。场景：商场和超市的免费使用和试吃。）
In his efforts to chase her, he became her boyfriend. (在他的不懈追求下，他成了她的男朋友)
In our efforts to revise proposals, we moved the client finally.（我们努力修改方案，最终打动了客户）
文本：
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 want, 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.
译文：
没有人能避免受广告的影响。尽管我们可以自夸自己的鉴赏力如何敏锐，但我们已经无法独立自主地选购自己所需的东西了。这是因为广告在我们身上施加着一种潜移默化的影响。做广告的人在力图劝说我们买下这种产品或那种产品之前，已经仔细地研究了人的本性，并把人的弱点进行了分类。
No one can avoid being influenced by smartphones. Much as we may pride ourselves on our self-discipline, we always spend much time on it, for smartphones exerts a subtle influence on us. In their efforts to make people more and more convenience, application developers have made a close study of human nature and necessary.