Joint verdict

joint [dʒɔint]

adj. 共同的，联合的;共享的;两院的;连带的，共同的; n. [解]关节;接合处;下流场所;一块烤肉（英式英语）; vt. 结合，联合;为…装上接头，使…有接缝;

verdict ['vɝdɪkt]

n. （陪审团的）裁决;裁定;（经过试验、检验或体验发表的）决定;意见;

ver真实+dict说话，断言→说真实话→裁决

Mrs. Montefiore from the Watermill Inn.

是Watermill Inn的Montefiore太太打来的电话。

Some people never learn.

有些人就是学不乖。

I'm afraid I can't agree with you. That's a good way of giving information, but it's not a good way of persuading people. For one thing, it's boring, and people aren't going to read an ad that looks boring. For another thing, one computer looks very like

恐怕我不能同意你的意见。那是个通报信息的好办法，但并非是使人信服的好办法。一是它很乏味，人们是不会去读一则看起来很乏味的广告的。其次，计算机彼此都很相像。人们不会记住产品的名字的。