Import barrier

import [im'pɔ:t]

n. 进口，进口商品;输入;重要性;意义; vt. 输入，进口;对…有重大关系;意味着; vi. 具重要性;

barrier ['bærɪɚ]

n. 障碍;屏障;栅栏;分界线; vt. 把…关入栅栏;用栅栏围住;

barr棒，阻拦+ier名词后缀，表示物 → 栅栏

What? Tell me.

什么事？ 说给我听听。

I'm glad that we've settled the price.

很高兴我们就价格达成了共识。

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。