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。

What does that do?

这有什么用处呢？

He could also hear night insects and the sound of waves on the shore.

他还能听到夜晚里昆虫的叫声和波浪拍击岸边的声音。

A few peopple in each group are given the task of remembering the group's family history that goes back over centuries.

每一个家族都有几个人担任记忆延续了几个世纪的家史的任务。

That is how Annie came to be with us.

这就是安妮和我们在一起的缘由。

He encouraged Indians to start making their own cotton cloth and to refuse to buy cloth made in England.

他鼓励印度人民自己着手纺纱织布，并拒绝购买英国纺织的棉布。