Uphold a promise

uphold [ʌp'hold]

vt. 支持;维持;赞成;支撑;

up上+hold拿住→向上拿住→拥护，支持

promise ['prɑmɪs]

vt. 允诺，许诺;给人以…的指望或希望; vi. 许诺;有指望，有前途; n. 许诺;希望，指望;允诺的东西;

pro前面+mise送，放出→在做事前送出的话→允诺

Now hear this!

你听着！

In Britain, there are open universities.

在英国，有成人大学。

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。