Take a shortcut

take [tek]

vt. 拿，取;采取;接受（礼物等）;耗费（时间等）; vi. 拿;获得; n. 镜头;看法;收入额;场景;

shortcut ['ʃɔrt,kʌt]

n. 捷径，近路;被切短的东西;

short短+cut削减，剪裁 → 长路被剪成短路 → 捷径，快捷方式

No buts.

不要说可是。

Is that girl a student?

那个女孩是学生吗？

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。