mental ['m?ntl]

adj. 內心的，精神的，思想的，心理的;智慧的，智[腦]力的;〈口〉精神病的，意志薄弱的，愚笨的; n. 精神病患者;

ment思考，神智+al表形容詞 → 智力的；精神的

patient ['pe?nt]

adj. 有耐性的;能容忍的; n. 患者;病人;病號;

pati病+ent表示人→病人

There is nothing interesting in the newspaper.

報紙上沒有什么有趣的新聞。

I'm reading a book.

我在看書。

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見。那是個通報信息的好辦法，但并非是使人信服的好辦法。一是它很乏味，人們是不會去讀一則看起來很乏味的廣告的。其次，計算機彼此都很相像。人們不會記住產品的名字的。