I do know how upset the shop staff can get, but I try to persuade them to keep smiling.

我知道店员会有多生气，但我努力说服他们保持微笑。

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Insurance companies try to persuade them to cover themselves against fire.

保险公司试图劝说他们保火险。

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Insurance companies try to persuade them to cover themselves against illness or death.

公司努力说服他们为自己生病或死亡投保。

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He has also been talking directly to Russian officials to try to persuade them to drop their opposition.

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It is unlikely, for example, that banks will try to persuade people that using them will make them more attractive to the opposite sex (perhaps they should).

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So that's why we're working with the Russians and others to try to explain to them our views on this, persuade them why allowing this to continue will have such horrific consequences.

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