八十多岁的

Lord Adonis told the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference of leading private schools: It is still the case that in some 800 secondary schools, fewer than 30 per cent of 16-year-olds achieve five or more good GCSEs including English and maths.

阿多尼斯告诉所有私立学校的校长以及校议会的领导人，仍然是在那八百所中学里，只有不到百分之三十的16岁学生的英语和数学达到中等教育证书的5分或更好的分数

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。