寻觅曲

Being a composer and orchestrator, he was constantly writing at the piano and he could see no reason to live with a clumsy pencil or a bad light, so he puttered and he searched until he found a graceful, dependable, thoroughtly efficient pencil and a fine light for his work, completely comfortable and satisfactory in every respect.

身为作曲和管弦乐编曲人，马克西经常在钢琴上边弹边写，因此他对铅笔和灯光颇为挑剔，决不将就。他四处寻觅，终于找到了一种优雅美观、性能上佳的铅笔和一盏优质的台灯，各方面都让人感到舒适称心。

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。