玛拉

Marla : Yes, you're right.

玛 拉：没错，你说的对。

Jack: No, wait, Marla, I'm not there...

不，等等。玛拉，我不在那儿

Marla: What are you doing?

玛拉： 你在干嘛？

Marla : Well, you have a lousy1 sense of direction so I knew we'd get lost.

玛 拉：唉，你的方向感真是糟糕透顶，所以我早就知道我们会迷路。

Marla, look at me. I'm really OK.

玛拉，看着我，我真的没事。

Marla's philosophy of life was that she might die at any moment.

玛拉的哲学是，她随时会死

Marla goes to check up on him.

他妹妹玛拉便去看他怎么了。

Marla : Are you sure this is the right street?

玛 拉：你确定是这条街没错？

Marla goes to check up on him.

他妹妹玛拉便去看他怎麼了。

It turned out that Marla was like my mother, a preventive health and alternative medicine enthusiast.

原来，玛拉就像我的母亲，是预防保健和替代医学爱好者。

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。