讲得通

The GPS was not working properly, it's never happened before, so weired. lost the direction several times, wasted a lot of time on finding the right way, and had to drive faster than what I used to, but still messed up the firstappointment.It's my practiceto be punctual especially for the business meeting, I was later for about half hour, felt bad.

侃了一通之后又给侄女打了个电话，听她讲了一些近期的学习生活情况，有所进步，但还是感到她在某些方面存在着一些问题，和她交流了一下我的看法，但不知她是否完全明白了，改天还得再写封信给她，全面地沟通一下。

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。