铅笔

In the "appearance-reality", or "Smarties" task, experimenters ask children what they believe to be the contents of a box that looks as though it holds a candy called "Smarties."

我问儿子：'我刚才问你时，你说是smarties'儿子说：'可是里面装的是铅笔。不是smarties呀。'我问：'如果一定让爸爸说里面是什么东西，爸爸怎么说呢？

The main problem that I have is smudging everything that I write, it's the reason that I stopped writing in pencil.

现在的主要问题，我已是沾污一切，我写，这是原因，我停止用铅笔书写。

You get stabbed with pencils and splattered with saliva.

因为别人总是用铅笔戳你，还搞的你满身唾沫。

This painting was placed against the middle wall of the room on a rectangular base made of piles of thousands of sketch paper sheets splotched with ink and pencil drawings.

作品被放置在空间中央靠墙的一个由数千张有墨水和铅笔图画的素描纸搭起的长方形底座上。

But even as I did so, the unmistakable tokens of death showed themselves.

我又举起了铅笔，尽管我知道这样做是枉然的。

While he was talking to his secretary , he toyed with a pencil.

他对他的秘书讲话的时候玩弄铅笔。

While he was talking to his secretary, he toyed with a pencil.

在和秘书谈话的时候，他手中摆弄着一支铅笔。

While she was talking to me, she toyed with a pencil.

她一边和我说话，一边摆弄着一支铅笔。

While he was talking to his secretary, he toyed with a pencil.

和秘书讲话时，他在玩铅笔。

So he stands up and waltzes slowly across the room to retrieve it.

然后他站起来，用象跳华尔滋舞那样慢的步子穿过教室去找回他的铅笔。

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。