We need to discuss disagreements honestly without papering over the cracks.

【paper】我们应该开地讨论分歧而不是掩盖隐瞒。

It needed the pretty light papering of the rooms to reconcile them to Milton. It needed more — more that could not be had.

房间需要漂亮的浅色纸，才能使它们与米尔顿相协。它需要更多——更多是得不到的。

According to Giotta, the laugh track wasn't originally about papering over terrible jokes and missed punchlines, but rather a way to control the unpredictable responses of studio audiences that were a hold over from radio broadcast days.

据 Giotta 说，笑声音轨最初并不是为了掩盖低俗的笑话和防笑点，而是一种控制演播室观众不可预测的反应的方式，就像在播出广播节目的日子里一样。