Pyramids, cathedrals, and rockets exist not because of geometry or thermodynamics, but because they were first a picture in the minds of those who built them.
金字塔、大教堂和火箭的存在并不是因为几何形状或热力学，而是因为它们首先是建造它们的人的脑海中的图画。
I was planning to, because it's such a long trip by bus or by train, but Fred decided to drive and invited me to join him.
我本来打算去的，因为坐公共汽车或火车要花很久，但是弗雷德决定自己开车去，并邀请我和他一起去。
Children and teens with a cold or flu should not take aspirin for pain relief because of the risk of Reye syndrome, a rare but serious condition of the liver and central nervous system.
患有感冒或流感的儿童和青少年不应该服用阿司匹林来缓解疼痛，因为这会有雷氏综合症的风险，雷氏综合症是一种罕见但严重的肝脏和中枢神经系统疾病。
Because P and S waves travel at different but fairly constant speeds, the interval between their arrivals increases in proportion to the distance from the earthquake focus, or initial rupture point.
由于P波和S 波以不同但相当恒定的速度传播，它们到达的间隔与到震源或初始破裂点的距离成比例地增加。
But at about age 15 or so, the men voluntarily began cutting down their nightly sleep time because of pressures from school, work, and other activities.
但在大约15岁左右的时候，由于学校、工作和其他活动的压力，这些男性自愿开始减少夜间睡眠时间。
Gender matters more for them because check-kissing often only happens between women or a man and a woman but not two men.
性别对他们来说更为重要，因为亲吻脸颊通常只发生在女性之间，或者一男一女之间，而不是两个男性之间。
Banks and insurers are being bailed out not because they deserve it, or for the sake of their employees, but because there is no choice.
银行和保险机构被注资不是由于他们应得，或是为了他们的员工，而是因为除了这样做以外我们已经别无它法。
Let us remember that we can do these things not just because of wealth or power, but because of who we are: one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
让我们记住，我们可以成功的完成这些事情，并不仅仅因为我们拥有的财富或是权利，而是因为我们是美国人：我们团结，天佑美国，自由与正义与美国同在。
SOA works in some case but fails in others - and, not only because of the organization, or, people.
SOA在某些情况是管用的，而有的时候就不灵了-并且，并不仅仅因为是组织或人员的过错。
Or there may be positions that I mention, but I don't develop, because I'm not perhaps sympathetic to them, and you might find somebody who is sympathetic to them, developing them in the readings.
或者有时我提到了，但我不展开讲，因为我或许和那些内容无法产生共鸣，而你在阅读中可能会发现,有些人可以与它们产生共鸣，并在书中对它们进行展开讨论。
Perhaps this was because there were very few local psychologists or doctors, but I found it was better to train social workers in counselling and behavioural techniques of psychotherapy.
或许，这是由于那里几乎没有本地的心理专家或医生，但我发现，最好还是对社工开展咨询和心理疗法行为技能方面的培训。
In general, this modularity is necessary for programmers because it enables easy debugging and coding, but once the application is written, this modularity is not essential — or needed.
通常，这个模块化特征是程序员所必需的，因为通过其可以方便地进行调试和编码，但编写了应用程序之后，此模块化特征就不再重要了——或不再需要了。
People think we're good or generous because we're giving a home to an orphan, and giving her a family but the truth is she'll be giving us a family.
人们觉得我们是好人或者我们很慷慨，因为我们给了一个孤苦伶仃的孩子一个家。但是事实是，这个孩子，她给了我们一个家。
Many grads are underemployed, working as shop attendants or on factory lines, and not because there aren't white-collar jobs open but because they aren't qualified for any available positions.
很多毕业生就业无门，只能当商店服务员或在工厂流水线上工作，这不是因为没有可供选择的白领工作，而是因为他们不能胜任任何现有的职位。
"I'll wake up a little tired, and I know it's because I stayed up late playing games or something, but to me, it's almost worth it," the Geneva teen said.
“早上起来的时候我会有些累，我知道这是因为我晚上熬夜玩游戏或做其他事情的原因。但是，对于我来说，一切都很值得。”日内瓦的青少年这样说。
Earwax is a protective material that contains bacteria-fighting elements, but it sometimes accumulates and has to be cleaned out because it can impede hearing or cause pain.
耳垢含有对抗细菌的成分，是一种保护性物质，但有时它会堆积成堆，影响听力或造成痛苦，因此必须被清理掉。
"Sitting close to the television may not make a child nearsighted, but a child may sit close to the television because he or she is nearsighted and undiagnosed," she reports.
在她的报告中，她说“看电视坐得离屏幕太近可能不会使小孩近视，但是小孩可能会因为近视所以才坐得离电视机近”。
But remarkably little is known about the nature of this movement of people one way, and money the other, not least because so much is undocumented or illegal.
但引人注目的是人们对这场人向左钱往右的流动的性质知之甚少，相当重要的原因是太多的流动未登记在册或者说是非法的。
Sure, I envied those owners' who had Amazons or Greys, but I never hated my parakeets and parrotlet because they couldn't speak.
所以我虽羡慕那些人拥有巴西鹦鹉和南非灰鹦鹉，但也不会因为我的长尾鹦鹉和南美小鹦鹉不会说话而讨厌它们。
None of Mr Drucker's statistics or stories is new, but they bear repeating because they are unjust, unintended and easily remedied.
德鲁克先生书中的统计数据和案例事实都不新鲜，但却一再出现，因为不公平、也非故意，而且容易通过法律解决。
If I get lazy and go weeks or months without exercising it's not because of circumstances but because I'm being less disciplined.
如果我变懒了，几周甚至几个月都没有锻炼，那不是因为环境，而是因为我自律性变差了。
But my dominant feeling was not fear or even resentment: it was simply shame because one more person, and that a woman, had been told of my disgusting offence.
但是我并不十分恐惧、愤恨，只是一种单纯的害羞，因为不止一个人知道我做了丢人现眼的事情。
But is this because over-leveraged households and firms have become less willing to borrow, or because Banks have become less willing to lend?
是因为过度负债的家庭和公司不愿借款？还是银行不愿意放款？
But perhaps most importantly, science fiction or something resembling it and descended from it is not going to die because it will always be needed.
不过也许更加重要的是：科幻小说及其分支，加上与它相近的其他门类，它们不会消亡，因为人们永远需要，对于奇妙事物的需求将永世长存。
But if I don't answer it because I'm exhausted and I don't feel like talking, or because the film I want to watch is about to start?
但如果仅仅是因为我很累，不想说话，或是因为我想看的电影就要开始了呢？
But if I don't answer it because I'm exhausted and I don't feel like talking, or because the film I want to watch is about to start.
但如果仅仅是因为我很累，不想说话，或是因为我想看的电影就要开始了呢？
The distinctions between technology and globalisation count, if only because people tend to welcome computers but condemn foreigners (whether as competitors or immigrants).
技术与全球化之所以有区别，就是因为人们比较喜欢电脑而习惯于将问题归咎于外人(无论是竞争者还是外来移民)。
It is the by product of doing things not for what you get in return, not because you "should" or "have-to", but because you want to, because they are a part of your highest goals, and what you value.
不是因为你“应该做”或者“必须做”，而是因为你想做，因为它们是你的最高目标的一部分，你珍惜它。
It is the by product of doing things not for what you get in return, not because you "should" or "have-to", but because you want to, because they are a part of your highest goals, and what you value.
不是因为你“应该做”或者“必须做”，而是因为你想做，因为它们是你的最高目标的一部分，你珍惜它。
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