Instead of skipping out on higher education altogether, they chose community colleges or state schools with low bars for admittance.
他们没有完全跳过高等教育阶段，而是选择了社区大学或准入门槛较低的州立大学。
Often they chose—and still are choosing—somewhat colder climates such as Oregon, Idaho and Alaska in order to escape smog, crime and other plagues of urbanization in the Golden State.
他们常常选择——现在依然这样选择——居住在那些气候较为寒冷的地区，比如俄勒冈、爱达荷，还有阿拉斯加，为的是逃避烟雾、犯罪，以及加利福尼亚州城市化进程中的其他问题。
They chose some old horses to guide them.
他们挑选了几匹老马作他们的向导。
When they didn't want to forgive a person, they chose a potato and wrote the person's name on it.
当他们不想原谅一个人时，他们就选择一个土豆并在上面写上这个人的名字。
I gave my speech in front of the whole grade, promising my classmates that if they chose me, I'd start a football team.
我当着全班同学的面发表了演讲，向同学们保证，如果他们选我，我会组建一支足球队。
After testing different combinations, they chose two materials that worked: a silver-plated yarn that can light up and a kind of thread that conducts electricity.
在测试了不同的组合后，他们选择了两种有用的材料：一种可以发光的镀银纱和一种导电的线。
When they are asked why they chose to visit China, they said it was because they often talked about its long history and beauty and how much the country is competitive in the world.
当被问及为什么选择访问中国时，他们说这是因为他们经常谈论起中国的悠久历史和美丽景色，以及中国在世界上具有的竞争力。
They chose a uniform curriculum for reading, writing and maths.
他们为阅读，写作和数学等课程选择了统一的课程表。
They chose to come at night—I've read this (hasn't everybody?).
它们就像在夜晚降临的梦魇一样，我能觉察得到，每个人也都会有同感！
Firms were not forced or bribed to keep their workers; they chose to do so.
公司并非是在威逼利诱之下才留住他们的员工，这是他们自己的选择。
The recent survey asked victims why they chose not to come forward with their crimes.
最近的一个调查询问了受害者为什么他们不选择和犯罪分子斗争到底。
At the beginning of the test, the fish did not know where to go, and they chose randomly.
测试开始时，鱼不知道往哪里游，它们随机选择。
Added to that the suggestive names they chose for their kids... Pebbles and Bam-Bam anyone?
还有他们为孩子们取得意味身长的名字……卵石还是砰砰？
They chose Judas (called Barsabbas) and Silas, two men who were leaders among the brothers.
所拣选的，就是称呼巴撒巴的犹大，和西拉，这两个人在弟兄中是作首领的。
They chose the correct curtain more often than could be explained by coincidence, Prof Bem claims.
Bem教授说他们选择的正确率不是巧合就可以解释的。
Even when the amount they could lose outweighed the amount they could win, they chose to gamble.
甚至在失去的要比得到的多的时候，她们也倾向于放手一搏。
When I turned seven, my parents made a decision that delighted me beyond measure: they chose to adopt.
我7岁那年，父母做出了一个让我喜出望外的决定：他们要领养了。
At the ages of two, four and five, they chose pink less often than you'd expect based on random choices.
无论是两岁还是四五岁，他们选择粉色物件的概率都低于基于随机概率的预期。
Every month, the company surveys 25, 000 wireless customers, asking why they chose their current carrier.
每个月，通信公司都要调查25000名无线客户，问他们为什么他们选择使用现在的供应商。
Now, quite passive investors could afford to risk capital—but only what they chose—with entrepreneurs.
现在，保守的投资者也可以对他们选择的企业进行风险投资。
The short answer yesterday was that they chose not to worry, pushing the dollar down through key levels.
昨天的市场给出了简短答案：交易员也选择不担心，于是美元向下突破了关键点位。
In addition, the Transcendentalists were not limited in the books they chose to read, and neither should we be.
另外，先验论者并不局限他们的阅读范围，同样，我们也不该约束。
They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
以色列人选择新神，争战的事就临到城门。那时，以色列四万人中岂能见盾牌枪矛呢。
They could’ve covered up the scandal a thousand different ways, but they chose to fake Terrance Steadman’s death.
他们可以有上千种不同的方法来掩饰这件事，但他们选择了让Terrance Steadman假死。
They, too, were transcendent dancing boys, but they chose to interpret the choreography supplied to them by others.
他们也是杰出的舞者但他们却选择了去诠释他人的作品。
And the safety culture of the management and the attitude of the workers made the difference, how they chose to operate.
管理的安全文化，以及其他工作人员的态度造成了不同，他们选择如何来运行。
Even if they chose to pick only four things to improve on at the same time, the odds of success are surprisingly low.
即便每次只改善四件事情，成功的几率还是低的惊人。
The last thing they were going to look kindly on, if they chose to see it this way, was a bigamist with a mixed-race baby.
如果像双方的家庭成员所说的那样，他们做的最后一件事将会是宽容的对待一个育有混种族婴儿的重婚者。
Next they had to decide on a "natural" length. They chose one ten-millionth of the distance from the Equator to the North Pole.
接下来他们必须决定一种“自然的”长度，他们选择了从赤道到北极距离的一千万分之一，他们将它称作一米。
Next they had to decide on a "natural" length. They chose one ten-millionth of the distance from the Equator to the North Pole.
接下来他们必须决定一种“自然的”长度，他们选择了从赤道到北极距离的一千万分之一，他们将它称作一米。
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