Very often, we do not completely outgrow that infantile notion that our wishes cause things to happen.
我们的愿望导致事情发生这样幼稚的想法，我们很多时候并没有成熟到能够摆脱。
Although that might cause concern for some people, forcing people to vote is definitely not the answer.
虽然这可能会引起一些人的关注，但强迫人们投票绝对不是解决办法。
Now let's focus on a specific example of a natural predator that can cause a lot of damage to coral reefs—the Crown of Thorns, or CoT starfish.
现在，让我们来看一个自然捕食者的具体例子，它会对珊瑚礁造成很大的伤害——那就是刺冠海星。
From data collected, it seems the things that cause us to lose the most sleep, on average, are sporting events, time changes, and holidays.
从收集到的数据来看，平均而言，导致我们睡眠时间减少的最大元凶的似乎是体育赛事、时节变换和假期。
The court overturned the jury's decision because it argued that the railroad's negligence was the immediate cause of damage only to the nearest buildings.
法院推翻了陪审团的决定，因为法院认为，铁路的疏忽只是造成最近建筑物损坏的直接原因。
Other archaeologists have identified the immediate cause of this abandonment to be a series of short growing seasons that would have put pressure on corn production at that high an altitude.
其他考古学家已经发现导致这种遗弃的直接原因是一系列短暂的生长季节，而这将会给生长在高海拔地区玉米的生产带来压力。
There is no doubt that the best prize in life is the opportunity to dedicate to a cause worthy of dedication.
毫无疑问，生命最好的奖品就是有机会从事值得奉献的事业。
As with any study of this kind, it was unclear if that was the cause—or if breakfast-skippers were just more likely to be overweight to begin with.
就像任何这类研究一样，原因尚未可知，究竟是出于这一因素，还是那些不吃早餐的人本来就更容易增重。
Scientists have found a genetic mutation that appears to be the cause of Huntington's disease.
科学家们已经发现一个似乎是亨廷顿病病因的遗传突变。
But the likelihood is that people would be willing to pay if they were certain that their money was going to a good cause.
但有可能的是，如果人们确信自己的钱将用于善事，他们会愿意出钱的。
Analysts say the main cause of Mexico's nosedive is that the nation's economy is tied strongly to that of the United States, which is mired in the deepest economic downturn since the 1930s.
分析师说，墨西哥经济急剧下滑的主要原因是墨西哥经济与美国紧密相连，美国目前正陷入19世纪30年代以来最严重的经济衰退。
On June 7 Google pledged not to "design or deploy AI" that would cause "overall harm," or to develop AI-directed weapons or use AI for surveillance that would violate international norms.
谷歌在6月7日承诺不会“设计或部署”可能会造成“全面伤害”的人工智能，也不会开发人工智能制导武器，或将人工智能用于违反国际准则的监控。
Every death is a tragedy—regardless of the cause—but we have no greater claim to use this earth than any of the other creatures that we share it with.
每一种死亡都是悲剧——不管死因是什么——但是我们并没有比与我们共存于地球上的其它生物更大的权利来利用地球上的一切。
Time spent using the Internet cannot be spent in face-to-face social contact, so psychologists have speculated that sharply increasing Internet use can cause depression.
使用互联网的时间不能用于面对面的社会接触，因此心理学家推测，大量使用互联网会导致抑郁。
If you had a motor here that was causing a paddle to move up and down you could cause waves to form at one end of the tank and move from left to right.
如果这里有一个马达，使桨上下移动，就可以在水槽的一端形成波浪，从左到右扩散。
As yet a challenge to explain the cause-and-effect relationship between sleep and nutrition, there may be a third factor that impacts both of them.
要解释睡眠和营养之间的因果关系，还有一个挑战，那就是可能有第三个因素对它们两者都有影响。
But as with any study of this kind, it was unclear if that was the cause—or if breakfast-skippers were just more likely to be overweight to begin with.
但是，就像任何这类研究一样，原因尚未可知——即，还不清楚不吃早餐是否能导致他们更容易超重。
The grass grows up to four metres tall and burns fiercely, creating super hot fires that cause catastrophic tree mortality.
草长到四米高，剧烈燃烧，所造成的特大火灾导致树木灾难性的死亡。
Other studies show that simply providing the facility for people to compare their energy use with the local average is enough to cause them to modify their behaviour.
其他研究表明，仅仅提供设备让人们将自己的能源使用与当地平均水平进行比较，就足以让他们改变自己的行为。
She says: "I believe that the day is not far off when we will be able to prescribe drugs that cause severed spinal cords to heal, hearts to regenerate and lost limbs to regrow."
她说：“我相信，我们能够开出药方，让切断的脊髓愈合、心脏再生、失去的四肢再生的那一天不远了。”
For this reason, there are tests to find out if blood contains viruses that cause AIDS and other diseases.
由于这个原因，有一些测试可以发现血液中是否含有引起艾滋病和其他疾病的病毒。
He thought that he would be far from welcome, being obliged to cause her a great disappointment.
他原以为他一定不受欢迎，一定会使她大失所望。
The researchers found that telepressure is a major cause of stress at work, which over time contributes to physical and mental burnout.
研究人员发现，远程压力是工作压力的一个主要来源，久而久之会导致身心疲惫。
His changes of manner did not offend me, because I saw that I had nothing to do with the cause of them.
他态度的变化并没有使我生气，因为我明白不是我导致了他态度上的改变。
In his opinion, if the statement that humans cause global warming is correct, we should act—because we don't have another planet to experiment on.
按他的看法，如果报告中人类导致全球变暖的说法是正确的，我们就应该采取行动——因为我们再没有另一个星球进行试验。
Dust from volcanic eruptions that blocks the Sun's warming radiation has been proposed as an explanation alternative to Milankovitch cycles for the cause of ice ages.
来自火山喷发的灰尘阻挡了太阳温暖的辐射，这被认为是导致冰河时代的另一种解释。
Psychologists have shown that babies apparently expect their world to comply with the laws of physics and cause and effect as early as two months of age.
心理学家已经表明，婴儿在两个月大的时候就表现出明显的期望，希望他们的世界遵守物理定律和因果关系。
Another cause is that the proportion of people who are trying to lose weight has been increasing over time.
另一个原因是，随着时间的推移，试图减肥的人群比例一直在增加。
The greatest concern the authors raise is space debris-pieces of "junk" that orbit the earth, with the potential to cause serious damage if they collide with operational units, including the ISS.
两位作者提出的最大担忧是太空垃圾——环绕地球运行的“垃圾”碎片，如果它们与包括国际空间站在内的运行单位相撞，可能会造成严重损害。
California People do many things that cause injury to themselves but are not illegal, such as climbing mountains, driving cars, swimming and so on.
加利福尼亚人会做很多伤害自己但并不违法的事情，比如爬山，开车，游泳等等。
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