Every year, lightning kills people because it can start big fires or because it reaches a temperature of 28,000. About l,000 people are hit by lightning every year in the United States, and about 100 of them die as a result.

每年，闪电都会导致死亡，因为它可以引发大火，或者是因为它达到28000的温度。在美国，每年有1000人被闪电击中，其中大约100人因此而死亡。

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Smokers may have started smoking because their friends did or because it seemed cool.

吸烟者开始吸烟可能是因为他们的朋友，也可能是因为他们觉得那么看起来很酷。

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Our unknown travelers may have chosen the burial spot because it was obscure—or because it was conspicuous.

那些未知的旅人们也许只是因为此地幽暗或者是易于发现而选择了这个埋藏点。

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And,it was called The City of the Big Shoulders or City of Broad Shoulders because of its importance to the nation.

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+4 Because this could be three plus four, 3 times five, or it could be three, plus four times five.

因为这可能是，然后乘以5，也可能是，加上4乘以5。

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Because most of the people there didn't really need it because they have cars, or they just take taxis.

因为那里的大多数人并不真正需要它，因为他们自己有车，或者会直接打车。

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We did our part not because the government told us to or because it was trendy.

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He was then asked if apartheid failed because it was unworkable, or because it was simply morally repugnant.

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