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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When we do something for its own sake, because we enjoy it or because it fills some deep-seated desire, we are intrinsically motivated.

当我们为了事物本身的利益去做某事的时候，是因为我们喜爱他或者它满足了一些我们深层次的需要，我们是内在的被驱动了。

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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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Implementing the new idea would cannibalize existing profits or because it runs too great a risk.

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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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