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From some time past it has been widely accepted that babies — and other creatures — learn to do things because certain ACTS lead to rewards.

婴儿和其他动物由于某些做法有回报才学着做事情，这种观点在过去一段时间里一直为人们所广泛接受。

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For some time past it has been widely accepted that babies — and other creatures — learn to do things because certain ACTS lead to "rewards" and there is no reason to doubt that this is true.

自古以来人们普遍接受这种观点：婴儿或别的生灵学会做事情是由于某些行动得到了“回报”，也没有理由对这种真相表示疑问。

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or that you hope that somebody else acts in a certain way.

另一种是表达你希望其他人采取某种行动。

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