CNN news 2010-02-04 加文本

1.This doesn't mean the debt limit is definitely going up, though; it still has to get through the House of Representatives.

get through到达,做完,通过,度过,打通

例句：I've pile of papers to get through before the meeting.
      开会前我有一大堆文件要处理。

2.And thanks to another vote by the Senate, he will keep that title for a while longer.

thanks to幸亏, 多亏, 由于

例句：Thanks to you, I was saved from drowning.
      幸亏你, 我才没有淹死。

      Thanks to your help, we were successful.
      由于你的帮助, 我们得以成功。