CNN news 2011-01-27 加文本

1.It's all thanks to new technology that a student in Texas is doing something he thought might be impossible.

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。

2.That story's coming up.

come up发生

例句：I expect something to come up soon.
      我预料很快就要出事的。

3.That coalition seems to be falling apart.

fall apart散开, 崩溃, 破碎

例句：The book was old and soon fell apart.
      这书已有年月, 没隔多久书页都脱落了。

      This cup just fell apart in my hands.
      不知怎的, 我手里的这只杯子破碎了。