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重点讲解：
1. thanks to
幸亏；归因于；
eg. Thanks to I had tied then the safety belt.
幸亏我当时系上了安全带。
eg. Thanks to agile footwork he always managed to escape his pursuers.
他善于随机应变，总能摆脱追踪他的人。
2. separate from
（使）分离；（使）分裂；（使）分开；
eg. It is simply not that easy to separate the bare details of a call from its content.
把电话中的重要细节从内容中分离出来并不简单。
eg. She had planned to separate the discussion about the crisis from that of the future architecture of the eurozone.
她本来计划将有关这场危机的讨论与有关欧元区未来架构的讨论分开。
3. clean up
清理，清除（污染物）；
eg The nation's advertisers need to clean up their act.
该国的广告商需要规范自己的行为。
eg. The mayor has decided to clean up the city.
市长决定清除城市里的一切不良现象。
4. what's more
更有甚者；更为重要的是；此外；
eg. You should remember it, and what's more, you should get it right.
你应该记住它，更重要的是，应该正确理解它。
eg. They are going to get married, and what's more they are setting up in business together.
他们就要结婚了，而且还要一起做生意呢。
5. can't wait to do sth.
等不及；迫不及待；渴望；
eg. We can't wait to get started.
我们迫不及待地想开始。
eg. She couldn't wait to get home to see he parents.
她迫不及待的想回家看望父母。
6. due to
由于；因为；
eg. Her forgetfulness is due to advancing age.
她由于年事已高而变得健忘。
eg. Changes in the climate are due to pollution of the atmosphere.
由于对大气层的污染而造成了气候变化。