VOA慢速英语:Teaching the Dangers of Distracted Driving, Before It's Too Late

result from产生于…, 由…引起

例句：Nothing had resulted from our efforts.
      我们的努力没有产生什么结果。

       His failure resulted from not working hard enough.
       他的失败是工作不够努力造成的。

一个有点相关的词组：

stem from来自, 起源于; 由…造成

例句：The present wave of strikes stems from discontent among the lower-paid.
      当前的罢工浪潮起因于低工资雇员的不满情绪。

2.Nearly four thousand deaths, about twelve percent, involved drivers age fifteen to twenty.

Nearly,almost区别：

(1) 两者都可用来修饰不定代词、形容词、副词、动词、介词短语等，此时两者常可换用：

It’s almost [nearly] impossible. 那几乎是不的。

He almost [nearly] always arrives late. 他差不多总是迟到。

The girl nearly(almost)fainted. 这姑娘差点(几乎)晕倒了。

They have almost [nearly] run out of food. 的食品几乎(差不多)吃完了。

He went out almost [nearly] every evening. 他几乎(差不多)每天晚上都出去。

It was nearly [almost] five thirty. 几乎五点半了。

He fell and almost [nearly] broke his leg. 他摔了一跤，险些摔断了腿。

(2) almost 可用于 any  no, none, nobody, nothing, never 等否定词之前，但 nearly 不用：

Almost any man can do it. 几乎任何人都会做。

Almost no one came to the party. 几乎人来参加晚会。

两者都可用在否定动词之前：

He almost [nearly] didn’t catch the bus. 他差点没赶上公共汽车。

(3) nearly 前可用 very, pretty, not 等词修饰，但 almost 之前用词：

It’s not nearly so difficult as you think. 这远不像你想像的那么难。

【注】not nearly 意为“远非”, very [pretty] nearly 意为“几乎”，习语。

(4) 有时 almost 可表示相似(但又不完全相同)，此时不用 nearly：

I almost wish I’d stayed at home. 我真有点后悔没在家里呆着。

3.If you're texting while driving, you are twenty-three times more likely to get into an accident than somebody who isn't.

倍数的表达方式：

1)倍数+比较级...
(1) 倍数 as...as (意思是“A是B的几倍”。)
I am twice as old as he. 我的年纪是他的两倍。
He earns twice as much as he used to. 他比往常多赚二倍的钱。
An ordinary subway train, approaching the station, can be twice as loud as the loudest jet. 发出的声音可能是喷射机的两倍。
She studies three times as hard as I. 她用功的程度是我的三倍。
This line is four times as long as that one. 这条线是那条线的四倍长。
We've produced twice as much cotton this year as ten years ago. 今年的棉花比十年前多了一倍。
He has got three times as many books as his sister. 他拥有的书的数量是他妹妹的三 倍。在比较级前，还可以用over，more thant 等

表示“比……倍还要多”。例如：
He is more than three times as rich as I. 他的财富是我的三倍还不止。
I am more than twice as old as he. 我的年龄是他的两倍还不止。
He studies more than three times as hard as I. 他用功的程度是我的三倍还不止。
He has collected more than three times as many stamps as I .他搜集的邮票是我的三倍还不止。

(2) 倍数+比较级 (意思是：A是B的几倍)
Line A is four times the length of line B. 线条 A 是线条 B 的四倍长。
I have five times the number of Tom’s books. 我有五倍于汤姆的书。
He has three times my money. 他的钱是我的三倍。
The river is ten times the length of the Tamsui River. 这条河的长度是淡水河的十倍。
This street is four times shorter than that one. 这条街道比那条短四倍。
The mother elephant is one hundred times heavier than the baby elephant.这只母象比小象重一百倍。
It is ten times louder than another. 它比另外一个的声音大十倍。
This street is three times wider than that one. 这条街比那条街宽三倍。
I am twice older than he. 我的年纪比他大两倍。
使用more...than 比较级的例句：
He earns five times more money than he did ten years ago. 他现在挣的钱比十年前挣的多 5 倍。
There are twice more students in our class than in theirs. 我们班的学生人数比他们班多两倍。
比较级也可使用分数、小数等数字。例如：
The box is one-third bigger than that one. 这个盒子比那个盒子大三分之一。
Last year the output value of industry was 59 percent higher than that of 1976. 去年工业产值比 1976 年增长了 59 ％。
My command of English is not  half so good as yours. 我英语掌握得还不及你的一半儿好。
在比较级前，还可以用over，more thant 等表示“比……倍还要多”。例如：It was over twice the distance of the earth from the sun. 那是地球到太阳的距离的两倍多。
He has more than three times my money. 他的钱是我的三倍还不止。

2)倍数+the 度量词 of...
The earth is 49 times the size of the moon. 地球的体积是月球的 49 倍。
This river is three times the depth of that one. 这条河深度是那条河的三倍。
下边也可看作是这种句式的变化：
The length of the road is four times what it was three years ago. 这条路的长度是三年前的 4 倍。
The price of the meat is twice what it was last year. 肉价是去年的两倍。

3)其它表示法

(1) 英语中有些词表示特定的倍数，例如： again (一倍), twice, double (两倍), triple (三倍), fourfold (四倍) 等数。
My Aunt is as old again as I am. 我姑姑的年龄比我大一倍。
The output of grain increased fourfold. 粮食产量增加了三倍。

(2) 使用by, compared with 等Compared with last year， our coal output has increased by three times.
与去年相比，我们的煤产量增长了 3 倍。(使用by...)
His speed is faster than mine by four times.
他的速度比我的快 4 倍。
The number of the students in our school has increased four times compared with 1980.
我们学校的学生人数比 1980 年增加了 3 倍。(使用 compared with)
The production of integrated circuits has been increased to three times as compared with last year. 集成电路的产量比去年增加了两倍。
The principal advantage of the products is a two-fold reduction in weight.
这些产品的主要优点是重量减轻了1／2。
The average income of the staff has been increased by 50 percent compared with last year.
职工的收入增加了50%.
The price of TVs are twofold down over these years.
近几年来，电视机的价格下降了两倍。

4.That's what really opened up the experience for me, to prove how bad it is to really text and drive.

open up变宽; 展现; 揭示

例句：After a while the road opened up and they traveled more quickly.
      过了一会儿, 路变宽了, 他们也走得更快了。

      The State Council are examining possibilities which are opening up in local affairs.
      国务院正在考查开放地方事务的可行性。