(1)contribute to　　　导致；有助于

　　contribute ... to 把......捐赠给......；向......投稿

　　(2)contribution n. 贡献

　　make a contribution (to/towards)

　　(对......)作贡献；(为......)贡献

　　Bill Gates contributed more than 90 percent of his money to charity.

　　比尔·盖茨把他百分之九十以上的钱都捐献给了慈善事业。

　　She has made great contributions (contribute) to the cause of education.

　　她为教育事业作出了巨大贡献。

　　[名师点津]

　　(1)contribute to中的to为介词；

　　(2)除contribute to 外表示"导致"的短语还有：result in, lead to等。

　　1．句型转换

　　①Carelessness led to his failure.

　　→Carelessness resulted_ in his failure.

　　→Carelessness contributed_ to his failure.

　　2．完成句子

　　②他向慈善机构捐了很多钱。

　　He contributed_a_lot_of_money_to the charity.

　　③移民在许多方面丰富了英国文化。

　　Immigrants have_contributed_to British culture in many ways.

　　④很多人给这个贫困的男孩捐款，使得他重返校园。针对这件事一位作家写了一篇报道并向一家报社投稿。

　　Many people contributed_money_to the poor boy, which contributed_to his returning to school. A writer wrote a story about it and contributed_it_to a newspaper.

考点2 to start with 首先，第一；起初，开始时 　　[教材原句]

　　To start with, Athens could afford it.

　　首先，雅典有这个能力承担。

　　I felt nervous to start with, but soon began to relax.

　　起初我觉得紧张，但很快就开始放轻松了。

to begin with ＝ to start with