3). She was asked about the pay increase but _______ _______ _______ (不进行评论) on it.

Keys: 1). to make 2). commented that 3). made no comment

V 重点词组 （旨在提供综合运用所需材料）

1. thanks to 幸亏；由于；因为 (有时作反语)

[典例]

1). Thanks to your help, much trouble was saved. 多亏你的帮助, 减少了许多麻烦。

2). Thanks to the bad weather, the match had been cancelled. 多亏这个倒霉天气, 比赛取消了。

[重点用法]

thanks to 相当于because of /owing to /due to /thanks to /on account of /as a result of 如：

1). He was injured due to /owing to a car accident.

2). His failure is due to the fact that he lacks experience.

3). The train arrived late on account of /as a result of a heavy snow.

4). Thanks to him, I' m getting better and better .

5). It was thanks to your stupidity that we lost the game .

[练习] 翻译句子。

1). 多亏了新的政策，我们现在过着幸福的生活。

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2). 多亏了他的忠告我才得以成功。(用强调句)

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3). 由于交通堵塞我迟到了。

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Keys: 1). Thanks to the new policy, we are now having a happy life.

2). It was thanks to his advice that I succeeded.

3). I was late thanks to the traffic jam.

2. rid sb./sth. of... 使某人/某物摆脱......

[典例]

1). Many people are working hard to rid the world of famine. 很多人在努力使世界不再有饥荒。2). The dentist rid him of the pain by taking out his bad tooth. 牙科医生把他的坏牙拔掉，使他

免除痛苦。

[重点用法] rid 短语：

be rid of 摆脱 get rid of 摆脱；除掉；去掉

rid a house of mice 清除室内老鼠 rid oneself of debt 还清债务

[类似用法动词]

inform/ warn/ cure sb. of... 通知/警告/治愈某人......

[练习] 翻译填空。

1). He struggled to _______ _______ _______ (使自己摆脱) his guilt.

2). The proposals are an attempt to _______ _______ _______ (使国家清除) political corruption.

3). He was a boring nuisance! I' m glad to _______ _______ _______ (摆脱他的纠缠) him.

4). I still can' t _______ _______ _______ (摆脱) my cold.

5). The sales manager asked his men to _______ _______ _______ (通知) everything concerning the sales in time.

6). The passengers ______ _______ _______ (警告) the danger of unsteady landing.