由于没有下雨,这些花正相继枯死。
③No one has come up with a better explanation of why dinosaurs died_out.
对于恐龙为什么灭绝,没有人给出更好的解释。
(be) related to有关系的;有关联的
(1)relate ... to/with ... 把......与......联系起来
relate to 与......有关系/关联;涉及;有关
(2)relation n. 关系
in/with relation to 关于;与......相比
①Much of the crime in this area is related to drug abuse.
这一地区的许多犯罪都与吸毒有关。
②I can't relate what you said to/with what I saw.
我不能把你说的与我看到的联系在一起。
③I have a lot to say in/with_relation_to that thing.
关于那件事,我有很多话要说。
2.(教材P12)reduce vt.减少;降低
(1)reduce ... to ... 把......减少到......
reduce ... by ... 把......减少了......
(2)reduce ... to (doing) sth.使......沦落到(更坏的)境地/(做)某事
①Everyone should try to reducethe amount of salt in our diet.
大家都应该在饮食中减少盐的摄入量。
②Though the price of the house has been reduced_by 10%, we can't afford it either.
尽管房价下降了10%,我们还是买不起。
③They were reduced to begging (beg) for their living.
他们沦落到以乞讨为生的境地。
[名师点津] reduce和介词to搭配时,后接具体数字,与by搭配时,通常接百分数或具体数字,有类似用法的还有decrease, increase, rise等。
3.(教材P12)I'm 19 years old and I used to be a drug addict.
我19岁,曾经是个瘾君子。
used to过去(常常)......(仅用于一般过去时)
①There used tobe low and dirty houses.
那里曾是些又矮又脏的房舍。