【句子】

Thanks to modern irrigation, crops now grow abundantly in areas where once nothing but cacti and sagebrush could live.
受当代灌溉(技术设施)之赐,农作物在原来只有仙人掌和荞属科植物才能生存的地方旺盛的生长。

【解析】

to与 thanks for的用法异同

1)thanks to为习语介词,thanks不可以改为thank you,to后也不接动词原形,这个短语表示原因,意为“由于”、“多亏”,to表示感谢的对象。

Thanks to the English language,we can learn a lotfrom other countries.
由于英语这门语言,我们能从其它国家学到很多东西。

2)thanks for是客套用语,thanks相当于 thank you ,意为“因……而感谢”,for强调为何而感谢,其后可接名词或v-ing。

Thanks for inviting us to your birthday party.
谢谢你邀请我们参加你的生日聚会。 

2.irrigation n. 灌溉,[医]冲洗

In the end he abstracted the most important points from his long speech.
最后他从自己的长篇演说中提取出最重要的几点。

3.abundantly adv.大量地,丰富地

①A meal that is well prepared and abundantly enjoyed.
盛宴经充分准备,可尽情享乐的宴席

②See it , know it, live it, and allow the joy to flow more abundantly than ever before.
你要看到它,熟知它,兑现它,并且让这个新开端流露出以往更充盈的快乐!

4.cacti n. 仙人掌 复 数:cactus

①The cactus is full of prickles.
仙人掌长满了毛刺。

②Cacti live in dry regions.
仙人掌生长在干旱地区。

5.sagebrush n. 山艾树(美国西北荒漠产的一种灰绿色灌木)  

【练习】

The fire spread through the hotel very quickly but everyone ______ get out.(NMET’97)
A had to  B would  C could  D was able to

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