Unit 2 Working the land1、Thanks to his research, the UN is trying to rid the world of hunger.由于他的研究,联合国正在使世界摆脱贫困。thanks to由于;多亏I was late for school thanks to the traffic jam.由于交通堵塞,我上学迟到了。Thanks to your help, Ive made great progress in English.多亏你的帮助,我在英语方面进步很大。相关链接because of,as a result of,due to,owing to,on account to这些短语都有“因为,由于”的意思。2、Using his hybrid rice farmers are producing harvests twice as large as before.用他的杂交水稻种子,农民种出比以前多一倍的粮食。twice as . as比多一倍;是的两倍