★现将几个经常见到的表示“因为”的短语汇总如下，并作以简单的辨析：

due to——因为，由于（多用于正式或官方文章）

owing to——用法同due to

because of——因为，由于（日常用语）

thanks to——归功于，多亏（解释某件好事的发生源于某原因）

out of——因为，出于（某种感情或品质）

on account of——因为某事，由于某事（出现某问题）

as a result of——因为，由于

★实战演练：

She has been absent from work due to illness.

她因病没有去上班。

Flight MH370 has been delayed owing to fog.

MH370次航班因雾延误。

We cancelled the picnic because of the weather.

由于天气的原因，我们取消了野餐。

Thanks to modern medicine,the disease can now be cured.

有赖于现代医学，这种疾病现在可以治愈了。

He started reading the book out of curiosity.

他开始读那本书是出于好奇。

He was told to wear flat shoes,on account of his back problem.

因为背部有问题，他被建议穿平底鞋。

Tim eventually got fired as a result of his complaints about his job.

由于对工作抱怨，蒂姆最后被开除了。