重点讲解：
1. pretty much/pretty well
几乎；近乎；差不多；
eg. The result of the ballot is pretty much what we expected.
投票的结果和我们预料的差不多g-Q0YQyI]7bo;gbfGXi。
eg. I travel pretty well every week.
我几乎每周都出去旅行CfVl_jbz_Pq0K;ioNR&。
eg. The two are pretty much the same.
这两个简直一模一样X,#Ue-[US9Mboow。
2. instead of
代替…；而不是…；
eg. She had to spend nearly four months away from him that summer, instead of the usual two.
那个夏天她被迫离开他将近四个月而不是通常的两个月HHQAd;JX-!3H。
eg. Check-out workers in London will receive £7.17 an hour instead of £6.54.
伦敦的收银员每小时工资将从原先的 6(3d*&(3!YXA*pL。54 英镑涨为 7N;sbF.LS|bw。17 英镑_yysnBFbotd68[F-g77。
eg. They raised prices and cut production, instead of cutting costs.
他们没有降低成本，而是抬高价格、削减产量5z=JyHhuSOlL3U+qcy。