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。
eg. I travel pretty well every week.
我几乎每周都出去旅行。
eg. The two are pretty much the same.
这两个简直一模一样。
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。
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。54 英镑涨为 7。17 英镑。
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。
