提到事情發生的原因，多數人只懂得用 because，其實有 since, as, owing to, due to, caused by, the cause of 可用來說明事情發生的理由或原因，今天我們來學怎麼使用這些字彙，提升口說、寫作的能力。以下這張圖，你想到如何描述「因為路上結冰造成車禍」了嗎?
The two cars collided because the road was icy.
The two cars collided because of icy road.
或者，你也可以把原因放在前句
As the road was icy, the two cars collided.
Since the road was icy, the two cars collided.
也可以用 owing to, due to, caused by, the cause of 片語
Owing to the icy road, the two cars collided.
The collision was due to the icy road.
The collision was caused by ice on the road.
The cause of the collision was ice on the road.
