---Why do you pay a visit to your parents ________?
---_______ they live in a remote village far from here.

___________, Mother will wait for him to have dinner together.

It’s true that the old road is less direct and a bit longer. We won’t take the new one, _______, because we don’t feel as safe on it.

The incomes of skilled workers went up.________，unskilled workers saw their earnings fall.

I’m not feeling very well today, ______ I would do the work myself.

It is said that this project will take ________ two to three years, and cost about 200 million yuan.

We do not own the building.________ it would be impossible for us to make any changes to it.

As is often the case, the fact that something is cheap doesn’t _____ mean it’s of low quality.

After watching a movie Avatar, Mary lay in bed with her eyes ______ open
while all her family were ______ asleep．

— Thanks for your help.
— Don’t mention it. I _______ offered some advice.