这里的given不是形容词而是介词，意为“由于，鉴于，考虑到）然而女性成绩提高的分数要远大于男性——大得以至于在两性之间不再有明显的区别。
However, theimprovementin the women was greater than the improvement in the men—so much sothat therewas no longer a significant difference between the two.
理解这两个词之间的区别的关键是知道每一个词的意思，了解每个单词在句子中扮演的角色(即它们的词性)。
The key to understanding the distinction between these two words is to know what each one means and to be aware of the role they play in a sentence (that is, their part of speech or word class).
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