我的未来吉凶未卜。

3.The Saudi Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi said rising oil prices were due mostly to speculation.

due to由于，因为

例句：Her absence is due to illness.

她因病缺席。

Due to the extreme cold, we were unable to plant the trees.

由于天气很冷, 所以我们无法去植树。

4.Solving the Kosovo conflicts will be a long and arduous process, and while neither side will change its position on the fundamental issue of independence, success in this dialogue will go some way towards helping both Serbia and Kosovo leave their troubled past behind and move towards their goal of European integration.

both， either， neither都可以作代词、形容词和副词，许多同学容易将它们混淆。现将它们的用法以及它们之间的关系归纳如下，让大家有个较为全面的了解。

★ 用法

1作代词

both，两者都。both与of连用， of后的复数名词前需加冠词或者物主代词。both of...作主语时，谓语动词用复数。如：

①Both are right= Both of the answers are right这两个答案都对。

②either，两者之一，任何一方。做主语时，其后的谓语动词一般用单数形式；做宾语时，可单独使用，也可与of连用，放在动词或介词之后。如：

Either (of them) is OK(他们两个中)任何一个都行。