Section Ⅱ Welcome to the unit & Reading-Language points
be made up of由......组成(构成)
(教材P22)The English language is made up of the grammar and vocabulary these people brought to Britain.英语是由这些人带到英国的语法和词汇构成的语言。
make up 化妆,打扮;和解;编造,虚构;构成
make out 理解;看清,辨认清楚
make up for 弥补,补偿
make one's way 前往
make it 成功
①One hundred years make up a century.一百年构成一个世纪。
②(朗文辞典)Caroline doesn't have a natural talent for music but she makes up for it with hard work.
卡罗琳的音乐天分不高,但她的刻苦弥补了不足。
[语境助记]
Our class is made up of forty students.Some girls in our class like making up so much that they are often late for classes.When our teachers ask the reason,they usually make up an excuse for it.我们班由40名学生组成。其中,一些女生很喜欢化妆以至于经常上课迟到。当老师们问到原因时,她们常编造借口应对。
occupy vt.占领;占用(时间、空间等);担任(职务),使从事
(教材P22)Then two Germanic groups from the European mainland-the Angles and the Saxons-occupied Britain.然后,来自欧洲大陆的两个日耳曼部族--