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。
③I wonder if they can make it.
我在想他们是不是能办得到。
[语境助记]
Our class is made up of forty students.Some girls in our class like making up so