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--盎格鲁人和撒克逊人--占领了不列颠。

　　(1)occupy oneself with sth./in doing sth.忙于(做)某事　　　

　　(2)occupied adj. 忙碌的；占用的

　　be occupied in (doing) sth. 忙于(做)某事

　　be occupied with sth. 从事/忙于某事

　　(3)occupation n. 占领；职业，工作

　　①All the seats on the bus were occupied.

　　公共汽车上所有的座位都有人了。

　　②She is fully occupied with her three children.

　　＝She's fully occupied_in looking after her three children.

　　＝She occupies herself in_looking after her three children.

　　她忙于照料她的三个孩子。

　　③He carries on several occupations(occupy) at a time.

　　他同时从事几种职业。

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　　 consist of 由......组成(构成)

(教材P22)Old English consisted of a mixture of their languages.古英语是由