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7. It takes me less than fifteen minutes to wash, get changed,...and get on a bus.

【解析】It takes sb time to do sth. 是一个固定句型，意为"某人花...时间做某事"。

在本句型中it是形式主语，后面的_________________是真正的主语。

★[仿译] 她用了整个下午才回完这些个人邮件。 _____________________________________

【拓展延伸】sb spend time (in) doing sth.； sb spend time/money on sth.

(doing )sth cost sb. some money / time.

[短语拓展] get changed： 换衣服 get dressed___________ get drunk ________________

8. I am always the first person to get to the office.

【解析】the first ...to do sth. 是一个固定句型，意为"第一个去做...的人"。

★[仿译] 李华总是第一个来，最后一个走。___________________________________________

【拓展延伸】.....the first/last/next ... to do sth. （ 第一/最后/下一）个去做某事

9. Meetings and phone calls take up a large part of the day.

阅读下列句子，归纳take up的含义：

　1) He took up the gun and fired at the enemy. 含义____________

　2) The job took up most of Sunday. 含义____________

　3) Lu Xun dropped medicine and took up writing. 含义____________

　4) Grandpa will take up the story where you left off.含义____________

　[翻译] 玩电脑游戏占去了他很多空余时间。

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10. Every minute of the day is filled with urgent matters.

1) be filled with 意思：__________