be made of 由......材料制成

　　be made from 由......材料制成

　　make up 编造；化妆；组成；占比例

　　make up for 弥补

　　①New Zealand is made up of two islands，the larger of which is the South Island.

　　新西兰主要由两个岛屿组成，其中较大的为南岛。

　　②The collection consists of/is made up of/is composed of three parts：poems，essays and short stories.

　　这本作品集是由诗、散文和短篇小说三部分合编成的。

　　③We came into this field late, so we must work hard to make up for the lost time.

　　我们涉足这一领域较晚，因此我们必须努力工作，把失去的时间补回来。

　　④Future buildings, roads, and cities may be made from garbage.

　　将来的建筑物、公路和城市都可能用垃圾建造。

　　[名师点津]　

　　be made up of，be composed of 和consist of都是表示"由......组成"，但是consist of 只能用主动，不可用于被动。be made of 和be made from都表示"由......材料制成"，区别在于后者看不出原材料。

　　 would rather宁愿；宁可

　　(教材P18)And the Americans find the British spelling "­re" does not match its pronunciation，so they would rather spell­"re" as"­er"．并且美国人发现英式拼写"­re"和他们的发音不匹配，所以他们宁愿把"­re"拼写成"­er"。

　　(1)would rather do sth.than do sth.＝would do sth.rather than do sth.＝prefer to do sth.rather than do sth.　　　　　　　　

　　 宁愿......，也不......

　　(2)would rather (not) do sth.

　　 宁愿(不)做某事

　　(3)would rather＋从句

(4)rather than 而不是