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　　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 why they are late, they usually make up excuses for it.

　　我们班由40名学生组成，一些女生很喜欢化妆以至于经常迟到。当老师们问她们为什么迟到时，她们常编造借口应对。

　　2．(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。

　　occupy vt.　占领；占用(时间、空间等)；居住；使忙碌

　　①There were three beds in the room, two of which were occupied.

　　房间里一共有三张床，其中两张已经被人占了。

　　②They thought they should occupy their leisure more wisely.

　　他们觉得应当更明智地利用空闲时间。

　　③Mrs Green occupies herself in looking after her three children.

　　＝Mrs Green is_occupied_in_looking after her three children.

　　格林夫人忙于照料她的三个孩子。

　　④It is good manners not to disturb others when they are occupied with their work.

　　别人忙于工作时，不要去打扰他们，这是一种礼貌。

　　3．(教材P22)Old English consisted of a mixture of their languages.

　　古英语是由他们语言的混合体组成的。

　　consist of　由......组成(构成)

　　①The U．K.consists of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

　　英国由大不列颠和北爱尔兰组成。

　　②It's a mixture consisting_of oil and vinegar.

　　它是一种油和醋的混合物。

　　consist in　　　　　　　　　在于，存在于

　　consist with 与......一致

　　③Happiness consists_in contentment.

　　知足常乐。

　　[名师点津]　consist of与be made up of同义，但consist of不用于被动语态，也不用于进行时。

　　4．(教材P22)Both the English language and the English people are named after the Angles; the word Angle was spelt Engle in Old English.

　　英语和英国人都以盎格鲁人命名；在古英语中单词Angle拼写成Engle。

　　name after ...　以......命名

　　①Tasmania was named after its discoverer, Tasman.

　　塔斯马尼亚岛是以其发现者塔斯曼的名字命名的。

　　name ...as　　　　　　提名为；任命为

　　in the name of 以......名义；代表

　　by name 凭名字；用......的名字

　　by the name of 名叫

　　②Mr Michael has been named as the new chairman.

　　迈克尔被任命为新的董事长。

　　③No country should invade others in the name of anything.

　　任何国家都不应以任何名义侵略他国。

　　④I know Mr.white by_name,_but have never spoken to him.

我仅知怀特先生的名字， 但从未和他说过话。