e. g. 阅读占去了我空闲时间的大部分。____________________________________

　　　The dinner and speeches occupied 2 hours.

　　　　　　　　② 使忙碌(=keep sb busy)

他忙着照看孩子_______________________________________________________

　　使某人\自己忙于(做)某事;

occupy sb\oneself with sth

occupy sb\oneself in doing sth

be occupied with sth

be occupied in doing sth

e.g. I have been occupied in reading history books.

be busy with sth\ in doing sth

occupation (n.) _________________________

4. American soldiers attempted to land at the most dangerous place, known as Omaha Beach.

　　美军士兵试图在最危险的奥马哈海滩登陆。

attempt: 1) (v.) 尝试, 企图 __________________________试图干某事

囚犯企图逃跑, 但是失败了。___________________________________________

　　　attempt a difficult problem

2) n. 尝试, 企图

　　　e.g. He made an attempt to learn to ski.

He failed in his attempt at winning/ to win the first price.

5. The situation at Omaha beach was so bad that the US army commanders thought about abandoning the invasion.奥马哈海滩的形势非常严峻，以至于美军司令都考虑放弃进攻了。

(1) 句中so...that引导结果状语从句。

⑵ think about考虑 (3) abandon v. 放弃

abandon (v.)

　　(1) abandon + n. 抛弃(某人), 遗弃, 弃(船)等而去, (下车、船等)置之不顾

e.g. 他抛弃家人。____________________________________

背弃祖国 / 朋友 / 船 _____________________________

abandoned adj. 废弃的,被抛弃的

　(2) 中止, 断念, 放弃

　　　e.g. He abandoned the plan.

革除恶习 abandon a bad habit

放弃希望 abandon one's hope

(3) (与oneself连用)使放纵;使听任(+to)