even if= (even though)是连词词组， 用来引导让步状语从句，意为 "尽管；即使" (=though, although)

　　Eg. 尽管他很忙，他还是愿意帮我们。_________________________________________

　　　即使今天下雨，我也要回家，因为我很长时间没有回家了。

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7. come up ①上来, 走近; ②发芽; ③被提出; ④升起

①Strangers came up to him and asked how much his books are.

　②New shoots of bamboo will come up from around the roots of the old ones

　③The problem came up in the meeting yesterday问题在昨天的会议中被提出来了。(没有被动形式)We came up with the problem in the meeting

　④ the sun comes up in the east.

8. So why has English changed over time? 那么， 英语在一段时间里为什么会起变化呢？

　　　Over :贯穿， 经过（一段时间）

　e.g Over the years, he has become more patient.

　　　She will come to Hangzhou over the weekend.

　　　Will you stay at home over Christmas?

　　over 超过(=more than)， 再三 (again)

over 2 minutes over and over

8. 4. It became closer to the language you are learning now. 它和你们现在学的英语更加接近。

　　close to 相近, 靠近, 几乎

eg. Our house is close to the bus stop.

Come close to me. close adv.（位置上接近）

I looked into the matter closely. adv.紧密地,密切地

　　be close to与get close to的区别

be close to 表状态，而get close to表动作

①My house is close to the park.

②The cat got close to the rat silently.

9.Shakespeare made use of a wider vocabulary than ever before.

莎士比亚使用了比以前更为广泛的词汇量。

　 ◆make use of 利用，使用

◆ make good / full use of 充分使用，很好地利用