练习：

She is sitting at the desk, reading English.

她坐在书桌旁读英语。

Don't interrupt her. She is at desk.

别打扰她，她在工作呢。

The family is at table.

他们一家人在吃饭。

After supper, they were still sitting at the table talking about home affairs.

晚饭后，他们仍坐在饭桌旁谈论着家事。

6．Work one's way through努力完成（工作），实现（目标）

Li Lua plans to work her way through Beijing University.

李华的打算是努力学习，考上北京大学。

我爸爸正在努力完成他的工作。

My father is working his way through his work.

7．take up

Meetings and phone calls take up a large part of the day. 占据时间

The new sofa has taken up much place of the sitting room.占据空间

He took up a job as a teacher three years ago.开始从事某事（尤指职业）

take down

Who could help me to take down the curtains? 拿下，取下

The old school gate was taken down yesterday. 拆除

Please take down the useful expressions while listening.记下

take off

The rocket took off in a flash. （飞机等）起飞

Take off your shoes before entering the bedroom.脱下（衣帽等）

Mp4 has taken off recently. （观念、产品等）突然大受欢迎

take on

Many places in China have taken on a new look in recent years. 呈现

练习：

我知道你很忙，我不会占用你很长时间的。

　I know you are busy and I won't take up too much of your time.

我把很多时间都用在工作上。

　A great deal of my time is taken up with working.

这饭桌占了很多空间，我们要一张小一点的。

　The table takes up too much room and we need a smaller one.

汤姆开始了画画，但不久就失去兴趣了。

Tome took up painting, but soon lost interest.