1．(教材P22)The English language is made up of the grammar and vocabulary these people brought to Britain.

　　英语就是由这些人带到不列颠的语法和词汇构成的。

　　be made up of 由......组成(构成)

　　make up　　　　 构成，占；化妆，打扮；编造，虚构

　　make up for 弥补，补偿

　　①The club is made up of more than 200 members.

　　这个俱乐部由二百多名成员组成。

　　②You will have to make up for all the things you have missed.

　　你必须补上所有你错过的东西。

　　[名师点津]　be made up of表示简单的组合；be made of表示"(成品)由......(原料)制成"，一般侧重能看出原材料的物理变化；be made from表示"(成品)由......(原料)制成"，一般侧重看不出原材料的化学变化；be made into表示"(原材料)被制成......"。

　　③As we all know, paper is made from wood.

　　众所周知，纸是由木材制造的。

　　[语境串记]　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, they usually make up excuses for it.

　　我们班由40名学生组成。班里一些女生很喜欢化妆以至于经常迟到。当老师们问时，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

　　(1) 使某人或自己忙于(做)某事

　　 忙于(做)某事

　　(2)occupation n．　　　　　　 工作，职业；占领，占用