品味典例：1) The workers are occupied in building new houses.

2) The big table occupies too much room.

归纳拓展：

1) occupy vt占用（时间、空间take up），占领，占据 occupation n. 占领；职业；工作

2) occupy oneself with sth./in doing sth.　忙于......；专心于......

　occupy one's mind/thoughts/attention 占据某人的头脑/思想/注意力

3) occupied adj. 忙于......的；从事......的

　be occupied in doing sth. 忙于做某事 be occupied with sth. 从事/忙于某事

即景活用： 用occupy的正确形式填空

He would have attended your birthday party but he _____________________a very important experiment. 他本来想参加你的生日晚会，但是他忙于一个非常重要的实验。

【联想】此句还有哪些表达方式?

__________________________________________________________________________

3) ____________________looking after three children at home, she no longer has time to enjoy the various activities in the club.

　忙于在家照顾三个孩子，她再也无暇去俱乐部进行娱乐活动。

达标检测

1. She________________________ (被认为)one of the best singers in the world.

2. I would have gone to Daisy's wedding, but I __________________(忙于)piles of work.