①Her speech occupied three hours.

　　她的演说占用了3个小时。

　　②Mrs Green occupies herself in looking after her three children.

　　＝Mrs Green is_occupied_in_looking after her three children.

　　格林夫人忙于照料她的三个孩子。

　　③It is good manners not to disturb others when they are occupied with their work.

　　别人忙于工作时，不要去打扰他们，这是一种礼貌。

　　④Occupied (occupy) in a very important experiment he would not attend the party.

　　由于忙于一个非常重要的实验，他不能参加这次聚会。

　　[名师点津]　occupy意为"占据"时指不管某物在不在那儿，都可以说那个地方被"occupied"了。而take up则指某物必须在那儿才可以说那个地方被"taken up"了。

　　3．(教材P22)Old English consisted of a mixture of their languages.

　　古英语是由他们语言的混合体组成的。

　　consist of 由......组成(构成)

　　consist in　　　　　　　　　 在于，存在于

　　consist with 与......一致

　　①The U．K.consists of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

　　英国由大不列颠和北爱尔兰组成。

　　②It's a mixture consisting (consist) of oil and vinegar.

　　那是一种油和醋的混合物。

　　③Happiness consists in contentment.

　　知足常乐。

　　④Theory should consist with practice.

　　理论应与实践相一致。

　　[名师点津]　consist of与be made up of同义；由consist组成的几个短语虽然都具有及物性，但是不能用于被动语态和进行时态。

　　4．(教材P22)Both the English language and the English people are named after the Angles; the word Angle was spelt Engle in Old English.

　　英语和英国人都是由盎格鲁人命名的；Angle这个词在古英语里拼写成Engle。

　　name after ...以......命名

(1)name ...as/for ...　 提名为......任命为......