1．It’s twice the size of Tiny Tim.

它是Tiny Tim的两倍大。

倍数表达法，参见前面units 5－6内容。

2． wealthy, rich与well off

　　　 wealthy富的；一般指财势上的“富裕”，常指拥有大量财产的人，有时也指拥有其他东西，此时与rich通用；rich丰富的，富有的，可指钱财，也可指物质上、精神上的其他东西，主语可以是人，也可以是物；well off富裕的；指人的富裕，但程度不如wealthy，通常指“小康的富足”。

1． wage, income, pay, salary, wages辨析

　　　 income:收入、收益、进款(统称)；

　　　 pay:薪水，工资；最普通用语，特指海陆军人及其他在政府部门工作的人的薪水；

　　　 salary:薪水；指从事脑力劳动的劳动者，如事务员、记者、教师、牧师等的薪水；

　　　 wages:(复)工资；指劳动者的工资，通常指给予短期工作者的报酬；

　　　 fee:手续费，薪金；指付给律师、医师或其他专业人员的酬金、学费等。

8． fall behind落后于；拖欠

　　　 The illness caused him to fall behind the rest of the class.

　　　 He always falls behind when we’re going uphill.

　　　 Make sure not to fall behind with your rent, please.

7． take a risk/take risks冒险

　　　 We ought not to take risks.

　　　 You are taking a big risk driving so fast.

　　　 at risk处于危险之中；at the risk of冒……的危险

6． instruct vt.教；指导；指示

　　　 instruct sb. in sth.教导某人某事

　　　 instruct sb. to do sth.命令某人干某事

　　　 follow the instruction遵从指示

　　　 I am instructed to inform you that the minister is not willing to make a statement.

5．acquire vt.学到；获得acquisition n.获得；得到

　　　 The company has acquired shares in a rival business.

　　　 She acquired an American accent while living in New York.

　　　 acquire a habit of smoking养成抽烟的习惯

　　　 acpuire a bad reputation得到坏的名声

4． stick vt.使停止；阻塞；刺；伸出；粘贴

　　　 He stuck his fork into a big piece of meat.

　　　 Don’t stick your head out of the window of the car.

A nail stuck in the tyre of my car.

　　　 Our car got stuck in the mud.

　　　 stick to坚持stick out伸出……stick on贴住

3． anyway adv.无论如何；即使如此

　　　 I’m going anyway, no matter what you say.

　　　 It’s too late now, anyway(anyhow).

　　　 Anyway (Anyhow), you can try, even if there’s not much chance of success.

2．occupy vt.使忙碌；使从事；占有

　　　 The table is already occupied.

　　　 The company occupies the entire building.

　　　 He is occupied in repairing farm tools.

　　　 be occupied in doing sth./with sth=be busy doing sth./with sth.

　　　 occupy oneself in doing sth./with sth.忙于(做某事)