1. take over take up
★ take over 表示接管，接任。在本单元中表示夺取，控制。例如：
The small firm has been taken over by a big international company because of lack of enough funds.
由于缺少资金，这家小公司被一家大型国际公司接管了。
After the general manager fell ill and died, his only daughter took over the business from him.
总经理生病去世后，他唯一的女儿接管了他的生意。
Pompeii became a rich commercial city after it was taken over by the Romans.
被罗马人征服后，庞贝城变成一座富庶的商业城市。
take up 表示 占，占据（时间，空间，注意力等）； 开始从事（一项职业或行当）；
喜欢，钟爱：对…产生了兴趣或钟爱。
例如：
The extra duties took up most of my time.
额外工作耗费了我绝大部分时间
My good friend Thomas began to take up engineering after his graduation from University.
我的好朋友汤姆斯大学毕业之后干起了工程设计这一行。
His elder brother began to take up mountain climbing.
他的兄弟开始喜欢上登山运动。
即学即练：
a) It is said that Lisa’s only reason for investing in the company was to ____ it ____.
b) The urgent tasks _____most of my spare time, so I could not spare even a minute to help you with your studies.
Suggested answers: a) take over
b) took up
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