1. I’ve been quite busy arranging my holiday with my older brother, Colin.
be busy doing sth. 忙于做某事
e.g. He who is too busy doing good finds no time to be good.
太着急做好事的人,反而找不到时间去做好人。
arrange v. 安排,准备
e.g. I’ll arrange somehow. 我总会设法去办的。
Everything has been arranged satisfactorily.
一切都得到了令人满意的安排。
2. Colin and I plan to spend a few weeks travelling before he goes to university.
spend v. /n. 花费,消耗 spend…on sth./spend…(in) doing sth.
e.g. Tom spent ten cents _________ popcorn.
He spent three hours ________ his homework