7. he spent hours by himself making delightful little drawings of animals and people.: 他独自一连几个小时画令他愉悦的动物或人物。

spend
(1) spend… (in) doing sth / on sth. 花费……干……或在……上花费……
This model spends too much money on clothes.
He spent great amounts of his time in drawing pictures.

(2) pass 度过；消磨
My father spends most of his weekend playing chess (棋).
How did you spend your last summer vacation (暑假)?

draw
(1) (vt.&vi.) 绘画
My daughter is learning to draw a monkey.
The teacher draws a circle on the blackboard.
老师在黑板上画了个圆圈。

(2) (vt.) 拉；牵
When the night falls, every family draws the curtain across the window.
当夜幕降临时，家家户户都拉上了窗帘。
The wagon was being drawn by two horses.
这辆四轮马车正由两匹马拉着。
You will feel comfortable by drawing your chair up to the table.
把凳子往桌边拉一下，你会感到更舒服些。

(3) (vt.) 吸引
Streets accidents always draw crowds.
街头事件总能吸引观众。
He drew my attention to the fact that he had been in prison.
他让我关注这个事实，他曾在监狱里呆过。

8. go on drawing in the dust: 他继续在土里画画

go on:
(1) continue sth. or proceed to do sth. 继续做……
Just go on fighting! You will kill each other.
接着打呀!你们会杀了彼此.
Go on with your reading.
Go on until you get to the post office and turn right.
直到你走到邮局再向右拐.
He went on to explain how to do the experiment after the class.
课后他又接着解释了如何做实验.
Compare: go on sth. (doing sth.) 和 go on to do sth.
比较：前者表示做一直在做的事；后者表示做完了前一件事接着做另一件事

(2) (of time) pass 流逝；过去
As the months went on, he became impatient.
几个月过去了，他变得不耐烦。

9. paint:

(1) (n.) 油料；涂料
Give the door two coats of paint.
把门漆两遍。
The actor's face was covered with colorful paint.
这个演员脸上敷着彩色颜料。

(2) (vt.&vi.) make a picture with paint绘画
The artist is painting in water-colors.
这个艺术家正用水彩画画。
She often went outdoors to paint the beautiful landscape.
她经常去户外画美丽的景色。

(3) (vt.&vi.) coat with paint油漆
The housewife wants to paint her toilet table green.
这个家庭主妇想把梳妆台漆成绿色。
Everything was painted with a film of ice after the cold wind.
冷风后所有的东西都覆上了一层冰。