Take over and describe a crowded scene? At the beginning of Dunlop's book Shark's Fin and Sichuan Pepper, the British writer recalled the childhood when his mother's students came to his house to cook.

Let's see: My mother taught English as a foreign language at Oxford University. When I was young, her students-including Turks, Sudanese, Iranians, sicilian, Colombians, Libyans and Japanese-often? Took over? Our kitchen cooks big meals that remind them of home.

My mother teaches English to foreign students in Oxford. These students come from Turkey, Sudan, Iran, Sicily, Colombia, Libya and Japan ... When I was young, these students often crowded into my kitchen and cooked a homesick meal.

This article includes two small sentences, connected by and. Let's look at the first sentence first.

My mother teaches English to foreign students in Oxford. ? Teaching English as a foreign language literally means: teaching English as a foreign language. Considering that this is in Britain, we translate it as "teaching foreign students English".