364. Many patients insist on having watches with them in hospital, even though they have no schedules to keep.

译文

很多病人坚持在住院期间戴表，即便他们并没有计划安排。

点睛

insist on意为“坚持”，后面通常接名词。如：
I must insist on more regular hours. 我必须坚持按时起居。
此外，insist on后面还可以接“人称代词的所有格＋动词-ing形式”。如：
I insist on your taking immediate action to put this right. 我坚决要求你立刻采取行动，把事情处理好。
此时，insist on表达的含义相当于insist that...，只是后者所接的宾语从句应用虚拟语气。如上句可以改写为：
I insist that you (should) take immediate action to put this right.

考点归纳

even though意为“即使”，可以引导让步状语从句。除此之外，引导让步状语从句的连接词还有：although，though，even if，however，whatever，whenever，whoever，whichever。如：
Even though I hadn't seen my classmate for many years, I recognized him immediately. 虽然多年没有见过我的同学，我还是立刻认出了他。
Although/Though I gave him some advice, he didn't take them. 尽管我给了他一些建议，他并没有采纳。
John continued to work hard even if/even though he felt sick. 虽然感觉不舒服，约翰仍然坚持努力工作。