Lesson 68: Persistent 纠缠不休

　　I crossed the street to avoid meeting him, but he saw me and came running towards me. It was no usepretending that I had not seen him, so I waved to him. I never enjoy meeting Nigel Dykes. He never has anything to do. No matter how busy you are, he always insists on coming with you. I had to think of a way of preventing him from following me around all morning.

　　"Hello, Nigel," I said. "Fancy meeting you here!"

　　"Hi, Elizabeth," Nigel answered. "I was just wondering how to spend the morning -- until I saw you. You're not busy doing anything, are you?"

　　"No, not at all," I answered. "I'm going to..."

　　"Would you mind my coming with you?" he asked, before I had finished speaking.

　　"Not at all," I lied, "but I"m going to the dentist."

　　"Then I'll come with you," he answered. "There's always plenty to read in the waiting room!

　　句子讲解：

　　4、He never has anything to do.

　　他从来都是无事可做。

　　5、No matter how busy you are, he always insists on coming with you.

　　不论你有多忙，他总是坚持要跟你去。

　　真题测试 测试语言点：insist的从句用虚拟语气

　　Mike’s uncle insists( ) in this hotel. (2000 年 1 月 CET4,第 52 题)

　　A. staying not B. not to stay

　　C. that he would not stay D. that he not stay

　　答案：选D

　　分析：insist意为“坚决主张，坚持”，接从句时，其谓语动词应用虚拟语气，IP "should + 动词原形”，should可省略。因此选D

　　翻译：迈克的叔叔坚持主张他不住在这家旅馆里。

　　6、I had to think of a way of preventing him from following me around all morning.

　　我得想办法不让他一整个上午都缠着我。

　　7、"Hello, Nigel," I said. "Fancy meeting you here!"

　　“你好，奈杰尔，想不到会在这里碰到你。”我说。

　　语言点 fency doing意思是“做……真是让人感到太不可思”,表示惊讶。此句还可改为：Imagine meeting you here!

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