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Lesson 68 文本
Persistent
I crossed the street to avoid meeting him, but he saw me and came running towards me. It was no use pretending that I had not seen him, so I waved to him. I never enjoy meeting Bert 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.
'Hullo, Bert,' I said. 'Fancy meeting you here !'
'Hullo, Elizabeth,' Bert 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 !'
文本解析
一)词汇学习Word study
1. fancy vt.(1)设想,想像:Fancy meeting you here!想不到在这儿见到你!Fancy Ian not knowing the answer to such an easy question!真想不到伊恩竟会不知道如何回答这样一个简单的问题!(2)想要,喜欢(往往用于指个人爱好):I don't fancy going for a walk in the rain.我不爱在雨中散步。It's a fine day and I fancy driving down to the coast.天气真好,我想开车去海边。
2. insist vt.,vi.(1)坚持,坚决认为:He insisted that he was right.他坚持他是对的。He insists on the importance of the meeting.他强调这个会议的重要性。(2)坚决主张/要求,一定要:I insist on speaking to the manager.我坚决要求/一定要与经理谈话。My wife insists that I (should) have my hair cut.我妻子执意要我理发。
二)课文详注 Further notes on the text
1. I crossed the street to avoid meeting him, but he saw me and came running towards me. 我穿过马路以便避开他,但他看到我并朝我跑过来。(1)avoid 以及本课中出现的 enjoy, fancy, mind, finish等动词后面只跟名词性的宾语,即只跟名词或动名词:They managed to avoid a car crash/crashing their car into the wall.他们设法躲过了一起汽车撞车事故/避免了将车撞在墙上。(2)running 引导的是分词短语,作状语,修饰 came,表示伴随状况:She ran after the thief shouting out for help.她一边追赶小偷,一边大声喊叫求助。
2. It was no use pretending that I had not seen him…若再装做没看见他已是没有用了……
这句话中,it是先行主语,真正的主语是 pretending 引导的动名词短语。It is (of) no use doing…是个固定结构(其中的 of可省略),表示“做……也是徒劳的/无益的”:
It is (o