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Lesson68 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
use pretending 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!
New words and expressions生词和短语
persistent ad.坚持的,固执的
avoid
V.避开
insist
V.坚持做
参考译文
我穿过马路以便避开他,但他看到我并朝我跑过来。若再装作
没看见他已是没有用了,我只好向他招手。我就怕遇到奈杰尔,戴
克斯。他从来都是无事可做,不管你多忙,他总是坚持要跟你去。
我得想办法不让他整个上午缠着我。
“你好,奈杰尔,想不到在这儿见到你。”我说。
“你好,伊丽莎白,”奈杰尔回答说,“我正不知道怎么消磨这
一上午呢,正好见到你。你不忙,是吗?”
“不,不忙,我打算去..”我回答。
“我跟你一道去行吗?”没等我说完话他就问道。
“没关系,但我准备去牙医那里。”我说了个谎。
“那我也跟你去,候诊室里总有很多东西可供阅读!”他回答。
课文解释
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)句中的及物动词Void在这里表示“避开”或“避免(做某事)”。
这个词以及本课中出现的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,而不能接动
词不定
式。例如:
She eventually had to lock herself in the toilets
to avoid him.
她最后只好把自己锁在厕所里来躲开他。
The pilots had to take emergency action to avoid a
disaster.
飞行员不得不采取紧急措施避免灾难的发生。
You should avoid mentioning his divorce.
你应该避免提及他离婚的事。
2)running towards me是个现在分词短语,在句中用作状语,
修饰came,表示伴随状况。例如:
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,so l
waved to him.
若再装做没看见他已是没有用了,我只好向他招手。
1)在这句话中,有个常用的固定结构:It is no use doing.,表
示
“做…是徒劳的/无用的”。在这个结构中,t是形式主语,
真正的主语是后面的动名词(短语)。在本句话中,动名词短语
pretending that..seen him是前一分句中的真正主语。例
如:
It is no use tryi