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Lesson68
Persistent
Part 1: Text
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 !'
Part 2: New words and expressions
1 persistent [pə'sistənt] a.坚持的,固执的
2 avoid [ə'vɔid] v.避开
3 insist [in'sist] v.坚持做
★persistent
1)(人,行为)不屈不饶的;执拗的,顽固的
persistent efforts 不懈的努力
eg. He was persistent in his question.他一直追问到底。
2)(事物)持久的,不断的(lasting)
persistent rain持续性的大雨
persistent pain持续性痛
persistent noise持续性噪音
persistent backache持续性背痛
persist [pə'sist] v.
persist in sth/doing…坚持,执意
eg. Does he always persist in his opinion like that?
他总是坚持自己的意见吗?
eg. She persisted in taking her dog with her.
她坚持带着她的狗。
❤️persistence n.[u.]坚持不懈,执意,持续
eg. His persistence touches me.
他的毅力感动了我。
★ avoid v.避开,躲避;避免,预防
1.avoid +n./doing
eg. Fortunately ,we were able to avoid an accident.
幸运的是,我们避免了一场事故。
eg.He crossed the street to avoid seeing me.
他穿过马路以便避开我。
2.avoidable adj.可避免的
That makes no sense and it 's completely avoidable.
这是没有道理的是完全可以避免的。
★insist v.坚持做
1)insist on sth/doing 坚持或坚决要求(某事物)
2)insist that sb (should) do …
eg.I insist on your coming with us. 我坚持要你跟我们来。
eg.I insist that you (should) go with us. 我坚持认为你(应该)和我们一起去。
3)insist v.坚持说,坚信,固执的声称
eg.She insisted that she was innocent.
eg.I insisted that I had