Lesson68Persistent纠缠不休【Text】Icrossedthestreettoavoidmeetinghim,buthesawmeandcamerunningtowardsme.ItwasnousepretendingthatIhadnotseenhim,soIwavedtohim.IneverenjoymeetingNigelDykes.Heneverhasanythingtodo.Nomatterhowbusyyouare,healwaysinsistsoncomingwithyou.Ihadtothinkofawayofpreventinghimfromfollowingmearoundallmorning.'Hello,Nigel,'Isaid.'Fancymeetingyouhere!''Hi,Elizabeth,'Nigelanswered.'Iwasjustwonderinghowtospendthemorning--untilIsawyou.'You'renotbusydoinganything,areyou?''No,notatall,'Ianswered.'I'mgoingto...''Wouldyoumindmycomingwithyou?'heasked,beforeIhadfinishedspeaking.'Notatall,'Ilied,'butI'mgoingtothedentist.''ThenI'llcomewithyou,'heanswered.'There'salwaysplentytoreadinthewaitingroom!【课文翻译】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。Newwordsandexpressions生词和短语persistenta.坚持的，固执的avoidv.避开insistv.坚持【生词讲解】1.persistentadj.坚持的,固执的1）（人，行为）不屈不饶的；执拗的，顽固的persistentefforts不懈努力eg.Hewaspersistentinhisquestion.他一直追问到底。2）（事物）持久的，不断的（lasting）persistentrainpersistentpainpersistentnoisepersistentbackachepersist[p?'sist]v.persistinsth/doing⋯坚持，执意eg.Doeshealwayspersistinhisopinionlikethat?eg.Shepersistedintakingherdogwithher.eg.Hewillpersistinridingthatdreadfulbicycle.eg.Hepersistsinbelievingthathewasright.persistencen.[u.不可数名词]坚持不懈,执意,持续eg.Hispersistencetouchesme.2.avoidv.避开,躲避;避免,预防avoid+n./doingeg.Fortunately,wewereabletoavoidanaccident.eg.Thecarturnedtothelefttoavoidacollision(碰撞).eg.Hecrossedthestreettoavoidseeingme.eg.Trytoavoiddrivinginrushhours.avoidableadj.可避免的v.+able可⋯了,能够⋯lovable可爱的washable耐洗的acceptable可接受的understandable可理解的n.+able------>adj.comfortable/agreeablemiserable/suitable3.insistv.坚持做insistonsth/doing坚持或坚决要求（某事物）eg.Iinsistonyourcomingwithus.eg.Heinsistedongoingswimming.insistthatsb(should)do⋯eg.Iinsistthatyou(should)gowithus.eg.HeinsistedthatI(should)apologize.insistv.坚持说，坚信，固执的声称eg.Sheinsistedthatshewasinnocent.eg.IinsistedthatIhadn’tdonethat.insistentadj.坚持的，不容拒绝或反对的insistencen.[u]insistenceon/aboutsth区别insiston/persistinstickto/keeponinsist+that从句有两种情况：1）“坚决认为，说”，从句用陈述语气，表达的是人的一种态度。eg.TheArabinsistedthathehadneverseenthecamel.2)”坚决要，坚决要求”，从句用虚拟语气。Eg.Heinsistedthatshe(should)leave.persistinn./doing表示对某种活动坚持不懈或某种信念不改，固执eg.Heinsistedonplayinggolf.(玩了没有，不知道。)eg.Hepersistedinpracticinggolfforanhour.(坚持练了一小时，动作已发生)stickton./doing坚持不放弃愿望，原则，决定，诺言，理想⋯eg.WeshouldsticktothestudyofMarxism-Leninism.马克思列宁主义eg.Sticktoit!keepon:continuetodo(“on”是adv.”继续”之意)eg.Wekeptonworkingalthoughwearetired.eg.Keeponpracticingandyou’llspeakEnglishwell.【课文讲解】1.Icrossedthestreettoavoidmeetinghim,buthesawmean...
