Lesson 68
Persistent
I crossed the street to avoid meeting him, but he saw me and came running towards me. (1)_________________________. 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 are not busy doing anything, are you?"
"No, not at all," I answered. "I am 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. "(2)_________________________________!"
New words and expressions
persistent adj.坚持的，固执的
avoid v.避开
insist v.坚持做
Notes on the text
1 to avoid meeting him,避免碰上他，这是动词后面用动名词作宾语的结构。本课下文中出现的enjoy,fancy,mind,finish等动词，也是只接动名鸟词作宾语的动词。
2 came running towards me,向我跑来，running 是现在分词，作状语，表示状况。
3 It was no use pretending,装作 ...... 是没有用了。在这句话中， it 是先行词，实际上主语是动名词短语pretending that I had not seen him.
4 No matter how busy you are.不管你有多忙。这是一个让步状语从句，no matter 常与how, when, where, what, who等引导的从句相连，可译成"无论"。
5 prevent sb. from doing sth.是"阻止某人做某事"，介词from可以省略。
6 Fancy meeting you here!想不到在这里见到你!fancy + ing 是表示对后面的-ing 所表示的动作感到惊奇。
7 You are not busy doing anything, are you?你不忙，是吧？
8 Would you mind my coming with you?我跟你一道去行吗？
9 the waiting room,候诊室.
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