Lesson 68: Persistent 糾纏不休
I crossed the street to avoid meeting him, but he saw me and came running towards me. It was no usepretending 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!
句子講解:
4、He never has anything to do.
他從來(lái)都是無(wú)事可做。
5、No matter how busy you are, he always insists on coming with you.
不論你有多忙,他總是堅(jiān)持要跟你去。
真題測(cè)試 測(cè)試語(yǔ)言點(diǎn):insist的從句用虛擬語(yǔ)氣
Mike’s uncle insists( ) in this hotel. (2000 年 1 月 CET4,第 52 題)
A. staying not B. not to stay
C. that he would not stay D. that he not stay
答案:選D
分析:insist意為“堅(jiān)決主張,堅(jiān)持”,接從句時(shí),其謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞應(yīng)用虛擬語(yǔ)氣,IP "should + 動(dòng)詞原形”,should可省略。因此選D
翻譯:邁克的叔叔堅(jiān)持主張他不住在這家旅館里。
6、I had to think of a way of preventing him from following me around all morning.
我得想辦法不讓他一整個(gè)上午都纏著我。
7、"Hello, Nigel," I said. "Fancy meeting you here!"
“你好,奈杰爾,想不到會(huì)在這里碰到你。”我說(shuō)。
語(yǔ)言點(diǎn) fency doing意思是“做……真是讓人感到太不可思”,表示驚訝。此句還可改為:Imagine meeting you here!
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