Lesson 68 Persistent 纠缠不休【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 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!【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。
New words and expressions 生词和短语【生词讲解】1.persistent adj. 坚持的, 固执的1）（人，行为）不屈不饶的；执拗的，顽固的persistent efforts不懈努力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 rainpersistent painpersistent noisepersistent backachepersist [pə'sist] v.persist in sth/doing…坚持，执意eg. Does he always persist in his opinion like that? eg. She persisted in taking her dog with her.eg. He will persist in riding that dreadful bicycle.eg. He persists in believing that he was right. persistence n.[u.不可数名词]坚持不懈,执意,持续eg.His persistence touches me.2. avoid v.避开,躲避;避免,预防avoid+n./doingeg. Fortunately, we were able to avoid an accident. eg. The car turned to the left to avoid a collision(碰撞). eg. He crossed the street to avoid seeing me.eg .Try to avoid driving in rush hours.avoidable adj.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. insist v.坚持做insist on sth/doing 坚持或坚决要求（某事物）eg. I insist on your coming with us.eg.He insisted on going swimming.insist that sb (should) do …eg.I insist that you (should) go with us.eg.He insisted that I (should) apologize.insist v.坚持说，坚信，固执的声称eg. She insisted that she was innocent.eg. I insisted that I hadn’t done that.insistent adj.坚持的，不容拒绝或反对的insistence n.[u]insistence on/about sth区别insist on/persist instick to/keep oninsist + 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. The Arab insisted that he had never seen the camel.2)”坚决要，坚决要求”，从句用虚拟语气。
Eg .He insisted that she (should) leave.persist in n./doing表示对某种活动坚持不懈或某种信念不改，固执eg. He insisted on playing golf.(玩了没有，不知道。
)eg. He persisted in practicing golf for an hour.(坚持练了一小时，动作已发生)stick to n./doing坚持不放弃愿望，原则，决定，诺言，理想…eg. We should stick to the study of Marxism-Leninism.马克思列宁主义eg. Stick to it!keep on : continue to do(“on”是adv.”继续”之意)eg. We kept on working although we are tired.eg. Keep on practicing and you’ll speak English well.【课文讲解】1. I crossed the street to avoid meeting him, but he saw me and came running towardsme.1) avoid + doing sth (只能跟动名词/名词,这样的单词有: enjoy, fancy, mind, finish…)Eg: I always avoid traveling during rush hour.Eg: He enjoys playing football.2) came running towards merunning towards me是现在分词短语,作状语,修饰came,表示伴随状况.一样情况如: go swimmingEg: She ran shouting out for help.3) cross v. 穿过Eg: I cross the garden.across adv. & prep. 穿过Eg: I go across the garden.2.It was no use pretending that I had not seen him, so I waved to him.It是形式主语, 真正的主语是动名词短语pretending that I had not seen him…假装没看到他是没用了…It is (of) no use doing…是个固定结构. 可以省略, 表“做…也是徒劳”Eg: It is (of) no use worrying about your family.Eg: It is no use pretending … 假装……是没有用了Eg: It is no use crying over the spilled milk. 覆水难收Eg: It is no use punishing him.pretend that…eg. He pretended that he was working hard.pretend to do…eg. He pretended to be dead when he met a bear.pretend to be doing…eg. The boys pretended to be sleeping.wave to sb. 向某人招手eg. I waved a greeting to the teacher. 我挥手向老师问好eg. I waved him goodbye. 我挥手向他道别。
eg. I waved him out. 我挥手叫他出去。
eg. I waved him back. 我挥手叫他回来。
3.I never enjoy meeting Nigel Dykes. He never has anything to do.1) enjoy doing sth2) 连用两个never，表示强烈的感情色彩3) anything(to do),不定式修饰anything。