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68 Persistent

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!'

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，"我说。"想不到在这里见到你。" "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，去看牙医。"他回答说。"候诊室里总有很多东西可供阅读！"

Words

  • pretending /priˈtɛndɪŋ/ 假装
    1. It’s no use pretending that you want to help me.
    2. It’s no use pretending that you try to cross the street.
    3. It’s no use pretending that you love me.
  • insists /ˌɪnˈsɪsts/ v. 坚持
    1. Although you know smoking is bad for you, still you insist on doing that.
    2. Even though he was very sick that winter, he insisted on writing his new book.
    3. I insist on speaking to you.
  • preventing /prɪˈvɛntɪŋ/ 阻止
    1. My wife tried to prevent me from drinking every day.
    2. I don’t know why that prevents you from getting me the remote control.
    3. Nothing could prevent me from sticking to my plan.（L54）
  • dentist /ˈdɛntəst/ 牙科医生
  • plenty /ˈplɛnti/ 大量
  • avoid /əˈvɔɪd/ v. 避免
    1. I do try to avoid meeting new people recently.
    2. I’ve noticed that you tried to avoid meeting me recently.（L67）
    3. Please do try to avoid helping me in the future.（L60）
  • cross /krɔs/ prep. 穿过
    1. He crossed the street so that he could avoid meeting that man.（L59）
    2. He lives across the street.

Expressions

  • avoid doing sth. 避免做某事
  • insist on doing sth. 坚持做某事
  • It is no use pretending that + 句子 假装……是没有用的
  • prevent sb. from doing sth. 阻止某人做某事
  • fancy meeting you here 真没想到在这儿见到你
  • enjoy doing sth. 喜欢做某事
    1. I enjoy reading every night before I go to bed.
    2. I enjoy drinking tea in the afternoon.
    3. I’ll love you no matter what you do.
    4. Call me when you arrive, no matter how late it is.
  • no matter how/what/where 无论怎样/什么/哪里
  • follow sb. around 到处跟着某人
    1. No matter where you go, I’ll follow you around.
    2. Please don’t follow me around.
    3. You should have followed me around.
    4. She insisted on following me around yesterday.
  • I was wondering ...+句子 我在想……
  • would you mind my doing... 你介意我做……吗
    1. He insisted on reading the letter.
    2. He insisted on my/me reading the letter.
    3. Would you mind telling me the whole story?
    4. Would you mind Leo’s/Leo telling us the whole story?
  • finish doing sth. 做完某事
    1. (that you borrowed from me last month)?
    2. When you finish eating your dinner, please wash the dishes.
    3. Before I finished speaking, she had run away.