Lesson 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!

Translation:

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，正好见到好。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。

Grammar

1. 动名词使用

2. 表达“无论”的语言表达

no matter+特殊疑问词可以表示“无论”，如：no matter what= whatever无论什么； no matter how= however无论怎样；no matter who= whoever无论谁；no matter which= whichever无论哪个； no matter when= whenever无论何时；no matter where= wherever无论何地

Exercise

1. I insist __________ your taking immediate action to put this right.

A. in   B. at   C. on   D. for

2. __________ hard he works, he cannot get a promotion(升职).

A. How                    B. No matter how

C. No matter what    D. No matter

解析：

1.固定搭配insist on doing sth.坚持不懈做某事，选C。

2. No matter+特殊疑问词可以表示“无论”，这里强调副词hard，和感叹句一样使用how来搭配。答案：B。