口语

  • a blended family 重组家庭
  • an extended family 大家庭
  • a stepmother 继母
    • a stepfather 继父
    • a stepsister 继姐妹

新概念 2 L68 Persistent 纠缠不休

词汇

  • persistent a. 坚持的，固执的（带有一点贬义）
    • persist v. 坚持，执意
    • If you persist, you will make her angry.
    • persist in doing
    • He persisted in riding the bicycle in that way.
      他坚持要用那种方式骑这个自行车。
  • insist v. 坚持要求，坚持主张（意见，主张）
    • insist on doing：坚持要求做
    • She insisted on seeing her lawyer.
  • avoid v. 避免
    • avoid doing = escape doing
    • avoid making noise

原文

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!

参考译文：

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。

  • cross v. 与 across (介词)
    • I cross the street.
    • I go across the street.
  • it is no use/good doing sth. 做…是没用的
    • It is no use/good threatening me. 威胁我是没用的。
    • It is no use/good punishing him. 惩罚他是没用的。
  • have difficulty (trouble, problem, fun) doing 做某事有困难
    • I had difficulty finding a place to live.
    • Did you have any trouble getting a passport?
  • no matter how = however
    no matter what = whatever
    no matter when = whenever(连读 /wɛn’ɛvɚ/)
    no matter where = wherever
    no matter who(m) = who(m)ever
    no matter which = whichever
    • Wherever you go, you should know that this is always your home.
  • 非谓语动词作宾语，adj 后面只加 to do；介词后面 + ing；动词（靠积累了）
    • 特例：be busy doing
  • fancy = want 想要
    • I want/fancy a cup of tea.
    • want to do
    • fancy doing sth
  • mind vt. 介意
    • Do you mind the noise?
    • mind doing 介意做某事
  • finished doing 做完了