Lesson 68 Persistent 纠缠不休
First listen and then answer the question.
听录音，然后回答以下问题。
Why did Elizabeth tell Nigel that she was going to the dentist?
I crossed the street to avoid meeting him, but he saw me and camerunning towards me. It was no use pretending that I had not seenhim, so I waved to him. I never enjoy meeting Nigel Dykes. Henever 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!’
New words and expressions生词和短语
persistent adj. 坚持的，固执的
insist v. 坚持做
avoid v. 避开
Notes on the text课文注释
1 to avoid meeting him,避免碰上他，这是动词后面用动名词作宾语的结构。本课下文中出现的 enjoy,fancy, mind,finish等动词，也是只接动名词作宾语的动词。
2 came running towards me,向我跑来，running是现在分词，作状语，表示状况。
3 It was no use pretending,装作……是没有用了。在这句话中， it是先行词，实际上主语是动名词短 pretending that I had not seen him.
4 No matter how busy you are,不管你有多忙。这是一个让步状语从句， no matter常与 how, when, where, what, who等引导的从句相连，可译成“无论”。
5 prevent sb. from doing sth.是“阻止某人做某事”，介词 from可以省略。
6 Fancy meeting you here!想不到在这里见到你！fancy +-ing表示对后面的-ing所表示的动作感到惊奇。
7 You're not busy doing anything, are you? 你不忙，是吧？这是一个附加疑问句，也称反意疑问句。它是由陈 述句加上简略疑问句构成的。如果陈述句是肯定的，那么疑问句用否定形式；反之，陈述句是否定的，疑问 句用肯定形式。
8 Would you mind my coming with you?我跟你一道去行吗？这是一个表示客气请求的结构，my是动名词 coming的逻辑主语。
9 the waiting room,候诊室。
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。
