新概念英語第二冊(cè)第68課聽力:Persistent

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Lesson 68 Persistent糾纏不休
    First listen and then answer the question.
    聽錄音,然后回答以下問題。
    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 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!
    參考譯文
    我穿過馬路以便避開他,但他看到我并朝我跑過來。若再裝作沒看見他已是沒有用了,我只好向他招手。我就怕遇到奈杰爾.戴克斯。他從來都是無事可做,不管你多忙,他總是堅(jiān)持要跟你去。我得想辦法不讓他整個(gè)上午纏著我。
    “你好,奈杰爾,想不到在這兒見到你?!蔽艺f。
    “你好,伊麗莎白,”奈杰爾回答說,“我正不知道怎么消磨這一上午呢,正好見到你。你不忙,是嗎?”
    “不,不忙,我打算去......”我回答。
    “我跟你一道去行嗎?”沒等我說完話他就問道。
    “沒關(guān)系,但我準(zhǔn)備去牙醫(yī)那里?!蔽艺f了個(gè)謊。
    “那我也跟你去,候診室里總有很多東西可供閱讀!”他回答。
    New words and expressions 生詞和短語
    persistent
    adj. 堅(jiān)持的,固執(zhí)的
    avoid
    v. 避開
    insist
    v. 堅(jiān)持做