练习材料：
Lesson68 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 !'
aɪ krɒst ðə striːt tuː əˈvɔɪd ˈmiːtɪŋ hɪm, bʌt hiː sɔː miː ænd keɪm ˈrʌnɪŋ təˈwɔːdz miː. ɪt wɒz nəʊ juːz prɪˈtɛndɪŋ ðæt aɪ hæd nɒt siːn hɪm, səʊ aɪ weɪvd tuː hɪm. aɪ ˈnɛvər ɪnˈʤɔɪ ˈmiːtɪŋ ˈnaɪʤəl daɪks. hiː ˈnɛvə hæz ˈɛnɪθɪŋ tuː duː. nəʊ ˈmætə haʊ ˈbɪzi juː ɑː, hiː ˈɔːlweɪz ɪnˈsɪsts ɒn ˈkʌmɪŋ wɪð juː. aɪ hæd tuː θɪŋk ɒv ə weɪ ɒv prɪˈvɛntɪŋ hɪm frɒm ˈfɒləʊɪŋ miː əˈraʊnd ɔːl ˈmɔːnɪŋ.
hɛˈləʊ, ˈnaɪʤəl,' aɪ sɛd. ˈfænsi ˈmiːtɪŋ juː hɪə !'
haɪ, ɪˈlɪzəbəθ,' ˈnaɪʤəl ˈɑːnsəd. ' aɪ wɒz ʤʌst ˈwʌndərɪŋ haʊ tuː spɛnd ðə ˈmɔːnɪŋ--ənˈtɪl aɪ sɔː juː. jʊə nɒt ˈbɪzi ˈdu(ː)ɪŋ ˈɛnɪθɪŋ, ɑː juː ?'
' nəʊ, nɒt æt ɔːl,' aɪ ˈɑːnsəd.' aɪm ˈgəʊɪŋ tuː.. .'
wʊd juː maɪnd maɪ ˈkʌmɪŋ wɪð juː ?' hiː ɑːskt, bɪˈfɔːr aɪ hæd ˈfɪnɪʃt ˈspiːkɪŋ.
' nɒt æt ɔːl,' aɪ laɪd, bʌt aɪm ˈgəʊɪŋ tuː ðə ˈdɛntɪst.'
' ðɛn aɪl kʌm wɪð juː,' hiː ˈɑːnsəd.' ðeəz ˈɔːlweɪz ˈplɛnti tuː riːd ɪn ðə ˈweɪtɪŋ ruːm !'
任务配置：
L0＋L4
知识笔记：
新词：avoid 避开，避免；prevent 预防；
词组：avoid doing 避免做某事；be no use doing 做某事是没用的；one's doing 是动名词复合结构，可用为主语或者宾语：mind one's doing 介意某人做某事；no matter how 无论如何；
拓展：It is no good doing sth.做某事不好 / 没用 / 不行；It’s a waste of time / money doing sth.做某事是白费时间 / 金钱；It’s fun doing sth.做某事很有趣
练习感悟：
这篇文章几乎没有生词，是对词汇的一个复习，比较简单。但是这其中有大量的词汇，语法点也都有深度，但是这些“细枝末节”可能略微放松就漏掉了，也不知道刚刚在查笔记的时候有没有遗漏。
不过这些内容对于一个要应付考试的学生来说是特别重要的……毕竟老师很喜欢把细枝末节出在试卷里。