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 !'
应用配置：L0+L4
知识笔记： Persistent/pəˈsɪstənt pretending/prɪˈtɛndɪŋ insist/ɪnˈsɪsts preventing/prɪˈvɛntɪŋ Fancy/fænsi lied/laɪd plenty/plɛnti
练习感悟：这篇对话不长，原音用了1分22秒左右，真正按照正常语速大概是1分10秒左右。不难，朗读几遍就过。