英語(yǔ)早間課堂:S insist on something or doing&n
Last time we learned a sentence pattern which is : S insist that S should do. 表示某人堅(jiān)持要求某人做某事。Insist在此句中是“堅(jiān)持要求”的意思。And some translation exercises were left last time and I'm about to be out with the answers to them.
【翻譯參考答案】
1 —— 請(qǐng)和我們一起來(lái)吧。
—— 那也好。如果你一定要我去的話，我就去。
① ——Please come with us. ——Very well then, if you insist that I should do. ② ——Please come with us. ——Very well then, if you insist I do.
③ ——Please come with us. ——Very well then, if you insist on my coming. ④ ——Please come with us. ——Very well then, if you insist upon asking me to come.
2 她堅(jiān)持要求我們退還全款。
① She insist that we should refund the full amount. ② She insist we reund the full amount.
③ She insist upon a refund of the full amount. ④ She insist upon asking us to refund the full amount.
3 她堅(jiān)持要他穿西裝。
① She insisted that he should wear a suit. ② She insisted he wear a suit.
③ She insisted upon his wearing a suit. ④ She insisted upon asking him to wear a suit.
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【今日主題】
From the above translation answers, we can see a phrase which is : insist on or insist upon. It means " to demand something and refuse to be persuaded to accept anything else ". Because "on" or "upon" is a preposition, a gerund or a gerund phrase can follow it. So , we have another phrase : insist on doing or insist upon doing. However, it differs from "insist on ( upon )". It means " to continue doing something even if other people think it's annoying".
【精彩點(diǎn)撥】
All right, let's look at a sentence: He insist that he should be innocent. What do you say it is true or false? It is false. In this sentence, "insist" means "to say or think firmly that something is true, especially when other people don't believe you". 在這句話中，insist 意為：堅(jiān)持說(shuō)，堅(jiān)持認(rèn)為，固執(zhí)己見。作為這個(gè)意思來(lái)講，其后面跟的賓語(yǔ)從句不能用虛擬語(yǔ)氣。只有當(dāng)insist作為“堅(jiān)持要求”這個(gè)意思來(lái)講，其后面跟的賓語(yǔ)從句才可以使用虛擬語(yǔ)氣。How do we correct the above false sentence? It is : He insist he is innocent.
Just now we talked about "insist on" or "insist upon". 如果句子表達(dá)的意思是堅(jiān)持認(rèn)為的話，就不可以用這個(gè)短語(yǔ)。He insist upon his innocence. 他堅(jiān)持說(shuō)他他是無(wú)辜的。這句話是錯(cuò)誤的。我們可以看insist on(upon)的英文解釋：It means " to demand something and refuse to be persuaded to accept anything else "。但是這句話可以這樣說(shuō)：He insist upon saying that he is innocent. It means he continues saying he is innocent. 他不斷地說(shuō)他是無(wú)辜的。也就是說(shuō)他堅(jiān)持說(shuō)他是無(wú)辜的。
Well , that's enough for now. 今早講的東西您學(xué)會(huì)了嗎?My dear friends. I'm sure you are smart and get it. Alright , thank you for your listing this time. See you next time.
清晨您在做什么?在鍛煉?在晨讀?不要浪費(fèi)清晨時(shí)光，讓我們有一個(gè)充實(shí)的晨間生活。讓我們一天 的生活充滿陽(yáng)光。
