lecture 1
單詞：
動詞：
1.
(1)
abandon 丟棄、放棄、拋棄
考點：
abandon oneself to
沉溺于，陷于
after the failure
of the examination, he abandoned himself to alcohol.
(2) desert 離棄、離開
the price rise
caused many readers to desert the magazine.
辨析：
abandon 指因無能為力、心理厭倦或情緒沮喪而放棄、拋棄，含有永遠和徹底的意思。如放棄某種政策、取消計劃、丟棄船只。
desert 指違背法律、道義、信仰、義務(wù)等舍棄崗位和職責(zé)。該詞為貶義詞，所構(gòu)成的行為通常受到鄙視和譴責(zé)。
如：
we had to abandon
the car and walk the rest of the way.
he deserted her
for another woman..
2.
(1)
persist 堅持
考點：
1）persist 表示堅持要求的時候，后面的從句用虛擬語氣(should) do
she persisted that
she walk there.
2）persist in (doing) sth
he persisted in
making things hard for me.
(2)
insist 堅持
考點：
1）insist表示堅決要求的時候，后面的從句用虛擬語氣(should）do
i insist that you
take immediate action to put this right.
2) insist on/upon
(doing) sth
she kept insisting
on her innocence.
she will insist on
washing her hair just when i want to have a bath.
(3) stick堅持，粘貼
考點：
1）stick to
stick to the
point/opinion/ facts 堅持立場/觀點/事實
2) stick at 堅持做某事
if we stick at it,
we should finish the job today.
辨析：
persist 指不顧反對、不聽勸告堅持不懈做某事。可以是好事，也可以是壞事。
insist 常用于堅持意見、看法及主張。
stick 與to連用表示堅持某種立場、觀點，和at連用表示堅持做某事。
(4) proceed 繼續(xù)堅持
考點：
1) proceed to do
sth
sammy took off his
coat and proceed to undo his boots.
2) proceed to/with
sth
i decide to
proceed to the next part of the job.
(5) keep 堅持，保持
考點：
1）keep on doing sth
although it is
dark, they keep on working.
2) keep (oneself)
from doing sth
the play was so
boring, i could hardly keep myself from falling asleep.
3) keep away from
keep the medicine
away from children.
真題：
1）he _____ working till he was seventy years old. (1993)
(b)
a. kept up b. kept on c. kept to d. kept out
keep up 支持，維持，keep on 持續(xù)做某事 keep on
doing sth ，keep to oneself 保守某項秘密，
keep out 把---關(guān)在門外，阻止
2）i am very sorry for ______ for so long. (2000) (b)
a. keep you waiting b. having kept you waiting. c.
waiting for you d. keep you wait
介詞后面要跟動名詞作賓語，當(dāng)動名詞的動作在謂語動詞所表示的動作之前發(fā)生時，要用動名詞的完成時。
(6) remain
真題：
how the fire in
the dancing hall started ______ a mystery. (2002) (b)
a.
to remain b. remains c.
remain d. is remaining
本題測試的是主謂一致，當(dāng)主語是從句的時候，謂語動詞要用單數(shù)，