lecture 1
单词：
动词：
1.
(1)
abandon 丢弃、放弃、抛弃
考点：
abandon oneself to
沉溺于，陷于
after the failure
of the examination, he abandoned himself to alcohol.
(2) desert 离弃、离开
the price rise
caused many readers to desert the magazine.
辨析：
abandon 指因无能为力、心理厌倦或情绪沮丧而放弃、抛弃，含有永远和彻底的意思。如放弃某种政策、取消计划、丢弃船只。
desert 指违背法律、道义、信仰、义务等舍弃岗位和职责。该词为贬义词，所构成的行为通常受到鄙视和谴责。
如：
we had to abandon
the car and walk the rest of the way.
he deserted her
for another woman..
2.
(1)
persist 坚持
考点：
1）persist 表示坚持要求的时候，后面的从句用虚拟语气(should) do
she persisted that
she walk there.
2）persist in (doing) sth
he persisted in
making things hard for me.
(2)
insist 坚持
考点：
1）insist表示坚决要求的时候，后面的从句用虚拟语气(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坚持，粘贴
考点：
1）stick to
stick to the
point/opinion/ facts 坚持立场/观点/事实
2) stick at 坚持做某事
if we stick at it,
we should finish the job today.
辨析：
persist 指不顾反对、不听劝告坚持不懈做某事。可以是好事，也可以是坏事。
insist 常用于坚持意见、看法及主张。
stick 与to连用表示坚持某种立场、观点，和at连用表示坚持做某事。
(4) proceed 继续坚持
考点：
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 坚持，保持
考点：
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.
真题：
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，维持，keep on 持续做某事 keep on
doing sth ，keep to oneself 保守某项秘密，
keep out 把---关在门外，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
介词后面要跟动名词作宾语，当动名词的动作在谓语动词所表示的动作之前发生时，要用动名词的完成时。
(6) remain
真题：
how the fire in
the dancing hall started ______ a mystery. (2002) (b)
a.
to remain b. remains c.
remain d. is remaining
本题测试的是主谓一致，当主语是从句的时候，谓语动词要用单数，