New Concept English 2 · A1 · Part 18 Apr 2026

Unwanted Companion

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The narrator describes an unwanted encounter with a persistent acquaintance named Nigel Dykes.

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I crossedverb.穿过 the street to avoidverb.避免 meeting him, but he saw me and came running towards me. It was no usenoun.利用 pretendingverb.假装 that I had not seen him, so I wavedverb.波动 to him. I never enjoy meeting Nigel Dykes. He never has anything to do. No matter how busy you are, he always insistsverb.坚持 on coming with you.

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matter

A2US/ˈmætər/EN/ˈmætə(r)/

noun. 物质；事件

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No matter how busy you are, he always insists on coming with you.

use

A2US/juːs/EN/juːs/

noun. 利用；应用

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It was no use pretending that I had not seen him, so I waved to him.

avoid

A2US/əˈvɔɪd/EN/əˈvɔɪd/

verb. 避免，躲开；撤消

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I crossed the street to avoid meeting him, but he saw me and came running towards me.