364. Many patients insist on having watches with them in hospital, even though they have no schedules to keep.

英語四級譯文:
很多病人堅持在住院期間戴表，即便他們并沒有計劃安排。

四級詞匯講解:
insist on意為“堅持”，后面通常接名詞。如:
I must insist on more regular hours.我必須堅持按時起居。

此外，insist on后面還可以接“人稱代詞的所有格+動詞-ing形式”:如:
I insist on your taking immediate action to put this right.我堅決要求你立刻采取行動，把事情處理好。

此時，insist on表達(dá)的含義相當(dāng)于insist that...，只是后者所接的賓語從句應(yīng)用虛擬語氣。如上句可以改寫為:
I insist that you(should)take immediate action to put this right.

英語四級考點歸納:
even though意為“即使”，可以引導(dǎo)讓步狀語從句。除此之外，引導(dǎo)讓步狀語從句的連接詞還有:although, though, even if, however, whatever, whenever, whoever, whichever。如:

※ Even though I hadn't seen my classmate for many years，I recognized him immediately。雖然多年沒有見過我的同學(xué)，我還是立刻認(rèn)出了他.:_.

※ Although/Though I gave him some advice, he didn't take them，盡管我給了他一些建議，他并沒有采納:

※ John continued to work hard even ifleven though he felt sick.雖然感覺不舒服，約翰仍然堅持努力工作。